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  1. rmcrow
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    help me explain to my wife.

    Thanks to every one that replied. Once I sent this to my wife to read she suddenly put all the pieces of what I have been telling her together....
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 6, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  2. rmcrow
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    help me explain to my wife.

    OK I will try to awnser the safety questions. The bike is safe and mechanically sound. She isn't ready for it yet. I said racing up to the speed...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  3. rmcrow
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    Simple Mods for XJ700

    You are right about riding a fast bike slow being fun. There is a ducatti that that smokes me and a CBR I buy coffee for all the time because I...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Modifications
  4. rmcrow
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    help me explain to my wife.

    Thanks but is actually the 900 that schools me. I like to follow that guy in the twisties around here. I learn a bit every time he beats me off...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  5. rmcrow
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    help me explain to my wife.

    A lot depends on the rider. just because a motor makes more power at the rear wheel doesn't mean its being used. My wife laughing at the gas...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  6. rmcrow
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    hi guys i need help

    Did you charge the new battery before you installed it? Is it trying to catch just as you let off the button? Have you set the petcock to prime...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  7. rmcrow
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    Simple Mods for XJ700

    OK besides style why? I have a 700 maxim that stomps all over racer rip offs on straight line take off short distance. Its quiet enough to warm...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Modifications
  8. rmcrow
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    help me explain to my wife.

    Oh yeah and the question that actually got me thinking after she heard me chew out a guy that said straight pipes save lives. After racing to the...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  9. rmcrow
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    help me explain to my wife.

    Xj newbie not bike newbie. Here are several questions I cannot clearly articulate awnsers to my wife to that have made me want to ask for...
    Thread by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014, 25 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  10. rmcrow
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    82 Maxim Windshield Buffeting

    Hi, I run a slipstream and have some pretrry bad buffeting on my helmet at 55+, that's due to the angle defines by the big chrome gauges. I have...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  11. rmcrow
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    I just don't get it

    Uhhmm really. This is the kind of person that can blow up a beautiful machine to make their insecure ego feel better. They should waste their...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  12. rmcrow
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    Hi Guys.. New member in need of help with his project XJ!

    There are a ton of things that can be wring with a bike this old. You say you have experience so you might nwant to do a forum search for a thread...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  13. rmcrow
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    Help me Put a value on this bike. Please!

    On myyt phone I am sorry about the bad grammer and the autocorrect spelling on my last post.
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  14. rmcrow
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    Help me Put a value on this bike. Please!

    $1.00 per cc is actually what QN enthusiast will pay. A collector what they can spare. I would give you about $1200 but I have to plan where every...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 3, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  15. rmcrow
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    What did you do to your Yamaha today?

    Did my resysnc after my 1k break in on my rebuilt carbs, took a two hour two up with my wife, then a few hours on my own, then spent a little...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 1, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  16. rmcrow
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    Any one in the Saint Louis Area for carb/sync - Ride?

    Syncing your carbs really isn't hard or expensive, of course I built my yics tool and manometers, and used plug chops vs a colortune. Just did my...
    Post by: rmcrow, Apr 1, 2014 in forum: Hangout Lounge
  17. rmcrow
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    1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim Valve clearance/ carb issues

    You want t look at the ceramic portion of your plug for color. Medium toast or light chocolate is good. Your right about lighter being leaner and...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  18. rmcrow
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    1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim Valve clearance/ carb issues

    You might want to go look through some of the modification threads to see what problems and solutions people have had with the lowered back...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    HAVING ISSUES WITH LONG TERM IDLE

    Don't thank me I didn't do the work of putting it together. I just bookmarked it to use as a reference. Also Len has troubleshooting guides...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  20. rmcrow
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    HAVING ISSUES WITH LONG TERM IDLE

    http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=4 ... oning.html I had the title wrong
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  21. rmcrow
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    HAVING ISSUES WITH LONG TERM IDLE

    Yes Fitz is definitely right about tweaking only being the way to get maximum performance when everything else is in spec and working right. I was...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  22. rmcrow
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    HAVING ISSUES WITH LONG TERM IDLE

    The first time I pulled my carbs I had that problem. It was because I had set my idle speed after letting the bike idle for a few minutes instead...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim Valve clearance/ carb issues

    Spelling mangeled by spell check. But was nut. Had to type that three times to get it to stop changing it for one sentence.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim Valve clearance/ carb issues

    You don't have to change the final drive to do the bakes but you should anyway. 80 gear oil from auto zone is what you want. There is a link...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 24, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    quick question on tyre pressures xj700n

    There was s a difference between the max pressure on the tires and the recommend running pressure. Running at max can quickly wear your tires and...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 23, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Green powder mold? on carbs?

    The seafoam thing was mine. I had to clean my brothers where he would add almost half a can to a tank of gas then run in into his system then let...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 23, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Green powder mold? on carbs?

    Sounds like seafoam residue. Yup spray cleaner will get it.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 23, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    installing carb tricks?

    I make sure my intake clamps are extremely loose, straddle the front wheel and pull really hard and rock a bit up and down and left and right. Or...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 17, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    New member

    For any parts you need just click the banner in the top right corner of this site. That will take you to the catalog for a fellow named Len that...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 17, 2014 in forum: Hangout Lounge
  30. rmcrow
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    1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim Valve clearance/ carb issues

    Normally you set the idle after it is warmed up. If I set mine so that it idles at a thousand as soon as I can turn off the choke by the time I...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 16, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  31. rmcrow
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    Stock '85 XJ700 Maxim parting out, FL

    Pm sent.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 14, 2014 in forum: For Sale, Trade/Swap, Wanted
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    Low charge after storage

    Some last years some one season. The kind of tender you have as well as what kind of battery, and of course random chance influence the life.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 12, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Low charge after storage

    Here is a link that chacal posted for testing all the electronic systems and proper voltage and amperage I including the battery....
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 12, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  34. rmcrow
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    Low charge after storage

    You should have 13 plus off 12 with just the draw from the headlight and I think not quite sure but over 10 while cranking for the first couple...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 12, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  35. rmcrow
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    Low charge after storage

    Check your voltage at the terminals with the bike off, then on, then while cranking it. See how large the drop is at each stage.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 12, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  36. rmcrow
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    Howdi from Australia

    Welcome, there is a detailed guide here for everything you will ever need to do I to your bike. These guys are great.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: Hangout Lounge
  37. rmcrow
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    New (to me) 82 XJ650. Is this a normal noise? (VIDEO)

    Sounds like your tach cable needs some lube, maybe replaced. The rest of what I heard is the normal loud valve noise. Ask one of the experts but I...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  38. rmcrow
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    Low charge after storage

    My battery can die pretty quick I'd its cold just from pushing the cold oil. I would check your battery under load though just to be sure its not...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  39. rmcrow
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    What do you think this bike is worth?

    Yup thats why I got mine, trying to save on my hour commute. And have fun.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    What do you think this bike is worth?

    People have more free money than me then. My utilities, insurance, and grocery bill has gone up almost 30% over the last couple years and wages,...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    What do you think this bike is worth?

    I paid 800 for an 85 maxim xj700 with brand new tires and what the owner said was a shop carb rebuild and sync, that was a lie about 150 miles...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  42. rmcrow
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    Wanted: xj700 carb needle

    I have a couple that I replaced when I rebuilt my carbs. Its not to expensive to get new ones from Len though rather than used.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: For Sale, Trade/Swap, Wanted
  43. rmcrow
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    What do you think this bike is worth?

    850, the economy is slow and low in that area still.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  44. rmcrow
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    First ride

    Yup except I had to replace the Broken mirror with bar ends because it only had the left.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  45. rmcrow
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    First ride

    I have a couple pictures of bits and pieces and wiring and such from when I first to're it apart to get it roadable. I haven't taken any of the...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    1983 XJ900R starter noise - no go

    And you might want to put rebuilding your starter on you list for this winter anyway, or at least pulling it and cleaning and checking it out next...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  47. rmcrow
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    First ride

    Bbbq is bikes blues and barbeque, its a rally held in Fayetteville Arkansas, year before last I was living in Fayetteville and working nights and...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    First ride

    The days have been warm enough for awhile here. But the nights have been cold enough to refreeze the roads. Hopefully we are just about doing with...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  49. rmcrow
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    First ride

    If you come to bbbq I promise not to shoot as long as you don't have straight pipes.
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 11, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    First ride

    I am going up north of the mason Dixie next week anyway to go to cycle60 salvage in neosho. I was about to see if you wanted to go for a ride with...
    Post by: rmcrow, Mar 10, 2014 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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