What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Sometimes hammering one of the extractors on the head of the damaged nut gives a better grip if you haven't done that?

 

Now that I have it out sure I can get to it but I tell ya I saw first hand the 6pt vs 12pt grip

 

We have all been there damaged bolts heads are annoying.

 

Well I did question my own terminology..
Of course you're right about the rake and trail staying the same - but the offset from the steering head will change. And you can swap the seca and maxim trees, but maybe not without the fork tubes hitting the tank. I would expect going to further forward tube mounts would make the handling more sluggish, as would having the axle ahead of the tubes as in the maxim.

 

Yesterday took a ride to test the petcock. No leaks. For the Western NYers here, rode up to SeaBreeze at Lake Ontario, Irondequoit Bay was like glass and full of swans, ran over to Webster Park along the lake, also flat, and home. Temperature around 45 F.

 

Moved this forward a bit today - the 650 seca tank I eventually bought sits nearly perfectly, the 900f seat has been trimmed back to meet it, and at the bottom to line up with the tank bottom. I plan on making a 650 Seca style set of sidecovers to suit. I must say I'm liking it - photos to follow.
Had some thoughts on getting the fat rear (900s) wheel into the swingarm - it looks like the frame is wider, and could allow widening of the swingarm if required. The front wheel is still an issue and doesn't fit the front axle - the discs I bought arrived yesterday, good buy. Maybe need to rethink this

 

Managed to get the 900 diversion wheel and tyre into the 900F swingarm, realised it needs a new disc, which looks identical to the one I removed and binned 2 years ago....
Needs a little work, it sits 10mm off centre!

 

Be good seeing your photographs.

 

The fj1200 wheel sits ok height wise in the xj600 diversion forks, but they are too narrow, and the idiot (me) that bought them didn't realise that there was only one calliper mount...
So unless I find some fj1200 forks and trees I may end up just buying some trees and lower tubes - I plan on fitting some emulators anyway.

 

I took apart my ignition switch & tank cap, used a good half-tube of metal polish to bring my exhaust back to near-factory shiny, and prepped my key shroud for painting.

Does it count if it was yesterday?

 

Only if you provide pics, which I'm not very good at doing.

 

As requested:

*The key shroud was just sanded and cleaned with windex, it looks the same

 

Replaced speedometer drive and a new cable. Went really well. Only took about 30 minutes. Test drive to confirm it fixed the problem. All is well. Realize that I use the gauge more for telling me when I need to get gas than the actual speed I'm travelling.

 

while waiting on yet more parts, started stripping the handlebar switches for cleaning contacts and repaint. I carefully removed all the on/off stickers, not sure if they will go back on, (pretty faded)

 

Almost finished these:-

 

Nice job!

 

when people clean plastic gas tanks they wet sand them then apply a little heat from heat gun to make the plastic shine.
if you can find a 700 ignition key some of them have a metal lock shroud those may clean and paint easier

 

Got a little more done on the Johnny Cash bike , got auxiliary light to work , fixed left tail light bulb , put new screws in the carb hats . Almost ready to ride , still need to plate and insure.

 

I showed the SecaRat the oilconversionkit that just came in with the mail and saw she was happy..lol
There is no locknut with the kit so will have to buy or make one myself.
It's not necessary because locktight can do the trick too but I prefer a nut (aswell).

 

The fj1200 forks, callipers, and axle came today. The xj900 diversion inners I was going to fit don't... bugger. And on top of that the 1200 ones are 40mm, not 41....bugger.
Should have gone xj900s front end - but I don't like the wheel design.