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I don't want to speak for anyone... BUT... I think that the problem that the wizards and more senior members (time served not age!!) are trying to address here isn't the amount of posts but the lack of time required to help all the people who need it, this makes multiple posts of the same problem harder to give the required attention that our generous guru's believe all should have access too, otherwise they wouldn't spend so much time here. by picking and choosing the threads we participate in less people will get that attention and the forum will become so much less than it is right now.

I don't think anyone wants to be missed due to a lack of time and your problems are just as important as everyone elses so if we streamline the proccess a little then maybe we can share the knowledge a little better without having to "avoid threads" and leave people out, with almost 6000 members and climbing daily some simple changes could help to maintian the integrity and usefullness of this comunity. I would consider any of you my friend just for being on this site and helping so many people so selflessly and that is something that I have never seen on another forum the only question here is how do we continue to help 6000 or even 10,000 people without losing what people like sno, rick, chacal, wiz, Bill(RIP) and all the unmentioned (sorry guys) people here have invested so much time creating??

but then I guess thats just my opinion!

Shaun

 

Here's a start!



Revelations: JOURNALISM AT ITS FINEST!:

Graven Images Which Tell a Thousand Words:


Hitachi carb pictures and rebuild instructions, a big celebratory wheelie goes out to contributor Alive:

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=3649.html



And a high-side Ole'! to Da'Schmuck for his exceptional Hitachi carb rebuild write-up:

http://mok.fileave.com/HitachiCarbBreakdown.pdf



Mikuni owners should also remember Alive in their nightly prayers:

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=3690.html



Big Fitz gets medieval with his Valve Clearances, and shows how easy and important it is to actually get this task done on all air-head model engines:

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=14827.html


and 85MaximXX takes you water-head owners by the hand, and leads you into the promised land of Valve Pad Replacement on those models:

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=16298.html




And the Fishmaster has a nice video of a vacuum diaphragm passing the CLUNK TEST with flying (or rather, "falling") colors:

http://xjmadness.myphotoalbum.com/view_ ... clunk_test


And the reason you want your vacuum pistons to operate as closely as possible to no frictional resistance is because they must be able to do the following constantly, and if not, tuning and performance become troublesome or impossible:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR63vrfh ... re=related



Gamuru shows you how to clean that starter jet properly:

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=8918.html



And not to be outdone, Gamuru also shows how-to bench-synch a set of carbs using the easy, painless method:

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=6366.html



Definitely not Academy Award quality, but these two video presentations show a Colortune Plug in action:

http://www.gadgetjq.com/Vulcan_1500_Idl ... e_Test.wmv

and

http://www.gadgetjq.com/Vulcan_1500_Mixture_Test.wmv

and here's a few more:

going from orange (rich) to blue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hFUvQ4g ... re=related


showing the blue to orange to blue changes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpZ5EW_K ... re=related


showing a colortune being hooked up incorrectly (arcing):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_mZJYI ... re=related


Please remember, though, that a Colortune is NOT used to set your carbs at anything other than idle rpm's!!




And here's a great tutorial on using the Carbtune Synch Gauges:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYgN2-96 ... re=related

 

ok added em all to the favorites list for a fast reference . thanks len.

 

Like, whoaa.

 

I think we should stickey that post, with some more additions to it, I know theres a how to on rebuilding forks.. and inline fuel filters

 

A couple more..........


MASTER CYLINDER SERVICE:


An pictorial overview of the master cylinder rebuild process can be observed at:

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=154712.html


And when rebuilding the master cylinder, make sure that this tiny relief passage is free and clear! Failure to clean this passage fully is one of the major over-looked "gotch-ya!" situations that arise when rebuilding your master cylinder.


A good picture of this relief port on the conventional (handlebar-mounted) master cylinders can be seen at:

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=12529.html

while XJ750 Seca owners will have to look here:

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=14836.html





FORK REBUILDING:


The following discussion has some very good pointers, tips, and photographs that detail the fork rebuild process on a 1981 XJ650 Maxim model (one of the "simple" fork systems), and is a good point of reference to help you decide whether the task is something that you wish to attempt yourself or leave to a qualified shop. Many thanks to owner Gamuru for his excellent efforts in providing this material:

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=8355.html


Regular contributor Alive also has two great image-documentaries in regards to the more "complicated" fork systems. This first one shows the XJ900 (without the anti-dive system) fork rebuild process, although these images can also be used as a guide for any model front forking system that use the lower bushing on the chrome fork tubes:

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=4067.html


while this photo-journal details the secret, inner workings of the "anti-dive" units found on XJ750 Seca and XJ900RK Seca models:

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=1860.html


and finally, for all you XJ750 Seca owners, here's the secrets to that funny and unique "oil lock valve assembly" used only on these models, and the proper orientation of all of those special washers:

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=159288.html

 

I just wanna say that schooter is a great guy.

 

xjdaver is an awesome guy