What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Walked by it in the garage. Supposed to be 60 degrees here Friday. Tempted, but there is a lot of sand and melting snow on the streets...

 

Predicting 50 here this weekend. . . so much sand here I was able to slide in a corner on 4 wheels.

 

broke Ulna and Radius 2 steel plates back in july , now Im waiting for spring

 

Supposed to be 60 lots of sand and salt on the road... supposed to go work on a buddys 81 Kz1000 on Sunday oh well at least it is working on a bike

 

Got my shims out and checked! Some knucklehead put one of them in numbers up, so I called my friend with a laser engraver. It has numbers again! Now to wait for the mail to arrive with my shims and carbs!

 

Took exhaust off... Polished primaries with #0000. Scotch Brite the rust off collector box. Sized up new low pro bullet turn signals, messed around with headlamp position. Studied profile between tank and tail cowl for making seat pan.... And continued staring at space between velocity stacks and frame to picture shape of airbox... Admired the patina of the original paint and thought about how much I look forward to meeting some of you Xj junkies for rides once I'm wheeling.

 

1. Took the 700 for a 12 mi ride......after walking it through the snow to get to the driveway.

Did some preliminary re-arranging to make room for the next resident in the stable----just shook hands on a deal for a 2003 BigDog Bulldog. Oh, don't worry, I'm not leaving the XJ's

 

Yikes Dave! That's quite the bike! What displacement? Gonna start an other motorcycles thread? We need pictures!

 

107 CID

 

Damn! Is that a 37 degree rake?

 

You might find a little bit of torque in there...

 

I looked at mine and gave it a wink.

 

I attempted some spring compressors. Need to build another set to compress evenly.

 

it is sooooo long!

 

Creative, but the correct size spring shouldn't require that much compression to install . . . I would suspect that once it is installed it will be a very firm ride

 

I've put 70 miles on went to filling station last night , and filled up almost got all the stabil/seafoam ran out of tank...she is running sooooo well 65 degrees yesterday , 43 today and Saturday 34 for high and snow...well time to spend some time cleaning ...

 

My back aches just looking at that Big Dog. They did make pretty bikes though.

 

Waiting for replacement wrist pins and rings for my XJ700X- scoured the garage for my original air box came up with the hose clamps, chrome, new K&N air filter but no box.
Going back to original set up instead of pods!
Still looking for the air box, while in between coats of paint for the engine valve cover and head assembly. Up to the third coat of clear coat
Other then a college class and a guidance counselor appt. thinking of what I can do tomorrow ?
Time to do the exhaust and rear brake drum I think if time permits.
Also very grateful that my wife is being patient with me over my bike

 

I have a paper that's due, if you're looking for a time killer.

 

As far as I know, thats the stock spring. It certainly looks like the stock KYB shock. I assumed the same. Then as the coils compressed, they became rather stiff real quick. Talk about a variable rate!