What did you do to your Yamaha today?

I had to do an emergency oil change to her tonight....

Another victim of SSFVS ,, (Sudden Stuck Float Valve Syndrome)
Ran fine for about 8 blocks or so, then sputtered and no power like you left the choke on or something.... Luckily it quit new a friends house....
So left it there, called the wife and went to work..

Showed up on the way home and ..yes I had more "oil" than I started with..

Pulled the carbs, cleaned them up, re-installed ..ate, changed the oil...
Seemed OK afterwards, carbs filled without any leaking ( had my hand in through the airbox feeling for overflow...) I guess tomorrow will tell...

And after I treated her to new shoes too..... tsk..tsk....
I did tag a big pothole yesterday... maybe jarred something????

 

Laid it down...on my leg...no riding for a while...

 

Finally finished going back to my factory setup. i went from stock to pods to stock. i threw those pods in the trash. they can make the trashcan run better than a bike.

 

I installed my new old stock luggage rack brackets and finished my MAC 4 into 2 exhaust on the 1100. She sounds sweet..........

MN

 

A trip in the morning had me scrutinizing both my and my wife's bike. I printed out the T-CLOCKs (.pdf) sheets and went down the list. A few things needed attention, but all-in-all everything seemed pretty good. Should be a fun adventure.

 

I'm feeling a lot better so I decided to go take a good long look at the damage to my poor Seca. My 5 year old asked if my motorcycle was mad at me. I told her probably.
I looked up how much it's going to cost me to fix him. Thought about selling him back to my brother. Then decided I really don't want to give up on him. If I have to I'll buy one part at a time. If it takes me three years I'll have that bike back on the road. You can be sure I'll have a jacket on!

 

^^^ Good! Glad to hear it!

 

I finally finished the work on my 1100. It was a basket case when I picked it up back in January. It barely ran and the P/O used a rattle can to change the color. I still have a few small things to take care of but for the most part, it's road ready. I had to.....
Rebuild the carbs and Sync
Rebuild both master cyl.
Rebuild all calipers.
Install new fuse panel.
Adjust valves.
Find and recover a backrest.
Recover the seat
New tires.
New Brakes
Clutch cable
Paint
and clean polish all the aluminum
I'm pretty happy the way it turned out..It was all worth every minute/hour I spent getting it together.
I hope the link to the pics works.

 

Glad to hear you have not given up and are doing ok.

Make a list of what it needs and report back to us. There are some incredible people on this board with oodles of extra parts lying around

 

i participated in this thread long ago when i first found the forum and while ive done stuff, i never added to the thread...

today i put new brake light bulbs in the 900rk, and wiped a lot of road dust off in preparation for tomorrows ride into work...

man i hope its not raining tomorrow cause i need to ride!

that is all...

 

Got her on the road with all the parts on for the first time in 2 years..... Got her tuned in, hassled by the rent a cop for the parking lot I chose to ride in (was close to the tools) and rode about 50 miles.

 

I took the windhshield off it is too hot to have it on. Wow I forgot how much wind that it blocks hehe.. It only took about 3 min to take it off and leave the mounts. I need to either practice or find a no tools way to pop it on and off and I know without it next time it rains I am going to be soaked. I love the feeling of the wind rushing over me tho instead of going around.

 

>never thought id own THREE of these!

Hey LtDave, nice to see you again! I didn't know you had an 83 900RK. I just got one a month ago or so. Check it out in my gallery. I never thought I'd own ONE of those.

>never thought id own THREE of these!

Wonder if I'll ever give up enough of these to own only THREE of these! heehee

 

hadnt had time to post . but friday I put the collar in the front wheel that I discovered was missing and put alittle over 300 miles on her this weekend.Found a few minor things I need to address but at least shes back on the road after sitting for eight years. Thanks to all the folks on here and the help they provided.

 

Two day post:
Yesterday - Changed back tire, cleaned / inspected / adjusted rear brakes, rebuilt master cylinder, adjusted my handlebars forward a bit.
Today - Rode to work. Nice.

 

I took my spare set of the square handle bar risers and stripped the clear coat. Then wet sanded the grey dull corrosion off. Got them over to the buffer and let them have it. They both shine like chrome so I swapped them out on my #1 1100 and i dug through my parts boxes and found two of the black angle plugs to put in there. She looks even better now. Next on the list is to swap out the oil pan with one that has a good drain plug.
Pictures to come soon.


MN

 

I put in my replacement stator fixed my rear tail light and took it for a little ride! Man am I happy I had the spare parts to fix it. I got a box of parts for 20-30 bucks and man that was well spent $ ! Just wish my wife would see it that way! lol

 

New o-ring for the petcock selector lever. Five new valve shims installed. New valve cover gasket. Three stripped valve cover bolt holes! :x Three Heli-coils installed in the stripped holes. Valve cover back on and tightened to spec. New float valves and seats installed in the carbs. Carbs re-installed. Rode the bike and had to back the idle screw off. This actually took me several days.

 

I installed the 2 valve shims I was waiting for from Len. Thanks!! super fast shipping BTW. Re-synced the carbs. Adjusted the rear brake. Pedal seemed a bit low. Went for an exhilarating ride and smiled the whole time. Came back and put a nice coat of wax on the new paint.

 

Took about a 250 mile round-trip ride from Colorado Springs up to Breckenridge and back (24 and 9 on the way up), (9, 285, 470, 85, and 70 on the way back).

Also checked my gas mileage for one leg, from Woodland Park to Breckenridge (about 90 miles). That's mostly between 7000 and 10000 feet elevation, lots of up and down, and averaging about 60 mph, and I got 43.7mpg. I'm pretty happy with that.