what STUPID thing did you do with your yamaha today?

What stupid thing did I do to my Yamaha today? I drove my subaru for 3 hours. Looked at every biker I saw with sad puppy dog eyes.

 

need some info on my carb, any help ?

 

Wrong thread...this for stupid things done to bikes...start your own thead on carbs.

 

For future reference, The YICS valve cover bolts are shouldered, Once they bottom out they are tight, and should not be tightened any more. I'm sure you knew this, but others may not.

 

Sorry for the wrong thread, bouncing around and not paying attention.

 

Snapped another bolt. Broke a piece off on my brake caliper. Today wasnt my day. Still managed to go for a quick ride.

 

Well..I didn't do anything stupid with my Yamaha, other than not ride it enough this week---a few hundred miles racked up, but that's about it. On a different note, I DID finally get started in earnest on one of my car projects---- got the whole back end torn off, and the whole front clip is off, right down to an engine sitting on a frame. baOdy mounts are all out, and the body is just about read to start lifting up and away from the frame. (1973 Ford Gran Torino Sport 351c-4v CJ........but currently has a 429 )

Dave

 

Rev'd it like he&&, power shifted between 10 000 and 12 000 rpms thru all gears , uh wait , is that stupid at all ?

 

Nothing wrong with that.

 

Well.. What's your redline?

 

At 9 500, but I haven't been beyond that for more than a few milliseconds

 

Oh was that when you hit neutral between first and second ... That's not the bad part.. It's when you click it back in gear and that awful rattle when it tries to get back into gear

 

No, no, it was when I shifted without totally releasing the throttle, you know, actually, it was all very smooth shifting, no rattle down there ! That's what I call "power shifting". It doesn't refer to not using the clutch at all, this would have been a bit stupid.

 

late in posting Hit a moose. 6/29/16
still waiting for left hand to close far enough to squeeze the clutch so I can ride out the rest of the year
handle bars bent stright up but mirrors worked as designed did not break, fender twisted into tire slashing out some rubber, headlight boxed, cluster foldeb back, speedo and tach cable pulled out, key post sheared off , lost 2 left side directionals. small crunch in gas tank foot peg on crash guards sheared off.

moose doa, me life flighted . I have a $50,000 facial reconstruction finding new screws daily.
at least I got to take my own helmet off.

 

Dayum

 

$hit, a moose is a big and heavy beast, heavier than your bike with you on it. Did it happen at night ?

 

At least your on the right side of the dirt
Get well and ready to ride on!

 

Wow 550H, With a 50k face, maybe u should head to Hollywood ! LOL

 

Crazy... glad your ok. I bet if you had pods on you would have cut the moose in half or maybe taken flight.

 

Or maybe his bike wouldn't start.

 

Lol

 

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Oh yeah it'll start Damn xjs take a light push to get going haha but you're right be careful or you'll end up in a ditch.... long story

 

Today I couldn't figure out why my XJ wasn't starting or running as nice as it had been. Road the bike to work and had the same problem when the work day was done. I got out of the parking lot and it hit me. I didn't put the cap back on the number four carb. I took it off and put it in on my other XJ that I am trying to sell, since I had a potential buyer and had borrowed one to replace a torn cap (didn't sell the bike). So, I made an unexpected stop to get another cap and she runs right again.

 

Sold my Maxim X 750 yesterday and miss it already
Found an XJ 400 today going to get it tomorrow

 

I'm keeping the other XJ750, so I will still be riding one.

 

Still have my xj650rj,xj750rl to ride

 

Left it parked. Drove the Jeep to work. Of course I was still half-asleep when the decision was made, so it may not have been entirely stupid.

 

Did a double got 2 xj400's make a good one out of them

 

Maxim or Seca? Start an xj4 thread!

 

One of each Maxim is far more complete. They are the 2cyl ones, not the oooooh so sexy 4cyl Japan models.
Sorry they are the xs400j and xs400rj.
Ok groan boring twin but they built them like and XJ , twin cam alternator in the back style.

 

Today, last day of 80 degree weather , left my son (18th birthday in 7 days ) who was a big part of the re-build we just finished ( check "650 bobber build" ), take the '85 - 700 Maxim to High School. It does have current plate and tag but does not have current inspection, just got it finished last week-end. Oh and by the way , taught him to ride when he was 15, just never got around to getting a drivers license for M/C. So we'll see at the end of the day if it falls into this thread, LOL

 

Shoot. I was excited for an xj4 build, especially when you said Seca! Oh well, Xs is OK, I guess. Lol. Start a thread, we're still interested.

 

Drove mine to work...then actually went to work instead of riding all day.....

 

Funny thing; I did the same.

 

I did this stupid thing.
I noticed a bit of popping on accel last week and decided that it's time to put in my spare rack of carbs that I rebuilt last winter. So I did that this morning.
Idled great, got them synched and went for a ride.

A very short ride.
Not 10 minutes in I come to a stoplight and the engine wants to idle at 4k. So I pull to a parking lot and futz with the idle speed knob. No bueno, so I side-street it home and get to work.

What do I find? Cracked vacuum port caps. YAY!! eazy fix. Start her up and.....

idle at 4k

So off comes the spare rack, in go the originals. Start her up. Idles at 1.2K, just where I had it.
Go ride.
Smile.
Rid harder.
Smile some more.


Now....to find the vacuum leak on my rebuilt rack..... bummer. It only shows up when the engin is good and hot, so I'm hoping that it's a case of me fubaring a throttle shaft seal (or some other simple thing) and not cracked carb body.

 

I'm sure you will figure it out....synch???

 

It was synched beautifully before the ride, and was still running smooth after (just at too high of a speed).

 

Must have missed one of the sermons at church .... Bad boy

 

Bad boys get the chicks.

 

Well, this is the closest thread to my stupidity. If any of you been here for a while you know I have been re-building my 85 maxim 700 for over 2 yrs now, and with all the help of this site, she was finally done a few weeks ago. I did get her out once, was about a 150 mile day. Not much riding time left here in West Central PA, but was planning on enjoying as much of it that I could. Until last Wednesday, I was helping a guy I knew put up roof trusses on a large pole barn, my son has been helping him for a week or so and they wanted another set of hands to get it under roof before weather changed. So anyway after about 2 hrs, we were swinging a 30' trusses up onto the stud wall, me at one end and my 18 yr old son on the other. My end slipped off the stud wall and I tried to stop it while being 12 high on a metal step ladder and it pulled me straight down onto the cement floor. I landed flat footed and that was the last time I have been on my feet. After E.R., X-Rays then by ambulance to larger city trauma center, more C.T. scans, and a lot of pocking and prodding, the results are in ! I have crushed both heel bone, that's one in each foot. No weight at all, going to schedule surgery , in a wheel chair for 3 to 4 month, and even then probably long term stiffness and pain. Some insurance with low limits and no disab. insur and no job, ADD NO MAXIM !!! .

 

I feel for you , man. HOpe you'll recover completely.

 

That does suck big time . Hate to try this but does buddy have home owner liability insurance for someone hurt on his property . Might be worth looking into. That is what insurance is for and hate to see you left in the lurch.
RB

 

Ouch!
All around ouch physical and situational.
Here's hoping you heal faster than expected, get paid by someone for something and a quick mild winter so you can get back on your bike.

 

After sanding and painting my rims black, i watched a video online about the zip tie method to place the tire back on and well that didn't work. After 2 hours trying i got fed up and just used pry bars. Took 4 hours total to get two tires on and in the process chipped up some paint on the rim.

Knees are bruised, back hurts, hip hurts, i feel like an old man.

Needless to say i am never doing that again.

@Wagy i hope you get a speedy recovery amd if your friend has insurance sue. Give him 5% to make him feel better and not sour the relationship.

 

Thanks for the thoughts guys, I am waiting for a call-back from Marcus & Mack (personal injury lawyer) to see if they will take the case. I am not a believer in frivolous law suits, but in the bigger picture this is not frivolous and uses his homeowners policy, not his money and if I cant recoup my losses, I'll pretty much be screwed. Just a reminder to all of us, Life can change in a second, (on or off a bike) Be careful all ?

 

claiming on your buddys homeowners insurance will not end well,

hope it all works out for you

 

Hey 550H, I'm sure it will cause hard feeling, he'll have to realize the losses I'm going to have and that I'm suing his insurance co. not him, and just get past it or not, his choice. By the way, how are you making out ? (SUE THE MOOSE)

 

if someone got hurt at my house, helping me do something, i'd be on the phone to my own insurance company, right from the start.

 

Need help at your house?

 

pinched fingers helping change a tire don't count