Owner's Manual

Good job my young padawan. I no longer feel a disturbance in the force.

Now, PICS!!! WE LOVE PICS!!!

We also love to answer questions and help each other out. Some of us, if we live somewhat close, will even offer to come help if you need it. So please don't be afraid to ask for help. And remember that the only stupid question is one that wasn't asked.

 

This NOTICE appears on its OWN Single Page just inside the Front Cover of ALL Yamaha Factory Service Manuals.

 

In the process of cleaning it up a bit.

 

Thanks, RickCoMatic. I'll see what Amazon & Ebay have to offer.

 

Welcome to the site Redsix !!

That's the MOST comfy looking seat !

 

TtR- Thank you! It is very comfortable seat!

 

Hey mine had a seat like that. Then I murdered it for being WAY too big for my liking haha.

 

Xplicit - That's what I intend to do. It's comfortable, but too big. How much did you cut it down? Is it easy to do, or is it best left to those with knowhow?

 

I will pitch the usefulness of the owners manual. It is a basic guide to where everything is, general adjustment and basic service. Useless it is not. Sure, I purchased my service manuals first for most of my bikes but I still pick up the owners manuals to have on the bike for those away missions. It is by no means a service manual but will help the uninitiated become familiar with their machine (or at least we hope so).
Red, while the initial blush may seem harsh, please know it is not intended to be such. The folks here truly care if you get home at night and in a few instances, the hair on the back of the neck goes up when we hear of a 30 year old bike hitting the road under the guidance of an inexperienced rider. We are fairly passionate about riding and keeping our shared experience as fatality free as possible (and we have suffered losses here). Enjoy the experience we have to offer and the brotherhood of the open road, I hope we'll hear some good stories from you in due time.

 

Thanks, Robert. I'd like to have a copy of both manuals, now. So I can see for myself. I don't intend to work on the bike on my own, but it will help to understand what goes where and what it does.

 

Unless you know somebody who will, or are made of money, you're going to need to learn. Like I said before, this isn't an old car. You won't find many shops that will even touch a bike this old; the Yamaha dealerships won't. Quite often, if you do find a shop that is willing to take your money, that's all they'll do. We've had dozens upon dozens of horror stories from folks who paid some back-alley bike shop way too much to screw up their bike for them.

Owning, riding, and maintaining a bike this old is pretty much a DIY situation, honestly.

 

Red, earlier one of the posters suggested you take a class on how to ride your bike. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation puts on courses at many community colleges and other places across the country. They have several different courses including Rider Street Skills, and Advanced rider street skills. I took the first one so long ago we had to pedal the bikes! It is actually a lot of fun. They provide the motorcycles which are little bitty things like 125's and 250's. Very light and easy to learn on. There is sit down class instruction as well as plenty of time to ride the course and put to use what you learned in the classroom. The goal of the course is to get you comfortable on a bike and to teach you the basic skills you will need to keep yourself alive out on the mean streets.

Again, the course is a ton of fun. You even get to race your classmates. The winner is the LAST person to cross the finish line without putting a foot down! This exercise teaches you loooooow speed control.

Have fun and stay safe my friend!

Loren

 

Red the seat isnt to terrible to shave down yourself. Right now I am stuck on getting mine re-covered. I don't sew and I am trying to find somebody who can haha.

 

Bigfitz- The guys I take my car to do bikes as well, and they're awesome guys. They'll take good care of it and me. I'm lucky to have found them.
wamaxim- There's a bike safety class offered through the DMV here, and I intend to take it. It's full through the end of May, and with my work schedule, I wont' be able to make it until July. But it's definitely something I'm going to do.
Xplicit- Let me know how that goes. I might do mine myself.

 

http://www.4sh ared.com/get/T6rd E9Gx/XJ750J_owners_man ual_xj750_j_.html

Link to Owner's Manual, if you haven't found it yet.

There's "3" obvious spaces in that link.