What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Spent several hours cleaning the oil and dirt off this greasy pig. Brake clean, Gunk engine degreaser, wire brush, dremel and some soda blasting. Still not pristine, but at least I can wheel it back into the shop and keep working on it without creating a Superfund site on my floor...

 

The mutt approves.

 

Pulled the carbs and checked all the butterflies to make sure I had them in correct. I did. Checked the throttle shaft seals to make sure I had the correct ones. I do. I got them from Chacal when I rebuilt the carbs last year, so in my head I knew they were the correct parts and not the cheap o-rings. But the paranoid in me had to pop the clips and take a look so I could say I checked them, and mark them off the list. They are correct. Going to turn the idle mixture screws out a turn and see if I can affect the hanging idle.

 

Went to visit the folks and made time for a ride with my dad. Started slowly with a flat tire on his Virago 1100, but we made like a Nascar pit crew and got it fixed and restarted the trip. About 165 mile loop along the Oregon coast. Beautiful day, fun ride.

 

Spent the day Pressure washed the engine , this took alot of the paint off of the engine , repainted engine and after a chore to get it to start . Rode a quick trip and worked a bit on my VW

 

Trying to get serious about getting the 750 reassembled. Every single piece aside from motors, frame and wheels from two bikes is piled in 4 storage tubs and every time I look for a part, it's an hour of searching.

So I spent some time this morning to get organized. Went through every tub and inventoried parts. Pulled out the needed things for the next couple steps. Even found some stuff I didn't know I had!

 

Put the carbs back on, but ran out of time to sync them. I'm getting to the point where I can pop a set of carbs off or on in less than 10 minutes, which makes this a much less frustrating endeavor.

 

"What are you doing in the kitchen?"

"Nothing...just....doing the dishes"

"Oh. Well ok..."

 

Got the motor back in the 750 today. I think it can be done with the swing arm in place, but I cussed it for a while and finally unbolted and pulled it back. Much easier. Even remembered to put the airbox in first! The spaghetti wiring system is next...I haven't been looking forward to that part.

 

In a hasty decision that I will no doubt regret tomorrow, I picked up another 82 750 Maxim project. I'm probably only four or five more bikes away from having enough pieces to make one function. Just on the 750 project alone I have 5 sets of carbs, 4 complete motors, 3 bikes, 2 Ataris and a partridge in a pear tree. I'd probably settle for one uncracked headlight bucket.

 

Nice!! I don't see a problem.

 

I took a very short ride with a very sore foot. I'm a week out from the original injury. If you're over 50, please take care when stepping off of your front porch. The ankle that you save may be your own.

 

I've had a bad right ankle since my senior year of high school( I'm 52 now). If it gets any bit of a wayward twist I scream like a little girl. Sprained it badly in grade 12, was on crutches for close to 2 months. Doc said I would have been better off if i would have broke it instead.

 

Roast644 i have a bucket if you want it pm me.

 

That’s about how my right hand is. Though it works fine, it’ll hurt and cramp horribly the longer that I use it. Injuries are stupid.

 

Same. Over 50, who knows when it heals. When it gets cold I can still feel last year's sprain from where I stepped off the garage steps to quickly.

 

Worked on the latest junk....errr....project bike. Swapped in my rebuilt set of carbs, did valve shims, cleaned up a bunch of electrical and then from the other pile of parts, exchanged the entire exhaust, master cylinder and the swing arm and rear wheel assembly. Been riding it around the pasture. I'll put on my rebuilt set of forks and calipers next and then it might be ready to test on the road.

 

OUCH, I play Ice hockey and I'm 57, nearly all my injuries (multiple Doc visits per year) are from that. I'm going to have to stop before I'm 60. Rotator cuff/SLAP tear last year, sprained hand right now but when I ride I can't feel it much. I guess its vibration therapy.

Rode the XJ Maxim during lunch today while working from home. I have put some miles on it after fixing fuel flow issues so ready to hook up the vacuum line back up to the petcock so I can run it at the ON setting instead of the PRI setting.

 

After a couple days of brutal labor I finally have one of the 750s on the road. I put on the rear end and front forks from my other rebuild project which had new tires also. Even a few fresh pieces of gorilla tape on the seat seams. Runs great. Probably a little more carb tuning to do for the off idle transition, but no complaints about the power.