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Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by jeepchick, Jun 1, 2011.

  1. jeepchick

    jeepchick New Member

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    Hi! I'm new to riding and picked up my first bike yesterday. A 1982 XJ750J. Was told it used to run, but was sitting for a long time and wouldn't start and it was mine for $500. Hmmmmm.....new battery, spark plugs, new gas, and low and behold, it started!!!!!
     
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    NICE!! Congratz!
     
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    Congrats! Welcome to the site.

    Now the real fun begins-
    Check rear brake for delamination
    Clean carbs
    install inline fuel filter
    Change out fuse box to blade style
    check valve clearances
    check front brake hoses for date
    bleed front brakes (at a minimum)

    Have fun!!
     
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    cutlass79500 Well-Known Member

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    First thing before anything else is change the oil
     
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    jmilliken Well-Known Member

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    check your rear brake for delamination and the date code of your tires!!! congrats on the first bike!
     
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    Welcome JeepChick, and congrats !!

    Does this make 3 active women on the site ??
     
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    Yeah, it runs now. Not to rain on your parade, but it is going to take a lot of work to get it road worthy. My bike was almost exactly in the same condition as yours. It ran alright...hehe.

    Good luck and have fun!
     
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    Congrats Jeepchick, welcome to the world of XJ everything. The search feature on this site will be your very best friend and the rest of us will offer advice and help if near by. Can you post some pics of the bike?
     
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    I'll definitely post some pics. We've done a whole tune-up including an oil change. Runs purty good now! Need a new rear tire and trying to figure out the idle problem. Otherwise I'm so friggen pumped to get going!!! Ordered a Haynes manual (which I definitely shoulda done before I started!!! LOL). They're hard little buggers to find!
     
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    ...and that's just the short list! 8O
    But from your posts you sound like you are going in the right direction, just don't let your enthusiasm overshadow your safety, we like the people that come here. :D
     
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    And we'd like y'all to stick around for a while. The only thing we like more than keeping another XJ on the road around here is keeping the XJ's owner SAFE while riding said XJ
     
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