Motorcycle Carburetor Working Principle and Animation Just found this vid randomly while browsing the web. Out of all I've watched this is by far...
Hi all, The choke on my XJ550 is always engaged, otherwise the bike will stall (obviously the engine temperature is accounted for). I know it's...
Hi all, I recently did a carb repair on my XJ550. After the carb job was done, I took the bike out for a quick ride around the block. The bike...
Day 3: Cleaning With the pilot jets out the carbs were ready to be cleaned. At first I did what I could to get the gunk out with some carb...
ok good to know thank you. I set them all to 22.4mm and I haven't noticed any problems as of yet. the bike runs very smooth and i'm not noticing...
I found this information in the manual--they are BS32 in case anyone ever needs this information. They need to be set to 22.4mm +/- 1 mm
Hi everyone, Does anyone happen to know the exact model of carbs on a XJ550. I'm rebuilding these carbs and need to know what float height to...
the ez out bits and reverse drill bits came in and I finally took a crack at those pilot jets--the most dodgy, ''fingers crossed'' situation of...
if he bought a lottery ticket that day he probably would have won
The fuse box on the xj550 is pretty outdated, yours may warrant a replacement as well
yes I figured those jets would need to be drilled out or something along those lines... *sigh* it's tempting to just leave them in there but that...
Personally I would just get a new tank, they're not very expensive and the last thing you'd want is rust happily swimming into those tiny pilot...
^ +1 Less likely but still probable--your petcock maybe set to PRI which bypasses the suction mechanism of the petcock and floods the carbs....
I live in LA but my folks live in Beaverton I visit quite a lot :)
wow what a story. i'm sure he'd appreciate the work you're about to do on this bike! thanks for sharing
Day 2: Disassembly Today I finally got the PB Blaster--the last missing thing I wanted to get before heading down and giving those carbs another...
good to know! neat trick with the socket head, I'll keep it in mind.
what a journey!
that's so cool... I'm wondering why the dude is selling it
Thank you for all the responses, I really appreciate it so much, makes it much less overbearing knowing I got a community of pros to back me up on...
Hi all, ~BACKGROUND~ So the time has come for me to clean the carbs on the XJ550 that I got about half a year ago now. It's a beautifully...
Also the airbox may have boots that are removable! I didnt notice that at first but the xj550 airbox has boots that come right off. You can remove...
hi I know this sticky is over a decade old but! is there a how-to on this site for carb cleaning the xj's? i'm about to dig in, been scourging the...
wow hopefully some of those will be restored and put to good use!
congrats on the purchase!
i found this site when I couldn't start up my newly bought XJ550. This site was among the first ones to pop up when I was describing the symptoms...
I did some voltage tests on the battery to see if there's anything wrong with the charging system. With a fresh battery (12.5v), on idle, things...
on it, thanks XJ550H!
I recently purchased an XJ550. Good work has been done on this bike by the previous owner--new bearings, forks, seat, gas tank, new fuse box, nice...
I also bought a used XJ550 about half a year ago. Also nothing happened when I tried to turn it on either. i just got a red oil light to light up....
Is that going to mess up the electrical system of the bike? I read you should only do that in case of emergency no?
Ok I charged the battery with a battery tender, still nothing. Will try to replace the battery all together to see if that's the culprit
Ok didnt know about the kickstand The engine started to turn and the green light came on when I put it in neutral but the bike still wouldn't...
Hi all. Complete newbie here, sorry if Im not formatting this post properly I just bought my first bike a few days ago (!!!) and it's a Maxim...
