What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Just replaced the fork seals! Having properly filled forks makes all the difference...

That was a MESS

 

Repaired a leaky back tire On the XJ750 (needed remounting rim was not very clean)

Repaced front rim on the XS1100 to a tubeless type. Test rode the bike found that it is not charging the battery bike died two miles away form home. 8O

 

Disassembled the starter to see why it's running so well. Brushes were 11mm - very good, but the grease in the planet gear was dry so i cleaned it up and put in some new grease. Well in fact i cleaned it all up and now i hope to start the bike the next couple of years without any problems.

 

Pulled both XJ headers for sandblasting, will also be pulling both forks apart for rebuilds, calipers, polish, and more.

 

i just bid meself a pair of galfer waves

 

I decided to go ahead and rebuild my turbo so I ordered the rebuild kit for it. Also, I have never seen a single thread with so many responses!!

jeff

 

Definitely looked at my bike, then looked at all the ice outside, then cried a little.

I did however give it a thorough inspection, cleaned + adjusted the chain, in preparation for warmer weather next week,

 

Pulled teh carbs off the 78 XS1100, Set the Float hight, put them back in, opened the garuage to go on a test ride...2" of new snow while I was working on the carbs. :evil:

 

I organized my tools on my improvised "shop" on my porch, with a special place for my german-made brand new torque-wrench. Ah, and fixed my paypal account so that I can order shims and other stuff from wemoto.com (UK).
I bought my xj400 late october/10, and I can't wait to have it running.
Aharon

 

Daggum this snow nonsense...is it summer yet?

 

i looked in the garage it was cold. I couldn't push the buffalo out because of the snow to work on my yammies. hopefully i can get some work done on it this weekend

 

New fuel, Oil change, new plugs, new fuses, new battery, cleaned windscreen and mirrors, swapped out the headlight for HID, adjusted clutch cable, adjusted mirrors. Getting ready to change out brake fluid and take her for a quick, but slow, ride. It's all of 27 degrees here in MI.

 

Fresh fuel, stripped it down, washed it, reassembled, replaced rear shock assembly


petcock assembly, wound up finding the handle behind the other side's plastic... random





Is it normal to bypass the fuel filter????





not one rubber boot was attached properly, found my vacuum leak.



have to find a couple of these, screw's were rusted solid



awesome looking stripped down. ready to wash

upper rear shock mounting bolt

lower rear shock mounting bolt

used a board to support the rear while i changed it out... had a friend help lift and lower to get the bolt back through



possible mounting point for turn signals

 

Yesterday I put a tank of gas through it... It was perfect riding weather too... got over 300kms out of my tank

 

Road to work again today 34F this morning in So Cal!

 

New fuel, oil, plugs, front tire, & patched the exhaust! All I need now is warmer weather!

 

Took my tires off last night and ran them down to cyclegear with the new BattlAx's I got. Going to pick them up after work tonight and re-mount them. 30 bux a tire if i walked them in, 50 bux if I drove it in.

Going to pick up oil and do that too since I'm feeling productive,

couldn't find brake pads there, anybody got a recommendation?

 

Went for a 35mi ride on the snowmobile, then went inside by the woodstove and removed the whole exhaust system on my 900rk. Cleaned, polished, and detailed it. Then, put it all back on. I think there were parts of the muffles that had never been cleaned since it left the factory. Now it REALLY shines. Yesterday, I went and looked at all the others. I tiptoed in so that I wouldn't wake any of them. One of them grunted and snuffled a little bit but didn't wake up. I think I was able to stay downwind of them, too, so they didn't know I was even there.

Dave Fox

 

moved the battery tender over to the bmw

 

Installed a 1N4148 Diode in the Microsquirt.

 

I tried wiring my new aftermarket rear turn signals i am getting nothing from front signals, (still stock) or rear. i have checked the fuses. the new lights appear to be good and have positive and neg wires soldered to the bulb what is wrong here

 

Worked on ITB tuning for the XJ700

 

Mounted my new tires, changed the oil, cleaned and re-oiled the air filter, and took it for a short ride

 

pulled the speedo gauge, dremel'd it in half in order to gain access to the screw that popped out and glued it back together. Re-wired fuse box. All is working again.

 

New plugs and oil change -- getting ready to ride up to Greenville for a motorcycle show

 

Spring cleaning

 

Checked for fuel valve operation, replaced fuel filter, changed brake fluid (I have binders now!), traced the wiring short, oddly enough NOT to the fuse box (getting replaced tomorrow anyway), but to the hack wiring job a PO did with an in-line fuse.

 

Friday: Tear down bike, disassemble carb system, repair dings in fenders and tank, get rid of all the pits in the chrome on the turn signals (ugh...) spray 20oz of dupont primer

Saturday: Clean carbs, drill and tap broken carb to engine sleeve bolt (ugh x2) block sand all parts, spray dupont sealer then jet black.. then experiment with clear flattening agent at midnight! bake parts, shake head at bike, go home.

today: reassemble bike, tune carbs (wtf!) figure out idle situation, toast a battery in the process fun weekend!

 

Installed fuse panel, changed drive oil, adjusted clutch, fixed highway pegs, shoped for turn signals

 

new spark plugs, new battery

 

I put a new master cylinder on my XJ650. I also cleaned out and put a
new kit into the wheel cylinder. Cleaned all the lines and the manifold.
Had the usual fun with bleeding the air out of the system but ok now.

 

OK, so technically, it was Saturday.......rode the heck out of my turbo. Love seeing the boost gage ripping over 5 then 10 then 15 psi as the speed compresses time....exponentially. It doesn't have the low end rip your guts out grunt of my resprocketed Vstrom 1000 nor the high rpm zip of my H2's....just very smooth, very deceiving, very quiet get up and GO!

Nuff work, now it's time to enjoy the other part of owning....riding!

jeff

 

Oil change, new filter. Replaced cracked engine cover from the PO dropping the bike. Painted and installed OEM footpegs. Removed pinstripes installed by PO. Re-wired fuse box and misc electrical connections. Waiting for seat to be returned from Sargents.

 

snuck in and watched them hibernating........didn't make any noise, so they didn't wake up. I think one farted in it's sleep, though, that almost made me giggle.

Dave

 

New battery, new battery cables.. cleaned up a little bit of that birds nest of a wiring mess these bikes are.

 

That did make me giggle....

 

I bought a triple tree from an '83 650 and a round headlight to replace the rectangular beast. I also got some new fuel line and a filter. I have many parts from Chacal ready to be installed this weekend. I also got an exhaust off an '82 Seca to scavange the exhaust pipes and collector box.

- New washers for the cam cover
- Oil level sender rubber ring
- New fuse box

Time to get her back up and running.

 

If yesterday counts I put on some bar end mirrors on the new drag bars.
http://s538.photobucket.com/albums/ff34 ... f6f0a5.jpg

 

So I finally got my brake lines from Rennsportsautoparts dot com.....

not sure I can recommend them, not sure I can't. The brake lines are awesome... It took over 2 weeks to get them though they were supposedly shipped the day after I ordered them. They were shipped from canada....... But my handlebar camera mount came from Australia in 4 days.

Then, they forgot the bike cover I also ordered... so who knows how long til that gets here, another 2 weeks?

Again, awesome looking brake lines, all the parts, brass washers, and a sticker for the tool box.... Just damn long time to get them... Horrible customer service, and they forgot the bike cover. Guess for the price savings, the 15 I saved is what it cost to pay for someone to have a clue.



The brake lines are awesome

 

(Actually did this yesterday)
Looked at the oil window
Looked in the tank to see how much petrol was in it. Even though I knew there were 4.5 gallons in it. Old habits die hard.
Turned the key.
Hit the starter button.
Went for a ride.
Enjoyed the results of all my work over the last couple of snowy months.

 

Here is what I did to my XJ 550 yesterday.....
1. Rebuilt Front Forks.
2. Changed the Rear Brake Shoes.
3. Adjusted the chain tension.
4. Cleaned the chain.
5. Replaced the cut off / starter switch.
6. change the oil and filter.
7. Installed an in line fuel filter.
8. Lubed my blinker switchs (electric spray cleaner).
9. Hooked up a quick disconnect to my battery.
10. Installed a new leather tool pouch on the front forks.
Getting her ready for some nice weather!

 

Ripped into and took out the harness and a myriad of other items in hopes that tomorrow I might be able to pull the motor for paint.

 

Rode her for the first time with no issues finally!

 

Changed the spark plugs, oil, and installed a new choke cable. She fired right up and purred like a kitten! I still need to watch to see if I'm getting fuel in the oil though. Going to rebuild and sync the carbs soon. Hoping to get new tires and rear brakes this week sometime. It seems to run better on the reserve tank than on, would that be a petcock issue or vacuum?

 

If you had petrol in the crankcase, double check your air filter too.

The valve runs off vacuum in both ON and RES so I wouldn't think that would be a vacuum issue, but I'm new to this style of petcock so I'm not sure.

Did you check the valve for proper operation? Should only free-flow in PRI

Another thing it might be is the screen in the tank attached to the petcock being blocked.

I am assuming you have more than a half gallon of petrol in the tank.

 

Removed the rear wheel in preparation for some new components



The rear chain tension plate was broken when I bough the bike. The PO put a metal plate over it which worked just fine. New one is inbound.



New chain and sprockets inbound! I could just tell with the constant need for tightening and more than half a tooth exposure upon chain yank in the rear that it was ready to go. Better safe than sorry.



This axle nut has been pretty man handled -- fresh one on the way

 

Tinted turn signals and break light!

 

Went for a ride... Learned that the bigger the rain drop, the more it hurts at 70mph

 

I hooked up some running lights on the XJ 650 Maxim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwXt8g-J5Uw

 

ummmm i started it and now fuel is dumping out the drive shaft boot... HELP!!