What did you do to your Yamaha today?

rattle-canning my sidecovers! can't ride anyway, cause of this #$*@ rain.
gonna try the tank next.

 

This rain is p1$$1n6 me off up here in Ponca also.

I got my fairing on last night to prepare for my ride to LA. Currently waiting for my bags.

 

I tore apart the pod area. I removed the YAMAHA chrome bar, pulled the cables to the speedo and tach. After removing each cable, I took a test drive and the sound was still there.

I pulled the pod. I unbolted the pod, loosened some screws and looked inside.

There was a screw, on the brackets that hold the gauges in, that was loose. It was about half way out and the large washer behind it could spin freely. I spun it with my finger and Dang!, that was the sound I had been hearing.

I put blue loctite on all those screws and tightened them down. I took a test drive and the sound was gone.

So, I put it all back together again, and "That" sound was gone. But there is still a "Buzz" at 4000 rpm to 6000 rpm. I suspect the tach may be bad or hopefully the cable liner is out-of-round and is slapping around in that range. Cables are cheap and easy to find, so I'll go that route next.

I also bled the brakes using a power bleeder. Stopping power is as bad or worse, but the lever feels firmer. I'll change that cable later. In the meantime I'll spray some brake cleaner on the rotor and pads, since I did spill and wipe off some brake fluid from the rotor, and that might be lousing up my stopping power.

 

Removed the carbs for strip down.

Stored them and them untill I have confidence to open them up and clean them.

Suspect three of them are jamed open

 

It's at 7500 now... Yea I've been watching it from day 1

 

1. Changed my front directionals from 1156 to 1157 sockets for Run-Turn
2. Replaced the frame reflectors with amber marker lights to up my night time visibility
3. Working on a Run-Turn module w/ red lenses for the rear
4. Fabbing brackets for my Willie & Max bags
t.l.

 

I admired my '83 XJ750r for a while then went and got gas to fill it. Had put the new tires on and finished mounting the wheels. Then ran the farm drive ways due to the paperwork going on to get plates :-( Will be great when I can venture onto the highways Bought the bike in Iowa and registering it in MI. Good to have friends to do legwork. I hate beaurocracy !

 

1983 XJ750R Seca , 22,450 miles and runs great. All lights and gauges function perfectly. Love the thing already.

 

Well it's not what I did to it today... Been riding it tonight in the rain and it decided to spit out a muffler and make it vanish...

 

Looked at it for 7th day in a row since the last ride
Might get a chance tonight.
8)

 

I ordered a new tach cable, a new clutch cable and a set of rubber boots for the levers.

Should be here in a few more days.

 

I officially put it on the road today! This was a total PITA as someone originally only put down 9 digits of the VIN # and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was a real PITA about it!

I had a LEO come over and verify the number and I was good to go! Now tomorrow I will get it inspected and then I can ride the snot out of it!

PhacK

 

Checked the brushes, and put in a new battery. Will ride later hopefully.

 

The last time I reg'd my bike here in IL I noticed that the previous reg. and title only have the engine number, not the full VIN that Progressive Ins. made me deduce from the rubbed-up sticker on the frame. I mentioned it and the lady said if I wanted to correct it, I'd have to fill out some kind of affidavit, take it to the police and have them confrm the new number, then pay to reg. it again.

I opted to leave well enough alone for now.

Oh, and today I kept an old blind lady from crashing into my Yamaha - that's what I did for her. Those air horns WORK! I think the lady had to go home and change her Depends.

 

There are only 9 etched in my frame, but all are present on the id plate.

 

Flushed fresh brake fluid through the front brakes

Changed the oil and filter

Changed the air filter

Changed the rear gear fluid

Changed the spark plugs

Put the battery on my battery minder, battery still had %60 charge after sitting for a month and having tried to start the bike when the carbs were on.

Now I just have to wait for the carbs, and I should be up in running in the next couple of weeks.

 

Changed the oil and filter. Pretty black...nice to get that old blood out. In with the new!

Put on new handlebars. Got some from Chapparals for 10 bucks or so that flatten out the grip. PUt some new grips on. Not sure if I like em or not. They also may be not allowing the throttle to close fully. I'll have to look into that further.

I love the ride with the new bars. Feel more 'in tune' with the machine. That is a great feeling.

 

Started at getting out the old wire harness to put in the "new to me" one and thats when it started raining oh well theres always tomorrow

 

New fill of Castrol 20/50
New filter.
Blew out the Air Filter with some air.
Checked my tire pressure.

I even got a chance to paint some of that Liquid Electrical Tape on the Thumb Know of my Throttle Lock.

RickCo Seven-Five-Zee-row ... ready to "Answer all bells!"
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I'm also Over-hauling a set of Mikuni's off a Max-X that sat, full of gas, for over 8-years.

This is fun.

 

rode it to work and back...with authority!

 

What I did do to my Queen today? Ah, I'm really exhausted now. 5 hours work today. Replaced the fork. Used my polished one. Polishing took me at least 6 hours to get the glance. But not looking bad now. Changed oil and filter too. I guess I'm coming closer to my goal with this bike. But after a test ride I noticed some kind of tick,tick,tick,tick coming out of the engine. This is really not amusing me! Looks like there is allways something to work on this Queen,

 

looked at more pics of her and cried, still stuck in Iraq for a few more months :cry: , but on the plus side, I just reenlisted with a great bonus, so that means money to fix her up when I do get home, now working on a list of stuff I want to do, I also picked up a set of vetter saddlebags and trunk rack, I can finally mount that dusty old box taking up room in my storage shed. and yes pics will be posted once I get it done, be mid/late oct 07

 

Rode it on beach and back

 

Bought a carb sync

 

Today I've just cleaned out oil from the alternator and will adjust the clutch.

Over the last few days I've:

changed the oil and filter
cleaned all wiring contacts and fuses
adjusted headlight
detailed cleaning and degreasing
adjusted cam chain tensioner
adjusted fork pressure
flushed (twice) and changed final drive fluid
fix headlight circuit
got signals working
adjusted handlebar controls and mirrors
cleaned air filter

And most importantly I made sure to take at least one "test ride" between operations.

Still to do:

greasing axles etc
clean up front caliper to get both pads engaging equally
check valve clearances
sync carbs
buy colortune and use it

And whatever else turns up as I work my way through those...

Thanks to the online help, my repair costs so far other than oil & filter:

$0.00 8)

I do have a signal lens on order though, PO had broke one and glued it together, and I will need to buy a color tune and feeler gauges for some of the upcoming work.

 

replaced 81 harness with an 82 checked out carb holders with the wd-40 lots of cracks no difference in throttle but had lots of small bubbles so ill have to replace them in the future pulled off airbox boots to take off the carbs-----again i still have no mid range so ill clean again tomorrow

 

Hey there, new guy here.

Pulled off the wheels from the parts bike to get new tires put on the working bike. Adjusted the clutch. Attached some new mirrors and figured out how to pull off the rear brake.

Tomorrow: Get the wheels with new tires on the bike, reattach both brakes and get out riding

 

Rode it. Filled the tank. Rode more. Parked it. Repeat tomorrow.

 

Did some finishing touches on new forward controls. Then sat on it and tried to daydream a seat into existence.

 

Getting every thing ready to do more airbrushing! Fun fun

 

Stankin":

No Mid-range can be sneaky.

Nine out of 10 times it's plugged-up holes in the Emulsion Tubes.

You dive-in to the Carbs, again ... pull-'em out and look through all them holes and start scratching your head when you light shining through all them little holes and muttering begins!

Look at at Emulsion Tube, again.
See how the Top and Bottom have a larger Outside Diameter than the barrel part with all the holes?

That's because ... the space inside the Carb Body, surrounding the Emulsion Tube Holes is responsible for letting the AIR ... supplied by the MAIN AIR JET ... get sucked through those tiny holes ... to "Break-up" the stream of GAS getting sucked-up through the MAIN (Fuel) JET.

Use the long, BRASS, brush from a Gun Cleaning Kit to scour the Inside Diameter of that tube where the Emulsion Tube fits.

Try removing the MAIN AIR JET and snaking a Pipe Cleaner down the Main Air Passages as far as it will go

With the Emulsion Tube out ... shoot Carb Cleaner straight-in the Main AIR Jet or use an Ear Cleaning Syringe to flush the Main AIR Passsages with some straight SeaFoam.

If you've tried "Everything else" ... do this!

Might as well "Go for broke!"

Good luck.

 

Here's the Secret Weapon for "Blowing-out" Pilot AIR and Main AIR Passages.

 

I didn't really do anything for MY XJ, but I did loan out my Colortune plug to a fellow board member.

 

Today i pulled off the carb holders and cleaned them up really well. Time to put some of that RTV on em, because they are in REALLY bad shape on the outside. Also time to pull the carbs apart again and follow Rick's instructions on cleaning them out this time. Also my pilot screws are still covered should I drill them out and adjust accordingly. Thanks for all the help Guys

 

Went on a 200 mile ride to the Blue Ridge Parkway. And rode the lil XJ like I stole it. She was a little quirky in the high altitude.

 

I made a YICS tool from the plans here: http://home.westman.wave.ca/%7Ejbe/YICS.htm

I also popped out my caliper piston using compressed air. Unfortunately, after a long day, I wasn't paying attention to where my finger was. OUCH! I got my finger stuck between the piston and the part that holds the other pad. I left some skin behind on the caliper and the finger is still numb.

Attention newbies like myself, be careful with this one. When the piston does finally come out, it FLIES. I was still smarting from my finger when it did come out. Luckily it wasn't in my direction. That's when I decided to call it a night.

 

I had recently replaced brake fluid and pulled out and cleaned the master cylinder guts. I cleaned both ports in the master cylinder. Lots of crud in there. I'm surprised the brake worked at all! Yesterday I replaced rear brake shoes and front brake pads. Front brakes are dragging. Pulled the caliper off and removed the pads. I kept pumping the brake and adding fluid until the piston popped out. Lots of crud in there too. Ordered a caliper rebuild kit. Today I cleaned up the piston and caliper, put the seals back in and will try to get the brake working tomorrow. The weather is way too nice to not ride until the caliper kit comes. Wish me luck.

 

Today I reinstalled the caliper and attempted to bleed the system. After a little swearing and pouting I finally attached a syringe to the bleeder and pumped backwards. I have very strong return flow. Way better than before I cleaned out everything. I don't have real good pressure though. I used to use two or three fingers on the brake and got all the pressure I needed. Now I have to grab a handful and pull back nearly all the way to the handgrip. The brakes release and don't drag anymore. I'll try to bleed them a bit more tomorrow and hopefully go for a ride. Supposed to be 32C (90F) tomorrow and I have the day off!

 

Pulled the cover off of the alternator to see if that could be the culprit of the chirping sound I'm hearing. A suggestion was made the it could be the bearing going out. Everything seemed tight and even when I pulled the stator off and started it I still heard the chirp. Can't pinpoint it's origination. I know it's on the left side of the bike tho.

Learned that you tear the gasket trying to get the cover off if you don't slack up the stator wire prior to sliding the cover off. DOH! Lesson learned.

 

watched it sit sadly in my garage as it rained today. Hey if anyone in the Columbus ohio area has a colortune for loan, i would even pay a small fee to rent it for a couple of days.

 

Repaired left mirror.
I've bought some truck mirror and went to glass shop. They done a good cut job.
Glued it with silicone on my mirror housing an now it is drying.

Afternoon will do some riding.

 

I synced my carbs, added the bar end mirrors and rode to work, thats about it, cruzerjd

 

Well, I put some more glance on it. Was worth to look in.... a lot of crap around the alternator. Brushes were short. Got better ones inside now. Made it clean inside too! I guess it's worth to check. 30 minutes to go.

 

Bled the front brake some more and got it to where it seems to be good. My neighbor says he has a brake bleeder (among other things. He charged my daughters air conditioning on her truck. Cost me three beer!) so I'm going to give that a try. Went for a ride and put on 100 miles or so. 160km for my fellow Canadians.

 

Took an 80 mile ride.

 

I put gas in it!

Great not to have to do anything else with it!

Also, got almost 51 MPG on the last tank (Rural highway, 45-55 mph, few stop signs).

 

3 days to strip and three to paint. finished it today.

For those of you who liked the last paint job well I hope this one pleases you as well. Enjoy Ridz

 

Played with the gremlins(Electrical-one turn signal wont work)they play to rough.Adjusted clutch,fixed the mirror.Changed oil.Rode about 20 miles.

 

Removed some crap eBay mirrors and put the OEMs back on.

I let it rest the weekend while I rode the big bike.

Going to change the Tach cable tonight.

 

I filled it with 91 oct fuel as usual & rode it to work today.

Over the weekend however......

After fabricating/replacing the choke cable over the week end!! Went to local Yamy dealer to get/order new cable.... back ordered or maybe discontinued I was told... and they had nothing close.... so i ventured over to the local bicycle shop and purchased a $2.00 gear shift cable that had a similar end on it.... brought it home, cut off end of cable that wouldn't work, slid it into oem cable housing/sleeve and lubed. Then measured old cable length... marked donor cable, cut a little long.... cut a piece of Ø1/4" steel rod about 3/8" long drilled hole crossways in center of rod... slipped cable through and thourolly sodiered the two together, and trimmed excess cable. Filed off excess sodier and.....PRESTO.... new choke cable, works like new again!!