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What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Cutlass84, Jun 4, 2007.

  1. chacal

    chacal Moderator Moderator Supporting Vendor Premium Member

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    Cut out the carbs! (in your diet, not on the bike.........) :)
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    I have been. It's so difficult though.
     
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    5 C. shouldn't be too cold since I rode the bikes well below freezing point and slept outside in tents during wintermeetings.
    -10C orso was quite common.
    Nowadays, getting older, the 'drive' to do so is becoming less. Also because lots of my friends quit riding or even choose to ride
    only above 15 C. and only around the church so to say.
    Covidshit doesn't help either due to concerns regarding money etc.
    Not for me though but meetings are adjourned so there is a lot less riding going on and I like to haul distances.
     
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    It reached 22 degrees C here so I had to go for a ride.
    I took the vintage FZ600 for a tour.
    You can see me on a back road, this is the border between Canada and US.
    A very desolate iron bridge is all that separates the countries.
    In my mirror you can see more of the bridge.
    FZ hand maid.jpg
    Actually they were filming an episode of The Handmaid's Tale near Waterloo last week.
    It's a series on Netflix, famous Margaret Atwood story, my wife watches it.
    They did a good job painting this on the bridge and making it look old.


    FZ hand maid ride.jpg
    FZ is running sweet, need to look at the clutch though, it is really stiff.
     
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    Damn I just spotted a fastener missing!
     
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    Yamaha parts special? Looks like the tank didn't quite match the frame?
     
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    Parts bin special only in putting the air-cooled XJ600 motor into the FZ400R frame.
    FZ400R had the same fuel tank with the cut outs between the frame, otherwise I think it would have looked too slab sided.
    Certainly aids air flow for the XJ motor.

    fz40r_06.jpg
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    I spent a few of my dollars on taking the girl to a decent day-trip. Exploring twisty roads is a welcome change from exploring the Great Plains.
    I had forgotten that the corner speed recommendations are just for cars :p
     
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    Minimutly Well-Known Member

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    The fz has xj wheels? Still can't see why they would have mismatched the tank with the frame on the fz?
    So did the fz600 end up lighter? And better? (Don't know much about the fz400 tbh).
    Zoomed in on the fz pic - looks like a 16v motor?
     
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    This is what my OEM front wheel bearings looked like :rolleyes:
     
  11. Simmy

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    FZ600, FZ400R and Radian all share that 16" front wheel.
    FZ600, FZ400R (and SRX600 I think) share the rear wheel.
    The FJ600 and RZ350 have 18" rears but are skinnier and have 2 hole pattern spokes instead of 1 big oval.
    Lots of RZ350 guys mount the FZ600 swing arm and rear wheel for an upgrade to the wider (not as skinny LOL) rear wheel.

    I've never considered this a visual flaw as I think it makes the bike appear slimmer.
    The 1984 FZ400R was one of the 1st perimeter frames from Yamaha, perhaps it was meant to accentuate the perimeter frame?
    The FJ1100 and FZ750 being others, they follow the frame and look good.

    You guys in the UK have a better chance of seeing an FZ400R in the flesh than us over here as your grey import business is bigger.
    Personally I don't have much to offer about them either, I suspect you're right that the FZ600 would be lighter, air-cooled vs liquid and all it's auxiliaries.
    Certainly more power and torque, likely less RPM's.
    @a100man said he saw a motor at a breaker and contemplated putting it in an XJ550 chassis.

    In Canada we got the later FZR400 which had the inclined motor and aluminum frame, and had much in common with the FZR600.
    I think the FZ600 disappointed the press at the time because it wasn't really an FZ right, FZ's have the latest & greatest, not some thro-back XJ motor.
    I think they're an interesting bike, being a transition between the UJM's and the modern sportbike.
     
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    Yeah but talk is cheap right? I'll get onto when I've fettled all the current bikes, finished my dual-sport GS500 conversion, fixed -up my VW Type 2 back up and Alfa Spider (916 model type not the
    expensive one), finalised the divorce finances and fixed up the house.
     
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    was the bike underwater?
     
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    No idea. For sure ridden on dirt roads frequently and probably too much pressure washing.
     
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    Pressurized the tires, placed the battery and tomorrow off to a private hifi-listeningsession.
     
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    Swapped exhaust from my JCB to My yellow Seca ,the mufflers have been drilled out has a nice throaty sound .
     
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    you should not use a pressure washer on your bike the water can get into places you do not want it to go
     
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    Rolled one of the 650's on the lift table out from under the stairs in the garage. Fired it up a few weeks back and let it run awhile. If the weather is decent this next week I plan to start riding to work. Next up is to get the "fiddled" with carbs on my 750 and get that ready to assume the daily driver role this season
     
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    Changed the startersolenoid just as precaution because the previous owner managed to get the startermotorbrushes worn out after appr. 20k..
    Changed those last year and later I thought maybe it's better to replace this part too after some startingissues.
    I thought to have a bad battery but no, as it seems this could be the culprit.. 'coz now it's a hit and run.
    Just to be safe during next ridingsaeson.
     
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    Rode the XJ550 to work for the first time this season. Several years ago I was riding it to work each day in February. Been a long, cold spring here in South Dakota...but back in the saddle again.

    Did my spring maintenance yesterday...new battery, oil change, adjust/lube chain, check cables, check tires/tire pressure, check brake function, check lights, inspect helmet, etc.

    Running really nice even with last fall's gasoline (use Stabil in the fall for storage, Seafoam in each fillup).
     
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