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  1. reabo
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    Silly New Owner...Helicoil Time

    the helicoils are designed to hold themselves in, they are slightly larger than the tapped hole so spring tension holds them in. There is no need...
    Post by: reabo, Jan 30, 2013 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Intermittent Turn Signal Indicator Fail

    i had both indicator idiot lights coming on with the headlight, then the relevant light flashing with the indicator. I found that i had pinched...
    Post by: reabo, Jan 30, 2013 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    oddball rear wheel bearing.

    just looked, without postage it's £78 uk. still a ridiculous price for a bearing. what i am after is information on what makes it such an...
    Post by: reabo, Jan 23, 2013 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    oddball rear wheel bearing.

    i got a price from yamaha today, £94 uk plus 20% vat. wow, nearly £120 for a bearing. i figured out why the inner race is longer, it's so it...
    Post by: reabo, Jan 22, 2013 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    oddball rear wheel bearing.

    i have just stripped my rear wheel down, xj900f 4bb, and in it i have three bearings. one 6303 one 6203 and another one, all three are...
    Thread by: reabo, Jan 21, 2013, 5 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  6. reabo
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    Alternator/Battery Up for Heated Jacket and Grips?

    i run a gerbing jacket and oxford heated grips off a standard 1991 xj900 with no problems. although if you are pootling around at 30mph for hours...
    Post by: reabo, May 16, 2012 in forum: XJ Modifications
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    CAN ANYONE MAKE THESE BIKES TAKE A CORNER?

    ok, over here in blighty i have an xj900f, 4bb . i have just..... Replaced the rear shocks with hagon shocks. Replaced the fork springs with...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 18, 2011 in forum: XJ Modifications
  8. reabo
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    CAN ANYONE MAKE THESE BIKES TAKE A CORNER?

    i have put 14 mm spacers, and 300 ml of 10w fork oil in mine and handles a lot better. might be worth playing around with the quantities of oil to...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 3, 2011 in forum: XJ Modifications
  9. reabo
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    xj900f (seca) downpipes/headers diameter?

    yes totaly cosmetic. Have got a motad with stainless steel downpipes on it now, but i like the look of the bigger diameter pipes and the twin...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 7, 2011 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    spacers inside front forks???

    if i pull up on the forks they lift easily, stanchions are not bent. The springs are thee same length as the ones in the other bikes, both have a...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 6, 2011 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  11. reabo
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    bearings needed to fit xj900 forks to xj750

    hi, if you are in the uk give orbic bearings a ring. You will find them in the yellow pages. They are an engineering bearing supplier but are...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 6, 2011 in forum: XJ Modifications
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    spacers inside front forks???

    the bike is a 1991 xj900f, 4BB model, you guys call it a seca i believe. I have three of them, all blue/white. It is the only one i have found...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 6, 2011 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    spacers inside front forks???

    hi, have just replaced the fork seals and found someone had put 12mm spacers on top of the fork springs. I left them out, put 300ml of10w oil in...
    Thread by: reabo, Feb 6, 2011, 7 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f (seca) downpipes/headers diameter?

    thanx for the answers. Have taken the exhaust off and it is double skin. So looks like i may be getting a better fabricator than me to build me a...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 6, 2011 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f (seca) downpipes/headers diameter?

    hi, i have just got another xj900f with a 4 into 2 exhaust and the downpipes/headers on it are 41.5mm in diameter and look awesome. I think this...
    Thread by: reabo, Feb 2, 2011, 11 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    weird headlight

    ok, hows this. on dipped beam my headlight is really dull and yellow but high beam is fine. if i swap the wires for dip beam and high beam around...
    Thread by: reabo, Jun 5, 2010, 1 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  17. reabo
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    Oil drain bolt crush washer part number?

    a plain copper washer will do the job just as well. then all you need to do when you take the bolt out is gently heat the washer and re-use it.
    Post by: reabo, Mar 30, 2010 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  18. reabo
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    Took head apart - no apparent leak. What now?

    have you put the head back on and the compression is the same? Putting oil into the barrels for a compression test fills up any gaps in the piston...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 28, 2010 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    inner valve spring length.

    hi, the xj has now done 110k miles. 75k miles by me in the last two years so am giving her a rest and a few new bits. i was amazad by how little...
    Thread by: reabo, Mar 28, 2010, 0 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  20. reabo
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    Cable Making

    what type of solder are you using? nipples should be silver soldered onto the cables.
    Post by: reabo, Mar 14, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  21. reabo
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    Cable Making

    the cable outer or sheath is purely a guide for the inner cable, which does the work. measure the difference in length between the original inner...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 13, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    No Spark...At wits end.

    had a similar problem, with an ignition coil giving a false positve (about 27.6 on 200k ohms). if you have a spare coil wire this up a look for a...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 5, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    What's the longest trip you've taken on your XJ?

    607 miles in one day. didnt start to get a sore bum till after 500 miles.
    Post by: reabo, Mar 5, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    XJ900 Front brake master cylinder problem

    thats how it looks to me too
    Post by: reabo, Mar 2, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    XJ900 Front brake master cylinder problem

    Re: Front brake master cylinder problem which bit is labelled return valve? the parts you have removed seem all present and correct according to...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 2, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Steam Clean Motorcycle?

    watch yer paint job. i dont know bout seca's but some xj900's use stickers over a base colour for their paint job. the steam could soften the...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 2, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    oh no, i have been lured by treachery into the lair of the beast. my very mechanical soul is in danger of being tainted and scorched by the flames...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 2, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    no rivalry here. he is the dark lord darth vader and i am the path to light and enlightenment luke skywalker. the glory of mechanical engineering...
    Post by: reabo, Mar 1, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    anyhow electrickery fitters are witches practising only the dark arts. mechanical fitters are the only true way to nirvana
    Post by: reabo, Feb 28, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    oh my god i am being stalked by my own bruvver on an american website.
    Post by: reabo, Feb 28, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  31. reabo
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    what would you do?

    taps are either cobalt steel or carbon steel, either case they are harder than most drills unless you have specialist drills (read expensive), and...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 26, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  32. reabo
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    i found a book called electronics for dummies last nite, which sounded like it would suit me to the ground.
    Post by: reabo, Feb 26, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    engine guard

    i have black three point bars.glad i did when i threw it down the road last month. also have a cup holder fitted to them, just behind barrels....
    Post by: reabo, Feb 26, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    thanx or the link. had a quick peep and it looks awesome so have downloaded the whole thing as a pdf and will print in the morning so i can read...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 25, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  35. reabo
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    do you have a pictuer showing where each bit is? that would be fab. the repair is temporary to get back on the road to get to work. have uploaded...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 23, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    its 2.00 am here and i am a very happy bunny. have sorted bike and it is now back to its old self.I replaced the instrument console including...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 23, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  37. reabo
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    front brake

    did you put the spacers on the wheel back in their correct position?
    Post by: reabo, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  38. reabo
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    i shall now impart a few words of wisdom........

    i thought 5 ft/lb was using a 5lb hammer to hit a 1foot spanner.
    Post by: reabo, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  39. reabo
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    bugger. back to the begining. tci arrived today. fitted it, the tacho kicked once and nothing else. now i dont know where to look. looked inside...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 21, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
  40. reabo
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    thanx again for the offer robert. but i found one---yipee. spent two hours going thru e-bay + found one hiding away in the wrong place. photo...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 18, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    hi, thanx for the replies. have checked continuity of the associated wiring and all is good. thanx for the offer robert but i live in the uk, its...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 16, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    hi bill. thanx for the reply. have checked e-bay here in jolly old blighty and nothing. have found an xj600 unit at a breakers but not sure if it...
    Post by: reabo, Feb 15, 2009 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    xj900f ignition trouble

    Hi i have a 1992 xj900f and have covered 39k miles in 13 months with only the expected minor niggles. But now it has me stumped. I started it...
    Thread by: reabo, Feb 14, 2009, 27 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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