Ahhh the joys of new York State....Damn lakes....I did check out a nice VTX 1300 that I think my cousin is going to snag from the Harley dealer in...
I wish I lived in the south.....
got my new fuse box 3 oil filters, air filter and oil and threw her old ass on the trailer. gonna see if my battery is still under warranty before...
pulled it out of the garage to find out someone unplugged my maintainer.... hoping either warranty is still good or it'll take a charge.. :(
He actually said that's where he got his last kit from too. but hes not a "forum" kind of guy i guess.
found a mechanic whos personal ride is a 83 seca and does all the local harley dealers carb work.....best part hes going to do a full run through...
looking to see what i get for offers.... simply dont have the time and my mechanic retired before i could get it in.... hate to see it just sit...
assuming all goes well once my taxes are back count me in ;-) im currently just north of buffalo and grew up in CNY
definitely going to fix the car in the next few days... couldn't find a good link/price on the ones from chacal... the mechanic is going to do a...
found an excellent mechanic(family friend pointed me his way) was wondering if these are the right kit/if anyone has any links/sources/additional...
I may have to do just that... he lives close to my parents/where I grew up... first time I've missed my truck in a while.... I just want to get...
i prefer to do my own work but wont have the time...I actually just found out that my mechanic is the one who did the last carb cleaning/tune when...
brakes/line are about 5 years old, drained and refilled with oil(not gonna change filter till i know the leaking is fixxed) seems to not be...
i guess i should add that the tires are only 2 years old and only have like 500 on them, it was on the road 2 seasons ago, brakes are good newer...
i would fix it but i dont have a garage, gonna see what my mechanic says it would cost me... rocs where do you get a 1k price tag from? thats...
ok, so i got the bike(82 xj750) and was told that the oil leaked out over the winter(bad floats/petcock led to gas in the oil(suspected reason for...
got everything laid out (tools petcock fuses(going to put inline blade fuses in for now since i had a few laying around.)) skip to last friday,...
looks just like the cut off bolt i used as a plug on my old honda....
sorry. his issue just matched mine exactly and was hoping to hear back from the OP about if just changing the oil and running it cleared it up or...
also wondering if the float needles are stuck if i get it running and run some seafoam if they might free up..PO had no problems for the 2 years...
mine I just got, just picked up battery today. hasnt been even attempted at being turned on since it dropped oil 1.5 years ago. also when PO...
hoping to hear from the first poster about his bike... if i need to do a full carb rebuild i will have an 82 xj750j for sale...
it sounds exactly like the origional poster said..should i drain it, fill it up and run it a bit and see? mine sat over winter and dont know when...
would that also lead to loss of oil? it looks damn near empty....and i dont smell any gas...
let me know if this sounds similar and how just changing the oil worked out. would love to not have to bring mine into the shop.
mine appears to have a leak in the same location...just picked it up today and he said he fired it up after winter and it was empty? not totally...
