What did you do to your Yamaha today?

I did a brake stand in my Seca Turbo! I need new tires so I am thinking about smoking them on my way there. Or on a street right by there.

 

pics or it didn't happen

you'd have to have near perfect tires, brakes, shocks etcetc

these bikes are too heavy and setup to stay both wheels on the ground. If you did than awesome, with the tinytinytiny forks i would say stupid too...

550lbs on tinytiny forks = something to go wrong.

but i call B/S on the wheelies too.. shaft-drive, forward heavy engine etcetc...


but i do know that you can do a massive burnout!!!

 

I took the first step to getting mine up and running.....washed 14 years of dust and grime off it :wink: . Went to Iron pony Friday night and they closed 10 minutes after I got there so I was unable to pick up the stuff on my first parts list, a battery, oil change stuff, and chrome polish. Went back Saturday and they closed at 6, of course I showed up at 6:30 thinking they would be open till at least 8. I was wrong :evil:

 

Rode the 650. Don't have any idea how far or how fast, since the spedo is way off. I suspect I was going 90+ based on the wind. Had it wound up to 8000 or so in 5th gear.

Found out the gas cap leaks badly. Stopped at a little town north of here that is used to bikers. Got gas for both of us (pizza for me, unleaded for the ol' girl). Had to pop start it since the neutral sensor is intermittent. Got home and realized my jeans (and leg, and the right side of the tank) had gotten doused in gasoline. Wonderful.

But I tell you what: She runs great. Definitely still needs some love. She acts like a bike that has been abused and just needs some steady TLC for a couple of years and she'll be back in top shape. Even at 8000+ in 5th, she still had some pull left! Woo!

 

new fork seals, headlight, oil & filter, lubed chain, lubed cables, adjusted other crap, and rode it 55 miles afterward. she runs soooo good right now!

 

Took her out for the first good run of the year...nice low end grunt after some carb tuning last year (thanks Rick). Everything else is nice and smooth... now on to the brake lines, after that, some cosmetic fixes and basic maintenance....

Added pics of the signals, mirrors and Truck bed liner painted tank to my rebuild page....

tynernt .... A XS400 Maxim has 5 gears, the Seca has 6 (think this goes for the XJ's too)

 

Forgot to mention that I got the top plug removed from one of the fork tubes of the donor 650. At first glance, you'd think this fork was going to be useful purely for learning purposes, but the corrosion appears to be superficial. The retaining ring came right out and cleaned up nicely! The O-ring on the plug looks good, and was keeping all the fork oil in there (which I hadn't drained, so it promptly poured out onto my workbench. Looking forward to figuring the forks out so I can renew the seals on both sets for the 650s.

Oh, and found out that my 750 kinds resembles a newer model Seca (square lights), but is in all likelihood a 750 MAXIM. Anyone want to confirm? VIN starts with JYA15R. Google says "XJ750J", which is a Maxim, right? Seca would be an RJ and would be JYA5G2?

 

Well, not all done today, but over the past couple of weeks:

- Installed windshield (National Cycle Deflector Screen DX - 85.00 at Motorcycle Accesory Warehouse www.mawonline.com.

- New skins, Bridgestone Spitfire S11 front and back. Eliminated the shuddery-bouncy feeling I was getting at 30- 60 kph. I took them out on the highway and they felt great at 110 kph. The local dealer had a sale of 20% off and free mounting/balancing. $170 complete! I did have to remove the wheels and take them in because they won't work on bikes older than 1990. It was good experience since I had never removed them before.

- Gradually removing some of the accumulated overall dinginess. It's a pain getting into some of the little corners, but it will be worth it in the end.

 

Rhys..........you are correct. it's an '82 XJ750 Maxim!

 

rode my the bike to get a haircut
then i rode it to get gas
then i rode it because it was wet from me cleaning it
then i had to get milk for the baby
then i had to get beer
then i had to get dinner
i was just waiting for my wife to give me an excuse to get on it
really nice bike i just got it and replaced the fuewl filter
oh
i drove it to the auto store and got a new fuse block and oil
someday when i get a chance...

 

I re-routed the gas line on my 900 to accommodate an inline Fuel Filter.

Had everything working pretty good until I put the tank back down and put the bolt back in to secure it down.

Learned my lesson from Sunday. Rode it around the block instead of thinking everything was Hunkie-Dorey and left the sub-division ... only to have the Fuel Line kink and be a mile away from the garage.

Pushed a 900 lately?
Uphill?

That frosted my donuts!
Anyway, I played-around with a few fittings and got the Fuel Line thing ironed-out ... and began Plug Chops; again!

It's not too far out ... but, nailing it down is getting on my nerves.
I just want it to get dialed-in and go play in the traffic!

 

Today and yesterday both I regreted that I bought the bike at all.

 

Yea, well ... try pushing a 900 back home ... lookin' and feelin' all stupid because you have to own-up to being dumb and not riding it around the block a few times after doing fuel line work!

Believe me ... much more fun when the engine's running.
I spent the day re-routing gas line so it won't get pinched-off when I put the tank down.

I don't think I did a good job tightening that last hose clamp.
I had a gas leak.
At least I was just riding it around the block, today!

 

I would like to have that opprotunity some day....I havent ridden the bike any further than 10 ft. and the RPM shot up on me in 1st gear. Havent even had the chance to get it into 2nd.

 

Won a bid on ebay for some harley mufflers that I'm gonna put on the ol' girl.

 

Jeez, Rick, that's how I felt Saturday after installing the new dishwasher and forgetting to check all the fittings for leaks before closing it up. I felt REEEEEAL stupid when the missus screamed from the basement about the water running through the ceiling. Oops.

 

today, on my new unmolested bike i :
-removed all body panels and tank, and de-badged all.
-threw out the front fender
-threw out the airbox
-removed the carbs
-removed the exhaust
-threw out a bunch of random plastic parts
-started drilling out the carb flange bolts, and realized that the remaining 5 bolts are going to break as well.
-purchased on ebay a set of sportster mufflers, and drag bars.

i have the sickness, and i may need help before my wife kills me.

 

Zookie:

Don't get your hopes up for hangin' Keihin's on the Old XJ.

I looked on their web site all excited about maybe popping for a set of used ones off a wrecked Plastic Wrapped Bullet and didn't see anything that was going to fit early Yamaha in the Applications Section.

Now, I know a web search doesn't confirm that they aren't going to fit.
But there were a limited number of Yammies they fit and XJ Series wasn;t mentioned.

We'll know for sure when you get done drilling and tapping.

 

Today...

I changed my oil, cut off my stock mufflers only to learn I need to do more fab work than originally planned (weather is getting real nice here, time to hurry!!!!) and installed my Silvania Silverstar headlight.

 

Replaced Chain, rear brake shoes, adjusted valves "thanks Chacal for the shims" replaced the leaking V/C gasket and bolt seals. Did another round with the colortune installed new plugs and resistor covers. Went for a 200mile round trip with my new old XJ i love it!