Hi, great write-up, Fitz :) Got these aftermarket gaskets Is there a proper way to orient them (which side facing where) - or doesn´t it matter,...
Right! :)
Hi Chris XJ900F uses Mikunis, XJ650 Hitachis, Divy I don´t know. Best sources for parts in Europe, I think are : Ebay.de (heres a set):...
You´re welcome to like whatever you want, bro´; my reason for posting is that I hadn´t seen this (quite elegant, IMO) solution for an allen-headed...
Right, Dave. The bike is an ´85 XJ700N Maxim and the donor engine is from an ´86 XJ700S Maxim - and yes, the XJ900 ignition cover is held with 4...
It´s one of those defining moments, right :-)?
From a german XJ-rider who´s apparantly good with a lathe: [ATTACH]
Carbs were a lot harder to mount on the "new" intake rubbers - the wood prevents back-sliding, a lot of pull force on the other side ´till that...
So, a little update - days are getting shorter and colder rapidly, near zero degrees C last night, luckily no salt on the roads (yet). 1.st step...
In another thread Graham linked to his (IMO very fine) collection here:...
A little addition to "Hogfiddles" excellent walk-through: I pull the rack to the rear grabbing the left or right side. When it pops out of the...
Thanks, Gary. Talked to the seller of the engine, who has some xperience with the 700´s and he says normally (originally) the only earth ground is...
Resistor or non-resistor plugs look identical, except for the writing on them: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] "Boots" are the from-water-intrusion rubber...
Right.. Yeah, that coil is always facing the sunny side when parked :-)
Answering for Polock here :-): R=Resistance (as in BPR7ES) HAP has a good write-up on coils and plugs: http://www.maxim-x.com/dyna_coils.html...
Yes. Use resistance in plugs or caps, not both. Denso have a BP7ES equivalent: Denso W22EP-U
Not its first valve-check, one of the ignition cover bolts in pretty bad shape: [ATTACH] On the 900 the bolts are plain, changeable with normal...
Checked alternator brushes, like new (on a side note: tried a modified Bosch brush once, not a good idea! Looked like this after around 6000...
1994 XJ900F on its way to Denmark from a german civil engineers garage in 2007 :) [ATTACH] The missus´ -700 when it was "new" in 2006:...
Throttle cable cleaned and lubed properly?
Due to excessive oil consumption and increasing running problems, I decided to swap the 53.000 miles engine to a (reportedly) 5000 miles one. The...
Thanks Tony, will leave it out, then. pigtail lead connected :-) Finn
Installing new engine (black ´86 "S") in an XJ700N (-85) frame. From the back of the old engine, next to the engine-to-batteri minus connection...
