XJ1100 number 2

This is what happens when I am waiting on parts and looking over marketplace.
OgmrVdOp by Tim Brown, on Flickr
uGeYKIrp by Tim Brown, on Flickr
Really nice older guy, he was 86 and still doing very well. He and his wife put the 41K of the 51K on this bike together. He loved talking about the bike when I was loading it up. He was a very nice man and I had a lot of respect for the love he has for this bike. I made sure to tell him it was being put back on the road and not parted out.

Did I mention he was the original buyer of the bike, from the shop...oh ya!
lhYxwShm by Tim Brown, on Flickr

Looking over the bike it is in really good shape. As I was removing all the stuff to get the carbs out and take a look at the tank. Yes tank had fuel in it, more brown stuff and wow what a great smell. We will have that with these older bikes. Owner said it has been sitting for 15 yr and last tag update was 2014, so there is a little time gap there.
The octo in its natural unholy state.
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The bike was lowered for the owner as well. Right side could be put back to OEM but the left side looks like they did a little more work to get it to the correct height for him. Not sure I can correct it.
d0wUTQfe by Tim Brown, on Flickr

Carbs are not too bad. Even the enrichment ckt was not too plugged up. I will have to go through the rest in a day or so. The floats are not moving at all, really stuck in place.
trLMKcEZ by Tim Brown, on Flickr


The fuse box already has some custom mods to it, that will be taken care of now that I have spark.
CAdzcL0C by Tim Brown, on Flickr

Long enough for an opening post. I was just so happy to be getting into another project bike and the same as I had two bikes ago. Fresh info in the old memory logs makes fast work.

 

Those carbs were much worse than they looked. The pins that held the floats were almost welded in. Took hrs to get them lose and out. I guess this would have been a good time to use the big sonic cleaner and have it to all the work. Will be getting the old girl fired up in the next few days to make sure it is worth all the other work that needs to be done.

 

Nice. Never a bad time to pick up more bikes...more, more, MORE! What windscreen is on that thing? Curious to see how you like it when you get it on the road.

 

Worked on knocking all the stuff out of the tank. Removed the fuel level sending unit and hit that with a lot of B12 chem tool. Float still not moving but I put it into the tank anyway. Had to keep the evapo rust from coming out. Putting chains into the tank to knock all the bits out of the works well. Don't have to count each nut or washer to make sure they all come out. Just stick a magnet down the fill hole and shake the tank. Magnet grabs the chains and pull them out.

Just sent an email to Len for some parts, need to replace some gaskets and float jets just to be sure.