What did you do to your Yamaha today?

mmmm new shocks! Leads to a much happier bum and back

 

...Loaded it on a trailer. Patted it on the tank. Said a quiet goodbye. Would've given it a little kiss, but we're out in the street and neighbors already look at me weird. Sat on the couch by the window like a sad puppy as it rolled out of my life.

 

Ouch.

 

There'll be another.....

 

Turned it into a decent stack of paper. I tried sitting on that and making vroom vroom noises, but it just wasn't the same.

 

I bet it looked like you had $$ coming out your @&&

 

Maybe that's why the sales guy at Yamaha/Honda dealership was following me so closely. Had a little retail therapy- new helmet and gloves to guarantee I'll be riding again someday.

Ps. Damn that new fj700 is nice.

 

Put my new battery in, turned key, pushed button,,, vroom vroom.

 

Addressing repeated fuel in oil... removed rack, cleaned bowls and main jets, needles, found one float set way higher than the others, reset to same as others. Put it all back together and went to start it and killed the battery because I was so excited I forgot to choke and left the vacuum hose off

Battery is on charge now and going to try again when I get home from work.

 

Things that keep us from getting on the road.. been there..
Matti - There's guy in Toronto posted a XJ750RL on this site a few weeks ago and willing to sell for a few hundred. Looks like a decent bike for little $$ if you need another project. Full fairing and low kms. I was considering, but too many projects.

 

Today I removed the valve cover and checked and recorded the valve clearances. My Cafe Racer has done more than 5000 miles since I last did this and during a recent ride out the engine began running unusually rough and started to cut out once it was hot. It's over due for a tune-up so now I've made the first step I'll be hoping to complete the job over the next few days.

 

turns out it was the starter motor and it's a disaster... full of oil, no brushes left, commutator smooth.... blah.

Now I see the elephant analogy...

 

The commutator can be undercut with broken hacksaw blade, and the motor rebuilt.

 

Thinking of that... going to clean it up and see how bad... pinged Chacal for an updated quote too just in case.

 

Quick question.

I am currently rebuilding my carbs after they've been to church. Bike is Xj650 4k0 -80.
When i took the rack apart there was no 'plastic shim' installed by carb 3 where the 'big' spring is located. Since that axle is longer there is a 'plastic tube' thing placed there, but when i assemble it i feel that there is a bit of play to the sides there which would allow to accomodate one more plastic shim next to the plastic tube.
So question is, should there be a shim there? Or is it only 7 shims in total for this rack?

 

When you put the butterfly in place and tighten it down the end play will disappear

 

The play in the opposite side from the spring will disappear as i can see it. But the play around the plastic tube will remain on the spring side wont it? Just curious if this is normal or not (don't want to take down the rack if i down have to again). Bit afraid that dirt and such will find it's way into the throttle shaft seal there.

 

Nope... once the butterfly is in, the shaft won't move...and besides, that's why you have a throttle shaft seal there

 

from xj4ever catalog
On both the HSC32 and HSC33 models, the outer carbs (#1 and #4) use 2 shims per carb.

On HSC32 models, the #2 carb uses 2 shims per carb, and the #3 carb use 1 shim.

.......
Thus, on HSC32 model carbs, there are a total of 7 shims used per entire carb rack.
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a source of parts and information

 

Yeah the shaft wont move, but the 'plastic tube' bit will move a little bit. But i'll take your word for it!

Thanks for the quick replies. Back at it. I'll make a bike thread and throw some pics and such when i progress a bit.