I like those bikes...here's mine [img]
I sprayed a little p-b blaster into the seals when revving to hopefully suck some in and maybe give the rubber seals a little life. I've let...
My Sister and Brother in law live outside of Winston Salem so we plan on going out east hopefully soon.
Hey Bill...I see you're from NC.. My Dad was from there.. Ashville, State road area.. My Aunts went to school with Andy Griffith LOl...They said...
If it was the xj 750 i would probably have more options but i solved that lean problem a few weeks ago..
This is for a different bike though....83 shadow
Do you know who carries these rebuild kits? because all i have ever seen with a rebuild kit doesn't contain any of these parts...and the carb...
I found an air leak today in the butterfly lincage where the carbs are linked together. to explain what I mean..this is the shaft that has the...
I re used the old gasket...wasn't ripped and holds fine..
I replaced the friction disks last week there were several that were worn smooth. I buffed up the metal plates (all still has the dimples and...
Thanks for the reply....The exhaust is actually squeezed a little tighter than that...the conduit pipe outer diameter is 5/8 and i'm not sure what...
I bought this bike in running condition, but when i went to do my standard maintenence I found somthing interesting. First this is a v-twin and...
I guess I'm now trying to figure out if the clutch plates would be the only thing that needed to be replaced? Is that what usually gets replaced...
the fluid was a little low..so i refilled it and when i went back to it again..it was half empty....I didnt see anything dripping...But my other...
Suddenly the clutch will not engage in any gear 1-6 it lurches slightly forward but no-go..no funny noises just slipping really bad? it's almost...
Several years ago I purchased a small Honda Twinstar. I think it was a 180cc. I was tooling around down by the river at night (no street lights)...
I just swapped a different speedo into the shell of the old one.. works fine now.. maybe i should redo the gear while its out
I hate rush hour in Denver, almost as bad as Chicago....I wouldn't ride through there on a bike on a bet. However,with an Springfield XD40 close...
I don't have a hellfire but a slipstreamer viper i think. I had to put a round headlight on to make it work right.
double post...sorry...below
Had my wife drive in front of me a little bit ago up to 55, my speedo says 42....
I wonder if there's a way to put a 6 speed in these bikes? Or gear them differently without having sprockets to change....My buddy with a xj650...
My brother in law and I went riding last weekend, I had him give a hand signal back to me when we were at 60 and 70 mph..At 60 mph my speedo says...
Does the bike run, Gamura is right, not much to go on unless we know what problems exist??
Not sure about other tanks but Cream should go over your coating...It's pretty think stuff. I had a vision once that had pinholes on the tank...
I live about 20 miles north of Cedar Rapids....
I took the xj750 on a 100 plus mile ride yesterday hoping to pull the plugs afterwards and see coco brown plugs. The bikes runs strong and doesn't...
Will 5000 rpm's usually clean your plugs to white? Not a frosty dry looking white just kinda clean without visable damage to any part of the...
Because of the ticking problem I decided to look at the oil yesterday. I started by taking a large empty 1 gallon jug for protein powder. ( large...
It's just weird to me that it does cycle..the only thing in the upper engine that could cycle like that is the chain i think...As the sprockets...
'i think that was my thread
I still have an intermittent knock/tick...best way to describe it is after it warms up and i'm idling in does this..... tick tick tick tick tick...
It goes down so I guess the manual is wrong on that one..
LOL...Rick!!! There ya are! Me Bowing, head down....looking grateful.. :)
Well, I hear it spinning but not knocking...clanking...I had marks under my balve cover!
Ok, when i took the adjuster out I took 1000 grit sandpaper to the shaft..oiled it up..and re-instaled it. I did the method outlined by RickOmatic...
Tried it in the up position and it doesn't seem to fit right...
Ok, I figured out which direction..only goes one way.....maybe its not fully protruding. I see marks on the teeth where it apparently rests and...
I have been experiencing slack, and have been able to pull on cam chain and get slack when the valve cover is off...pulled the auto adjuster off...
I have thought about adding a small fan to blow over the fins. Like to see someone else's design first though.
Now if i can just get the thing off, I had the carbs off before and it was still tough. Not sure if I can even get to it now.
I had the cam tensioner out when I did the head gasket and it seemed fine. However when I was back under the valve cover a short time ago I pulled...
Yes, cam chain.....
I saw a friend over the weekend and let him drive the 750 Maxim. He cam back and told me not to drive the bike because the chain noise and high...
I have been riding for 23 years now..Started on a 73 Yamaha 250 enduro and was stupid. I rode all year in the winter in the snow ice etc. I jumped...
The main screw? Do you mean the idle enrichment screw? There's a few screws you can be adjusting. One will adjust the mixture one will adjust the...
I use simple green full strength...spray it on...let it soak for about 10 minutes..spray it off..If there is still grease/road grime then get a...
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You could try to get a hole saw and put ones in that most windshields use....which is a plastic hollow bolt actually the the connecting rod sits...
I'll get some pics out...no cracks...some sun fading on top of plastic...and dusty inside...
