Apparently Minimutly was correct... I'm sorry I doubted your advice. The battery is bad. I have a load tester and it shows bad battery... Like not...
You may be right as I'm no battery expert but I don't see how a battery can be dead if it shows 12.89 volts, worked perfectly fine to start and...
The battery terminals are tight and the battery tests fine...12.89 volts... until I turn the key on and then it drops. It's a pretty new AGM...
I just noticed that hooking the multimeter up to the battery I get 12.89 volts but as soon as I turn the key on that drops to 0.2 volts. Does...
Yes, when I turn the key on and the other switch above the starter button on, no lights come on and the starter button does nothing. It did that...
Hey guys! My bike has been running great until a few minutes ago. I started it up to warm it up for a ride. I didn't have the choke on quite...
It's got YICS so I believe that makes it 1982 or newer.
Fortunately, I don't need any but it just seems odd that the reproductions for some models are good quality and other models aren't. I was just...
Why don't whoever makes the XJ550 and XJ1100 aftermarket ones make some XJ650 ones? If they know how and are making quality products for some,...
I'm not real familiar with the XJ700 carbs so I'll let somebody who knows better get back to you.
k-moe, you help so many different people in so many different posts that I'm surprised you don't get mixed up more often! Thanks for helping...
Follow what k-moe says...he's one of the resident experts here and knows his stuff.
His motor is an XJ700 and he just got some carbs for an XJ700. Wouldn't that be the ideal situation to have? Shouldn't he just rebuild the XJ700...
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Looks pretty slick...nice work!
Can somebody out there shoot a short video of the flame while you're doing the adjustment with the Colortune on an XJ650? I think that would help...
Maybe so but there's no way I'll ever fix it since I did everything precisely to the instructions in the Church of clean. I bought the deluxe...
No, I haven't...don't really have anybody else that would want to help with motorcycle maintenance. I'm sure my fiancee wouldn't want to try.
Got both of those....tried the halfway between here and there thing as the instructions said and also the way others have suggested. It's so hard...
tabaka45, I've always done it in a dark garage and it still always looks light blue to me until it finally turns orange :(. Thanks for the advice...
Yep, I'm following the instructions with the Colortune exactly but I never get a white flame. I get no flame to light blue flame then finally...
All the jets are totally stock per specs and in the correct location per the images posted on here and not from the manual. Exhaust, airbox,...
k-moe, I've used an unlit propane torch to check and didn't find any. It acts like it's too rich if I turn the choke all the way on or even...
I've never been able to get the Colortune to do much. My carbs have been to Church but the flame color of the Colortune doesn't change a whole...
Mine did the same thing. I tried extractors but they broke off in the bolts. I ended up buying a good used bracket to replace mine.
My speedometer shows about 6 mph slower than I'm actually going at around 65 mph. It's dead on up until about 35 mph and then it starts to lag...
Dunlop D404's from Revzilla. Love them. One poster mentioned that his D404's track some but mine don't track at all. The cheap tires that were...
I've got a Harmonizer which is a digital unit made by a guy (who is now deceased) on the Adventure Rider forums. It works great for me!...
I use a Bikemaster AGM Platinum II...about $55 online.
+1 on trying a different tester
Clockwise or in leans the mixture and counter clockwise or out richens the mixture. K-moe beat me to it :p
I'm pretty sure DrewUth was joking. No need to be so defensive. Everybody here is pretty cool and willing help anybody.
The biggest thing to get used to when turning a motorcycle at slow speeds is turning your head and looking where you want to go...at least it was...
If you've got additional blades as indicated then what you have is fine, but you should be getting an exact measurement by combining blades...
The mixture screw o-rings that were in my carbs were larger than the ones I got from you in your rebuild kit too. I think someone had already...
You need to get a proper set of feeler gauges. Get a KD 2274. If a local parts store doesn't have it, they can most likely get it or order it...
Me too!
These motors have a natural harmonic vibration in that range. Mine happens at 5200 rpms. If it happens at your rpm and then stops above that, I'd...
According to their website from the link you posted, they have free pickup and delivery for service up to 120 miles. If it's not running right,...
Yes, get new brake shoes. Old brake shoes can delaminate and become a safety hazard. It's a cheap price for knowing they're safe.
+2 Syncing can be done without the YICS tool but it's just not as accurate since the YICS passages help make up for an out-of-sync carb(s)....
Nice bike... I would like to find some crash bars too.
I had the exact same thing happen to me. I had to buy a replacement since I couldn't ever get the broken bolt out.
I'm like this too. I sometimes do way too much research before just actually doing something.
That may happen to me as well...lol.
What I meant was when the new found power isn't so new and feels more normal, I'll probably go back to riding like I used to and not going above...
Yep, before my carb rebuild, it didn't want to pull very good at all above 6000 rpm but now it screams up there.
I have an app that I use called Fillup that helps me track my mileage in all my vehicles. I use it every time I fill up. I have a mix of...
I'm still tuning my carbs that I just rebuilt so hopefully mileage will improve but I get about 85 or 90 miles and then I have to switch to...
The larger one, which is your main fuel jet, goes in the taller post closer to the float valve. It has a washer on it and screws into the brass...
