My god! It’s been two years since I was last on the forum!! Between an ailing father in ‘19 and 2020 in general, it’s been two years I just...
Hah! I do usually benefit from most things I drive or ride looking like they're ready for the glue factory. More importantly.... is this...
Yeah... we don't either, but I caught someone gettin' kinda fishy and started second-guessing myself.
What's everyone using for a helmet lock, so they don't have to lug that thing around? Are you just using a little chain with the lock-clip that...
are you talking about the cotter pin?
First real ride today! Took her for the first top-off of fuel she's probably had in three+ years, and rode to a coffee shop to do some computer...
A couple months back I looked through the hole with a flashlight, while I had the shift cover off. I didn't see any broken bits in there. Not to...
Difficult to push (pull up, rather) . A little easier if I'm rolling down the road - which makes sense. Where it's mostly annoying is when I'm...
Figured I'd see if there's any thoughts on tricks to improve things. I've got an 82 XJ750. Getting to 2nd gear can be a little rough. In fact...
Haha! Something tells me this is first hand knowledge of such an occurance. In other news! After a year, she's alive! Took her around the block...
holy jesus. Well.... That was embarassing. Yep. Kill switch. hahahah!
Spent a year getting everything rebuilt. Dialed in the carbs. got it off the center stand, wheeled it out into the driveway. Hopped on. Turned the...
Actually, that's the first way I did it - taking the bowls off while it was on the rack. But I figured it was a bad suggestion because the float...
Well, since the bike seems to be workin'... I guess I somehow managed to get this mostly right! So, I'll share the video of what I did. Aside...
Ok... here's an odd update... while typing my previous note, the bike was out there warming up. I went back out, and blipped the throttle a couple...
Went out and double-checked everything, once @XJ550H pointed out I was testing between the wrong wires. I did a quick test (with caps still on)...
ok.. looks like I've got a beginner question... Before starting up the bike and trying a couple things, I'm checking the pickup coils, and I...
Stock airbox and filter, brand new spark plugs and brand new plug caps. But, I'll try switching them around - they could be bad for all I know....
Missed this question... No, They're still the manifolds that were on there. I just meant all the rubber parts within carb. But, they've been...
Got home early enough, and just used the spray bottle of soapy water method, and didn't see any obvious exhaust leaks, at the heads. At four days...
Every piece of rubber has been replaced. All jets are new. Cleaned every orifice possible in the body, in the bowl. This was a complete...
Yep cleaned the wells, cleaned the tiny enrichment circuit holes. I can't think of a part I didn't clean. I am a little concerned that after...
Yep, it's plugged. and they're all new rubber caps - the old ones were fossilized. Also, checked for vacuum leaks and nothing seems wrong, there...
I'm not using the gas tank, just a little fuel-safe plastic container with a manual on off switch. Since it's not working off vacuum, maybe that's...
I need some outside opinions on next steps with this '82 750 Maxim. Maybe there's a few suggestions before I pull the rack back out. The carbs...
Mine is mounted pretty much where the original was, I have four pieces of thick hose cut to fit onto the frame and bump the seat up a little higher.
Nice... I didn't think to put mine there, I assumed there wouldn't be enough clearance for the plastic side covers and never bothered to check....
Seems the bike is dialed in, more or less, but I'm curious about opinions on the start-up. The last three weekends I've started it up, to do a...
nothing's better than going out a week later thinking you need to fine-tune one lean carb, only to find out... this time it runs purrrrrfectly....
oh! A little lower than I'm setting it. ok.. I'll adjust. I just came back in from fiddling with it. This time the bars were a little higher,...
Took my first stab at using the carbtune. The carbs went through a complete break-down and church-cleaned. The mixture screws set right at 2 1/2...
Oh! Bummer. It said it resists oil and petroleum products, so I assumed it was ok. Maybe a little dumb on my part!
Yep! The RTV took care of that leak! Today I put the tank on, and managed to get it started. Keeps dying after about 10-20 seconds of running, So...
Yeah, I might get the blanking plate eventually. I wanted to keep everything as original as possible, but I understand these are apparently no...
yeah... I figured that might be the suggestion. I covered the connection with Ultimate Black J-B weld an hour ago. Time to work on other stuff, I...
Wellll, bummer. Taking suggestions on something.... I cleaned up the fuel sending and added new gaskets. Before putting it on the bike, I threw a...
Ok...I guess I'm officially "that guy," annoying everyone with videos. o_O This one's wayyyyy tooo lonnngg.... but I just felt like squeezing in...
NO! I don't like that idle screw at all! ... because I put my carbs back on a couple weeks ago, and now I wanna do that!
I can't decide if this is someone helping a friend.... or F'ing with a friend three states away. Hah! It's on a no-carb diet. ...terrible. But...
Grey seat isn't my thing, but I'm tempted to go waste the guy's time looking at it... just so I can take a closer look at that upgraded ignition....
Favorite discovery of the weekend: Self-fusing Silicone tape. Cheap and heat/gas/oil resistant. I just wrapped my existing crankcase breather...
yeah... Maybe in a future project, I'll take that sender out and put a proper cork gasket in. Whatever they used doesn't inspire confidence.
I've been 'avoiding' looking closely at a couple things. One is the wiring from the gas tank fuel level sensor, I'm assuming. But, I'm about to...
In Internet terms, this is an ancient thread -- but I just had to share my favorite discovery of the weekend, for any who stumble across this...
ah... damn... That kinda crossed my mind, but I told myself, "maybe nothing but air will go through and I'm fine," after I couldn't find anyplace...
Phew! Just finished wet setting the carbs. Taking a 'fresh air' break before the final check. I got lucky and the dry set came pretty close....
Ah.. ok. I thought it wasn't so good. I already went and got some "Twin Power" 10w-40 from a nearby Harley shop.
Perusing the forum here, I just discovered they started adding synthetic stuff to GTX! Dirty rascals! Of course I find out after I soaked my brand...
and... new crankcase-t0-airbox vent hose is on! Turns out a heater bypass hose (O'reilly part #28460) was what worked. Cut off an inch or so from...
So far today... after spending All of yesterday trying to get gasket off the shifter/crankcase cover, finally closed that up! It was maybe a month...
