What did you do to your Yamaha today?

sounds like someone went to Muskegon!

 

watched it go by by with it's new owner.

 

took off the PO's plates and am figuring out a good way to put up the paper temp plate.

 

Adjusted the clutch, wash + wax, sat around and wished UPS would bring my new and non-leaky petcock faster

 

Will be getting off work soon and then its back to work on my xj... hope to have her done in a couple of weeks

 

got the parts I needed to get the screamin eagle exhaust installed. Got the mirror for it and ordered turn signals. At the same time I fell behind on my college work, so I'll be spending the next two days I have off catching up and working on the bike will have to wait until next week.

 

put carb rack back in, checked compression, tightened up one sparkplug wire cap, and rode for about 20 mi. all smiles and Wheeeee!

Dave

 

I have new bike syndrome. You know the symptoms, you're new to the bike and every odd rattle and sound convinces you that the motor is about to explode into a shoebox full of shrapnel. So the Yamaha engineered rattle/clank generator that they had thoughtfully placed right in front of my face below the clocks HAD to be modified or I was going to lose my sanity!

So I made a damper that fits snugly inside the plastic shell that surrounds the ignition barrel out of closed cell foam packaging with a craft knife. I would show you, but I can't seem to put pictures onto my posts

 

Today I scrubbed all loose paint and thoroughly cleaned the motor (removed from frame 10 days ago and have just got back to it) purchased new air filter online, purchased 4 new blinkers through Ebay and inquired about chain and sprockets through Ebay sellers and one online wrecker who has a lot of new gear.

Now... tomorrow .. that's the fun day more careful final cleaning and painting...... Frame also gets the paint.

 

nothin fancy. Fresh gear oil in the hub. bought a cramp buster and my next set of rear brake shoes to squirrel away for when I eventually need 'em.

 

painted my tank to black from the omg ugly green the last owner loved ~ by the way did i say it was house paint he used ~

 

rebuilt brake caliper... installed stainless steel brake line... fresh brake fluid and bled with my new mity vac... changed license plate bolts.

 

Heard mine run for the first time under it's own power today. Beautiful.

 

Weekly wash, hit the chrome with some polish.

 

Last night I took my taught my pupper dog to ride my bike.....
well sorta

made a video of it... and hey gotta love The Bonzo Dog Band!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN6Y7xPaSV8

i wont ever take her fast but we have some parks very close by and it will be fun...

 

Woohoo!!!! Passed the inspection for registration & now legally registered.
Sadly I didn't have time for a long ride today, but tomorrow........
I'm really looking forward to a good shake down ride tomorrow.
At last back on my bike after 2+ years.

 

I painted my bike today.

Still needs some more work done. Ill post pics when I can.

 

Welded on some stock exhausts from a family members Polaris. Ugly but at least the bike dosent wake up the world everytime it starts

 

Took it for 75km shake down ride.
Lots of fun. Just as I remember it.
No major issues except the speedo needle is sticking at 100kmh.
No big deal but will have to see what I can do to fix it.
Still just excited to be back on the road.

 

'83 550: Lubed chain.

'81 550: Checked valve clearances, adjusted camchain, checked and gapped plugs (5000-mile interval service in progress.)