What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Now this is sorta the reason I like to work in the front room where possible, or in the bathroom when cleaning/spraying is needed...

 

pulled the windjammer fairing off, mounted some stock turn signals. waiting on a headlight, oh and for the snow to go away so i can ride again. i like the look a million times more without the fairing. looking forward to next season sans fairing.

 

I rode it! 65 degrees and sunny in Cleveland Ohio. A few other bikes out too.

 

Put an ad in the local paper.

Both bikes are going on-the-block.

The 750 Max is n near perfect shape.
The 900 comes needing a Carb Cleaning, Battery and Tires.
Spare engine, and almost a whole bikes worth of spare parts.

 

Repaired and adjusted speedo warning light.

Then sat and looked at it as is Gale force wind and torrential rain here for the next few days! :cry:

 

I checked over a friend's XV920 to see of it's worth saving. It is, but I'll need to se if she's willing to spend some $ on switching to the later starter system used in the XV1000. I hope that she does, because the TSB upgrades to the original design are nothing more than a bandaid. If I'm lucky she'll trade me her parts bike for doing the upgrade (hopefully the wife won't yell at me for doing a trade instead of cash).

 

Looked online for another one since I am out of town

 

Took the bike totally apart. Started sanding down the frame for repainting, noticed a couple rust holes. Got my uncle (a welder) to patch her up while I cleaned 5lbs of gunk off the inside of the fenders.

 

used mine as coat rack while working in the shop today.

CN

 

Welded a seat ring on the rear of the frame, ground the welds down, and patched the pitting with jb-weld (Im not that good of a welder) looks good so far though!

 

drained the oil/gas out of the wife's new xj. gonna get some yamalube tomorrow.

CN

 

Get some scrap and practice, practice, practice. Then invest in a MAP torch and brazing rod. Metal is a much better filler than epoxy.

 

Took her for a ride, 24 degree's C here in NZ; wet and sticky by the time I got home wrapped up in all the good gear. Shorts and tee shirt would have been much nicer! but dumber.

 

Got a puncture!! Turns out it is the valve leaking. All the bike shops in town are closed so have to wait until the new year to pick up a replacement.

So I removed some alloy bits and polished until my fingers ached. :wink:

 

I fired mine up and knocked some rust off the header collector...


rust by bmonkey36, on Flickr

CN

 

Got my new seat cover on. Looks great and couldn't be happier. 8) 8)
It's coming along...

 

Renewed the front forks with new o-rings, seals and Yamalube 15W fork oil. Not a difficult task at all. One of the air valves is damaged and leaking. Ordered a new one from Chacal. Next is to check valve clearances since I have put 3000 miles on the bike since last check, then I am going to use the new Gunson tuner I received for Christmas.

 

Been on the road for a week so my restoration has been on hold. Gunna pick up some CLR on the way home and keep on cleaning and rebuilding.

 

I put the wife to work on her 550 yesterday...


jez and her bike by bmonkey36, on Flickr

she cleaned up the new/used head pipes and rear wheel too...


shiny parts by bmonkey36, on Flickr

I also discovered I have a bike that purrs like a kitten...


purrs like a by bmonkey36, on Flickr

CN

 

Got this!