What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Fuel out the driveshaft boot? You have problems.
Is you muffler belt lose? Is your signal light fluid low too? This and other issues are the reason some riders stay awake at night!!

 

There's a post covering fuel out the driveshaft. Fuel in oil, oil leaking through shaft gasket. Drain fluids, clean and set carbs, replace gasket. Use search feature.. on another note.. new tank emblems and throttle cable.

 

There's a post covering fuel out the driveshaft. Fuel in oil, oil leaking through shaft gasket. Drain fluids, clean and set carbs, replace gasket. Use search feature.. on another note.. new tank emblems and throttle cable.

 

My turn signal fluid is low! I'm waiting for parts on that, so in the meantime, I've been changing oil, etc. on my dirtbike. But the XJ sits nearby, patiently, waiting for it's turn signals to operate properly with lubrication! Haven't checked the muffler belt yet, one thing at a time, lol.

 

I sandblasted my headlight and gauge pods, then primered them with rust resistant primer... now on my way to the store to get some truck bed liner to coat them black

 

Macros, don't forget to chrome the Keneuter Valve LOL

 

Step 1-Went for a ride. Went 2 blocks and it died.
Step 2-Checked fuses, petcock, key...nothing. Got back on, started, went 2 blocks, died.
Step 3-Jiggled handlebars, hit the button, went 2 blocks, died.
Repeated step 3 for 10 minutes.
Got home, figured tomorrow's project is going through the wiring in the headlight bucket and ignition switch.
And I was worried I was running out of Gremlins!

 

thanks for reminding me about the muffler belt, im kinda new the the bike world only have 2 xs650s that i restored, been learning xj for about 3 -4 weeks now it's a cool bike , i would rather a chain drive tho, but bringing this one back, was not taking care of the last few years, unrusted the tank last weekend, and rattle caned the sidecovers with some killer grey metalflake.pics soon

 

Grey metal flake sounds pretty cool, gonna do the tank as well? Yeah, those muffler belts are a pita lol. Just having some fun. We used to send our new privates in the army after all kinds of crazy stuff, box of grid squares, automatic boot polishers, lol, stuff like that.

 

Changed my brake lines to stainless steels ones, changed brake pads. Fought with caliper, fought with brake bleeding, 3 hour job took 6.... Gotta love murphy sometimes!

 

Pulled the back wheel, checked break shoes (good) greased bearings n lubed moving parts in break drum - working on carbs (with help frm iwingameover). Hope to be out soon ... :lol:

 

Just ordered new wiper blades for the windshield too! LOL

Just replaced my LED tail light with one that has more LEDs in it. Holy crap batman, I thought the old one was bright (which it was) but the new one that has more LEDs in it....it's blinding!!! If I don't get noticed now, I never will.

 

New back tire, balanced back and front tire. Tried to start it after sitting most of the winter to no avail, battery was too low. Charged the battery and she fired right up. I almost forgot haw smooth the XJ is.

 

So Here is what I did Yesterday to my xj650...
took my float needle to Westside motor sports to find a new one...
got there and could not find the same one drove all the way back home to get the seet... drove back to Westside got the needle and seet I needed to replace old one... it busted sat. last week stopped me dead from cleaning my carbs... first time doing it so I wanted everything there....

came home grabbed my carbs drove to my dads house to start the cleaning process... first carb on the right went well enrichment valve coated in about a mm of grime and most of the holes plugged same with second and third...

when i got the Mixture screws i took out the second one and found there was no washer... third one there was no O ring and 4th one there was nothing... picked up everything and drove as fast as I could to Westside 30min before they closed and I was about 15 min out... spent until closing finding the O rings and washers but we found them...
dragged myself home and finished the cleaning process... Finally all day process from 11am to 9 pm


and today I get to bench sinc the carbs... then its on to fine tuning the mixture... Not possable without Thanks to Rick

 

Took ignition switch off and apart, cleaned.
Found the short in the cut-off switch wires and (hopefully) got that fixed finally.
Changed the oil, no more petrol smell!
Cursed the PO that put the too large POS headlight on it, the reason I had to find the cut-off switch short.

 

put the carbs back on now it idles tooo high... cant find the problem... might have to take off again... 4-5k rpm idle once and a while id start it up again and it would idle were it was suposed to then i would rev it and it would stick at 4-5 again...

if i cant get it running by the middle of next month properly im gana have to sell it. cant bring it up to cally with me for school it it dosn't run like it should...

 

found problem with idle flout was sticking open... tryed to put carbs back on to test and pulled a muscle in my back... :lol:

 

Pulled the axle, checked rears again, greased, re-assembled, dis-assembled, re-assembled, dis-assembled, swore, everything fit back together like butter.

Cleaned all electrical connections and switches...signals snap back to center now.

Headlight saturday.....to be continued

 

Figured out one of my sparks isn't working. New plugs and oil change this weekend. Speedo not working, so gotta figure out if it's the cable or the speedo. Still need to take off the back tire and check the brakes for delam.

 

Ordered parts to fix the forks. Maybe this time will be the charm. I still need to check valves but I haven't talked myself into it just yet. Everything I seem to do to this bike I end up doing at least twice, some things more than twice. I'm still studying the post on the valve checking process so maybe I'll only have to do it once. I need to put my bike in the house with the computer so I can do it step by step. Haven't talked the wife into that one yet!

 

Just finished putting on the new chain and sprockets. Man that makes a world of difference!

+1 to satisfaction factor

 

Just in today: 12 Volt air compressor and tire repair plugs.

I threw them in the front bag. ( I dont want to get stranded )

 

Uncovered it.
Was going to try to start it.
The Battery Tender died.
No juice.

I'll be trying to get it going this weekend.
I need to push some Oil through it.

 

Put twenty miles on it after work. Longest ride with it so far. Still working out the kinks, gotta add fork seals, fork oil change, and possibly new springs to the list. Might as well change the front pads while I've got her apart.

 

JameyP, I have the same problem, old lady gets pissed seeing my grease-monkey a** running back and forth from computer room to garage, think I'm gonna get an old laptop and use it wireless from the garage so I can keep up on all the posts and be able to pull up all the great instructional ones, lol, we'll see.

 

Get the Lap Top.
Add a Web Cam.
I got a New MAC with FILE Sharing / Show & Tell / iChat Video Conf.

I'll do "Live Help" and amuse you while you get dirty.

 

Drained the syn. oil overnight... went to the store and got cas. 4 stroke motorcycle oil... tryed to start it and it wound down on me again... took batery off took starter off and headed to Good old Dad for help... he looked at the starter tore it apart and nothing was wrong with it. checked the voltage of the battery.. 11.3 and stuck it on a trick charger... 5 hours later it reads full... voltage now is 13.6 on what is suposed to be a 12v battery... went home stuck everything back in and cranked it over.. it wanted to fier up the first crank then nothing just turned over... so tomarrow i am pulling the sparkpluges getting new ones and getting more gas...FUN TIMES...

 

What did I do you my Tammie, today? Well, nothing, so far, but several days ago, I had a total brain fart while getting ready to swap in new rear shocks and springs, unlatched the rear ratchet straps on my bike table while leaving the front 2 on. Of course, I forgot that since the backs were off, the front ones would go slack, and while I was bent down to the right of the bike, the whole bike and table went over on the LEFT side. I the bike was at less than 45 degrees when it caught my eye, so there was nothing I could do but watch it go over.

Fortunately, I had an old dining room table and my table saw in close proximity to the bike, so they both kinda caught the bike while it was almost parallel to the ground, about a foot or 2 away from it. I had to jump onto the severely tilted bike table, grab the right handlebar and backbend to counter the weight, jump off right before the bike table legs landed, and then stop the bike from shifting and going over on the right side. I have a detached garage, so the wife and kids were all warm and cozy in the house, without realizing what Dad was going through. Not a fun experience! I STILL can't figure out how I got hurt OR the bike suffered any damage to it. Only thing I found was a superficial scuff to the fresh paint on the tank, but I haven't even wet sanded it yet, so it'll go away.

That's what I get for forgetting to muscle it onto the center stand after undoing the rear straps!

 

well i was going to post a video of my bike running.. but my phone wont let me upload it... anyway here is what i did to my bike today....

took spark plugs off got new ones filled tank with better gas...
cranked it once nothing 2 times 3rd time i held the button down for a whole 30sec- a min and it finally started... its not idling at 5k rpm anymore yay... still running rough though so I got to get the intake to carb boots… and sync them

 

Replaced original fuse box with aftermarket box and accessories from XJ4ever, thanks Chacal! It was kind of a pain trying to work it all out, but like most things, now that I've done it, it would be WAY easier the second time, lol.

 

Pulled off carbs, what a job! No, not too bad, I followed mlew and a few others posts about how to do it and it only took about 20-30 minutes, and some of that was sitting back thinking about it, lol. Got them off, waiting for some parts, now what? Should I start cleaning them one at a time? Also, can you drain each carb to get the fuel out one at a time or do they share all the fuel in them? I'll post some pics to show you the 600 dollar carb cleaning that the po had done, lol, maybe it's just me. Is that gel looking stuff around the float and gasket what gas looks like when it gets old? Or could that be some rtv type gasket stuff in there, any thoughts?

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Pic is a bit on the blurry side, tough to see what we're looking at.

On the question of "what did I do to my yamaha today"--

I put a replacement handlebar cover on my XJ900rk #2, I got the master cylinder open by drilling out one of the screws. Now I have a pile of powder to clean up from the top of the diaphragm, and a pile of brown rubbery balls at the bottom of the the MC. Then I can replace the window, and get to rebuilding it. Nice original turnsignals were installed last week but still need one more to finish that job.

Dave Fox

Dave

 

Installed a new rear fender, new gas tank lock, and some new-old footpegs though I think I'm going to reinstall the old one's as I like them better w/ the spring release.

 

Wired up and mounted me new headlight to my 93 XJ600. I like it so much better.

 

Pooreman... Would love to see some pics of this put back together.... was wondering about switching headlights and would be interested in your final product

 

This is the only other pic I took.

Wiring wasn't very difficult. The brackets are universal and are almost too small. My turn signals aren't perfect and I thought about leaving them off but they are whats holding the headlight on so it works out well. Need a warm day so I can test all these winter projects out. Gas tank needs to be repainted but I can't spend any more money on it this winter. I've done enough!

 

Took the bike on its maiden voyage to my girlfriends house and found out real quick where my regular tank ends and my reserve starts.pushing up an 8th mile hill is no fun. First ride ever for me and had absolutely no problems except for the cold(40 degrees) but dropped my phone leaving her house. She saved it and i got a set of her dads old soft saddlebags for free.Plan to ride it to school tomorrow in 36 degree weather.I swear its an addiction

 

Did my first "hopefully" successful clear-tube fuel level test and then my first bench sync of the butterflies. This is too fun! lol I really appreciate all the great info you members have provided for all of us to make our bikes worthy of what they are supposed to be. Thanks!

Mac

 

Lubed the cables, changed the oil, played with my new rear stand,

throttle cables were a b*tch

Washed it and oiled the chain

Then a victory ride!!!!

 

Ran the wiring the correct way for the new headlight, fixed front fork shaft seal, checked oil, tire pressure, and brake fluid, topped off the tank, went for a 50 mile ride.

 

stripped down to rolling chassis with engine and relocated the battery box centered on the frame. got tank halfway stripped. (its become a full-blown project now)

 

I started the 900 and let it run for about 10 minutes, and I turned the key on on another one to see a bright headlight then turned it back off. I'll wake the others up maybe this weekend.

Dave

 

Over the last week...

1)Changed old fuse panel for new blade fuse panel

2)Replaced petcock vacuum line.

3)Installed new horn

4)Rode for the first time this season...It was great getting back on the bike after a long winter!

 

Looked them, started one for a few minutes. Started the Intruder and went for a 12 mi. ride just to scratch the itch, and to get some fresh gas circulating through.

Dave

 

sanded the frame and started prepping frame for paint and sanded the solid wheel some more about 8 hrs worth on the wheel so far about another 4 hrs to go til its ready for polishing

 

Well, this weekend actually, lol, set my floats (clear-tube method), bench synced the carbs, re-installed carbs (always fun-hands hurt ) Took it for a spin and WOW, what a difference! All those nights in the garage finally paying off, lol! Now I need to get my signals working, possibly replace the mc and clutch, shifting kinda mushy, not sure why. Loving this bike! Thanks Fitz and Rickomatic and Mlew and so many others for all your patience and help!

Mac

 

Stared at it all day waiting for my parts to get in!

 

I spent a little while soldering on the new tail light and the rear blinkers. Then figured out how I'm going to mount the front blinkers. I can't take it any longer, I gotta ride this thing. The 1,000ft from shed to garage and back just don't cut it any more! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH :evil:

 

I spent a few hours on 04.01 changing the rear brake pads on my XJ750. Went much easier than I expected. Broke a few bolts though - replaced them with grade 5. Probably won't have to worry about those particular bolts again.

I didn't have any of the delamination issues I was told to watch for, but the pads were over half worn anyway, so I'm just as happy I replaced them.

 

I odered a NEW oil pump cover and altanator brushes from chacal today.