Here you can work on a car or bike for $$$ BUT you can only call yourself a mechanic if you have passed Trade Certification and completed your...
Be very very careful touching the header pipes they are hot enough to cause a serious burn. If you are away from "home" spit on the header if...
Battery would be the first thing to check. Carefully jump start the bike cold from a car battery. If the bike then starts you have found the...
Can't just "mess with" carbs. Need to be "white room" clean and set up right. The some screw in the centre is idle Speed, adjust only when...
Very similar to what I had: http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=56254.html#56254 Bad coil/plug
Yes it can be hard to understand these things. Most of us who tinker have been doing so for years (decades in some cases). We try to help but...
The float level is given with a (quite large) + or - as close enough is close enough, though all 4 levels should match each other as best as you...
At the bottom of this page: Jetting help there is a correction table for the effects of alitude and changes that may need to be made, the...
See if you can ballance the choke/throttle when she fires to keep the motor running. Try setting the fuel to prime and leaving it there. Then...
The "choke" is the enrichment circuit. The XJ does not choke like a car with a plate covering the inlet, it has a circuit that lets more fuel in...
We drive on the correct side of the road too ;) , left hand raised to right sholder or infront of chest, plam forward (so as to not show a "I am...
Be careful using the charger! You can damage/destroy your battery. Inportant: Unplug the battery from the wiring loom. There are motorcycle...
What it means is relax your arms, slow down, lean forward (so as to lower the hight of your body and thus the centre of gravity) and hope. If...
The needles are not adjustable, people have put washers under then to raise the needle though. Good you avoided a fire! I don't know if you...
That could be the problem! ;) :D
