What did you do to your Yamaha today?

i looked in the garage it was cold. I couldn't push the buffalo out because of the snow to work on my yammies. hopefully i can get some work done on it this weekend

 

New fuel, Oil change, new plugs, new fuses, new battery, cleaned windscreen and mirrors, swapped out the headlight for HID, adjusted clutch cable, adjusted mirrors. Getting ready to change out brake fluid and take her for a quick, but slow, ride. It's all of 27 degrees here in MI.

 

Fresh fuel, stripped it down, washed it, reassembled, replaced rear shock assembly


petcock assembly, wound up finding the handle behind the other side's plastic... random





Is it normal to bypass the fuel filter????





not one rubber boot was attached properly, found my vacuum leak.



have to find a couple of these, screw's were rusted solid



awesome looking stripped down. ready to wash

upper rear shock mounting bolt

lower rear shock mounting bolt

used a board to support the rear while i changed it out... had a friend help lift and lower to get the bolt back through



possible mounting point for turn signals

 

Yesterday I put a tank of gas through it... It was perfect riding weather too... got over 300kms out of my tank

 

Road to work again today 34F this morning in So Cal!

 

New fuel, oil, plugs, front tire, & patched the exhaust! All I need now is warmer weather!

 

Took my tires off last night and ran them down to cyclegear with the new BattlAx's I got. Going to pick them up after work tonight and re-mount them. 30 bux a tire if i walked them in, 50 bux if I drove it in.

Going to pick up oil and do that too since I'm feeling productive,

couldn't find brake pads there, anybody got a recommendation?

 

Went for a 35mi ride on the snowmobile, then went inside by the woodstove and removed the whole exhaust system on my 900rk. Cleaned, polished, and detailed it. Then, put it all back on. I think there were parts of the muffles that had never been cleaned since it left the factory. Now it REALLY shines. Yesterday, I went and looked at all the others. I tiptoed in so that I wouldn't wake any of them. One of them grunted and snuffled a little bit but didn't wake up. I think I was able to stay downwind of them, too, so they didn't know I was even there.

Dave Fox

 

moved the battery tender over to the bmw

 

Installed a 1N4148 Diode in the Microsquirt.

 

I tried wiring my new aftermarket rear turn signals i am getting nothing from front signals, (still stock) or rear. i have checked the fuses. the new lights appear to be good and have positive and neg wires soldered to the bulb what is wrong here

 

Worked on ITB tuning for the XJ700

 

Mounted my new tires, changed the oil, cleaned and re-oiled the air filter, and took it for a short ride

 

pulled the speedo gauge, dremel'd it in half in order to gain access to the screw that popped out and glued it back together. Re-wired fuse box. All is working again.

 

New plugs and oil change -- getting ready to ride up to Greenville for a motorcycle show

 

Spring cleaning

 

Checked for fuel valve operation, replaced fuel filter, changed brake fluid (I have binders now!), traced the wiring short, oddly enough NOT to the fuse box (getting replaced tomorrow anyway), but to the hack wiring job a PO did with an in-line fuse.

 

Friday: Tear down bike, disassemble carb system, repair dings in fenders and tank, get rid of all the pits in the chrome on the turn signals (ugh...) spray 20oz of dupont primer

Saturday: Clean carbs, drill and tap broken carb to engine sleeve bolt (ugh x2) block sand all parts, spray dupont sealer then jet black.. then experiment with clear flattening agent at midnight! bake parts, shake head at bike, go home.

today: reassemble bike, tune carbs (wtf!) figure out idle situation, toast a battery in the process fun weekend!

 

Installed fuse panel, changed drive oil, adjusted clutch, fixed highway pegs, shoped for turn signals

 

new spark plugs, new battery