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    For Sale Seca 550 Parts Bike (Complete-ish) Rochester NY

    SOLD! To the gentleman playing banjo on the moon :cool:
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 25, 2018 in forum: For Sale, Trade/Swap, Wanted
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    For Sale Seca 550 Parts Bike (Complete-ish) Rochester NY

    Ideally, someone comes with a pickup truck and hauls the stuff off. It's a frame, engine, and two boxes of parts. I really don't want to deal with...
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 24, 2018 in forum: For Sale, Trade/Swap, Wanted
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    For Sale Seca 550 Parts Bike (Complete-ish) Rochester NY

    Sooooo I broke my femur in half on the ski slope 2 months ago :rolleyes: [IMG] As a result, I am getting out of the bikes for awhile. I gifted my...
    Thread by: petebrusch, Mar 24, 2018, 7 replies, in forum: For Sale, Trade/Swap, Wanted
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    Turn signal issues, and a new bike!

    Oh the joys of wires... So recently, my left side turn signal stopped flashing on my '82 Seca 550. The front bulb stays lit solid, and the rear...
    Thread by: petebrusch, Jun 6, 2017, 6 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Voltmeter spazzing out

    So after spending about 5 minutes riding around an empty campus parking lot with my hand wedged in between my faring and my gauges, I confirmed...
    Post by: petebrusch, Apr 30, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Voltmeter spazzing out

    That could very well be the case, the noise and the spazzing both cut off at low speed. And at high speed, I'm honestly not sure if it comes back...
    Post by: petebrusch, Apr 30, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Voltmeter spazzing out

    Hey guys, My Seca 550 seems very happy now, took a nice ride up to Lake Ontario the other night, so now I suppose it's time to sort out the...
    Thread by: petebrusch, Apr 30, 2017, 8 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Got her going today, now to fix the little things...

    I bought my two Seca's at the same time from a guy who had bought them separately and decided he had too many projects, so I don't have much...
    Post by: petebrusch, Apr 8, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Got her going today, now to fix the little things...

    Really? I've read just about everywhere that you had to plug that YICS port to get an accurate sync.
    Post by: petebrusch, Apr 8, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Got her going today, now to fix the little things...

    Thanks chacal! I'm fairly confident in my mechanical abilities, but wires tend to scare me! I'll see what I can do about checking those things,...
    Post by: petebrusch, Apr 8, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Got her going today, now to fix the little things...

    After swapping the motor from the parts bike, I'm proud to say I have a motorcycle once again! Now there's a few things here and there that I...
    Thread by: petebrusch, Apr 5, 2017, 11 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Seat Mod For an XJ 550 Maxim

    Street sign is the way to go, and they too make great skateboards! [IMG]
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 27, 2017 in forum: XJ Modifications
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    First post/engine rebuild question

    Yeah the edges of the rings did not look good in a few spots, but I can't photograph it well. I'll clean and measure everything before I buy new...
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 27, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    First post/engine rebuild question

    [IMG] Hmm. Doesn't seem like my picture made it here. Try the link. Piston #1 is the good. 2 is the bad, 3 and 4 were pretty ugly as far as the...
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 27, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    First post/engine rebuild question

    Five...
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 27, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    First post/engine rebuild question

    Good point! By the way, when can I post pictures? I'd like to show you guys how I found my pistons.
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 27, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    First post/engine rebuild question

    I'll definitely do that for now. Maybe I'll get around to putting this blown motor back together, but I'm thinking in the long run, I'll probably...
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 27, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    First post/engine rebuild question

    Tore the thing down last night, definitely had blowby on the low-reading cylinders. Looks like rings at the minimum :rolleyes: Cylinders looked...
    Post by: petebrusch, Mar 27, 2017 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    First post/engine rebuild question

    Hello everyone, I've had two '82 Seca 550's since June of '16. I've worked on cars for almost my whole 22 years on this planet but this is my...
    Thread by: petebrusch, Mar 26, 2017, 14 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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