Today I removed the center stand, battered it with a wire wheel on the angle grinder, painted it with Krust, primer then 3 coats of paint, cleaned...
Finally remembered to look at the exhaust, Motad.
Do you know mate, I have no idea, I’ll report back on Saturday when I go to my lockup.
[ATTACH] Bike had a blue tank and a scruffy tail piece, mate has painted it for me for a very reasonable £45. Think she looks very well now.
Not been there since 2000 with my zephyr
I have a bit of trouble with meds, many of them block my gut, do those you take cause any issues
Really painful, still hurts today. I did no more than 7 1/2 miles yesterday taking the bike for an mot, I admit that it’s been over 12 months...
living in Liverpool and having the ‘Saturday Club’ as friends, or as my wife puts it “should be locked up bunch of reprobates” I have access to...
They had the bike on rollers and even checked the fuel cap has a sealing ring
My bargain old girl passed the mot test this morning, 1 advisory for warped disc (I could not feel it going to and from the test) I’m happy with...
I wonder how many times we were within a mile of each other back in the day
I worked at Comet electrical on Deansgate at that time, I was in there every day looking at the bikes.
I did a lap of the TT circuit in 1992 on a gt750, an American had realised his dream to come to the TT, he hired the gt in London and rode up...
Very recently joined the xj club with an xj900f, I’m in Liverpool
Going nowhere for a while, clutch cable is cream crackered and for some strange reason I own absolutely NO motorcycle gear whatsoever
Only got the not run for 2 1/2 years xj running......... :-)
I got lucky, there was one in the box of spares that came with the bike
A pretty little thing that I rescued from 14 years sitting in a back yard. [ATTACH]
Finally got the carbs in (Saturday) assembled everything, added fuel, ignition and choke on.... battery turned the starter a couple of...
Unsuccessful attempt to get the carbs back in, assembled the left hand handlebar assembly with all the bits, removed the last brackets from...
No mate, I have though trawled through hundreds of pictures of bevel breathers, nothing looked like mine, it may be something the previous owner...
I have load of spare Alfa Romeo pipe clips, luckily having had 20 Alfa’s I have the special open/close pliers as well
Finally I worked out which pipe goes where from the carbs :)
I do like that
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I can assure you all this will not be my only tech question. Bike has not been on the road for a few years, I have put on a none...
I don’t know, never heard of the breather, I was going to ask ‘what’s this’
I got spares as well, some new some used
Pics and story are on, yes I messed the pictures up, in my defence it was the first time.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My first Yamaha four...
When we moved to Port St just off Piccadilly it was called Manchester Graphic Center, I used to deliver to GBM, stopped using a bike in late 82...
Right I have enough posts now, just need to find a free hosting place for pictures.
Spooky, I also was a motorcycle courier for a graphic arts supply company on Oxford Rd, then Piccadilly from 79-82, I am a city fan because when I...
Everyone talks to me, I’m lovely and if it help my ‘true manc’ brother is a red.
How do you mean ‘random’ ?
:-) I am a blue, but not that kind, Live in Toxteth, born in Blackpool and raised in Manchester, so that would be a City blue......... I don’t...
Thanks for the welcome
Hello everyone, I thought it was time I posted something as I picked up on Saturday my first xj, in fact it’s my first 4stroke Yamaha. She is a...
