The Koolaid Project

This helped me a lot http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=6366/highlight=bench+sync.html

 

Thanks a lot for the link. I'm actually reading 3 other threads right now that I found after a search, but didn't see this one. OUTSTANDING!!!

 

Some most basic FAQs really should get pinned up or moved to final FAQ, searching information is getting hard because there are so many topics with same questions over and over again :roll:

 

Crap.... that write up is nice, but I don't feel like taking the carbs back off of the bike to do it if I can help it I'm going to read a bit more to see if I can avoid doing that. If not I'll pull them back off and do it tomorrow morning.

 

no one else had any tips or tricks for me? I went out and looked tonight. Only the air screw on the 3rd carb is exposed. The rest still have that cap on them that needs to be drilled out. Should I bother or just leave them be?

 

You're confusing the synch screws and the idle screws. Both would need adjusted. The synch screws are in between the carbs and there are only 3. 1-x-2-x-3-x-4 x being the screws. Those control the blades. The idle screws under your caps control the fuel mix for the idle. Both of which require tuning to get you in the right place.

 

No, I'm not. I might not be wording everything very clearly, but I definitely know the difference between the mixture screws and synch screws.

I was just going to set the mixture screws to a generic 2.5 turns out to see if I could get it running good enough to synch the carbs. Now I'm reading that I might need a YICS eliminator tool in order to synch the carbs... crap.... another thing I need to buy and wait on. I might as well order that and a carb rebuild kit while I'm at it. Then I can do a more thorough job on the carbs, bench synch them, install, synch, and be done with it. I was just really excited to get this thing running.

I got one of the shorter shocks and should get the other one today Can't wait to see it dropped 2 1/2 inches.

 

Ok, so I got the manometer out and I'm getting ready to see if I can get this fired up and carbs synched.... I check the manometer and one of the restrictor dealios is not in the first tube... WTF? I don't know if it grew legs and walked away or if I trimmed a piece off the end of that tube and didnt think about it or what.... so now what do I do?

 

Never got the carbs done. I got a rebuild kit in the mail though, so that is next on the list. Cleaning them more thoroughly and replacing gaskets and all that crap....but for now I am thinking about what bars I want to go with. Let me know what you guys think. T or Z bars?

 

here are some pics a vendor just sent to me. The bars are the same except the z bars don't have the center section of bar.

Bobber bars:
7/8" T-bars(Dragbar w/risers welded on) : $75
Specs:
-------middle section riser to riser: 5 1/4
-------they are about 6" tall and pull back about an inch
-------they are 28" wide,
-------and of course you can just trim a little
off each end to make them narrower.

7/8" Z-bar (Dragbar w/risers-no middle section) : $95
(Same specs as the Tbars)

 

Nice!

 

which ones though? I know they are VERY similar, but the $$ difference is about $20.

 

I just found another set of "T" bars on ebay that I might be able to get cheaper. They have the same dimensions except have about 1.5" more pullback.

Here is another style I was checking out and really like, but they are the most expensive by far.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 8671291792

 

or these for only $50

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... :MEWAX:VRI

*edit* crap...they're 1" diameter

The guy with the T bars above wants $75 (discounted for me), but I have that offer only stands until tomorrow afternoon.

 

Good news... I just met with a guy this morning that is going to help me with the XJ. He is going to help me hardtail it right away and no need to buy any bars, because he's going to make me some. I feel like dancing a jig I'm so happy.

Here are two bikes that he recently finished. The first one is an XS650 and the other one is a shovelhead. He sold the shovelhead for $3500 and the XS is up for sale for $2500 if anyone is interested. It looks even better in person. Really nice job.

 

I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do to the XJ right now. I laid my '90 gsxr 1100 down last night. Very low speed slid in gravel in a parking lot. I'm so retarded. I jacked up my forearm and foot with some rash and some bruising here and there, but nothing to get excied about. The bike didn't have the side fairings on it, because I was checking it out and took them off to access the motor. The upper fairing took some rash along with a small spot on the tail. Broke the left mirror off, ground down a bit of the bar end, snapped the clutch lever, but not even a mark on the tank and I was able to pick it up and ride it home. It's not going to cost too much to fix it back up, but to get the upper and tail back in nice shape I'll need to get it painted AGAIN... and I don't have the $$ for that right now. I was considering turning it into a street fighter, but really wanted to keep this bike fully dressed. Any othe old skool gsxr guys on here with some spare parts

 

I've actually got a friend who owns a bike shop and he just happens to have a gsxr 1100 in the back that a guy brought in to have repaired and never came back for, I can't get a hold of him until next weekend (he's out of the country), but if you can get me a list of what you need I might be able to help you out. I don't know if he will want to mess with it since he doesn't own it, but you never know, I mean it's been sitting there for over 2 years I don't think the guy is coming back.

 

I can send you a list of what I need, but where exactly is this located and see if he wants to get rid of the whole bike.

 

oh, and let me know what year it is and what size the motor is. It should either be a 1052 or an 1127. Thanks

 

No problem, and the shop is located just outside Mobile, Al