What did you do to your Yamaha today?

How do you get the silver tank? Looks good

 

@Minimutly thanks! Just polished metal, I like it alot! Just a lot of upkeep

 

Ultrasonic cleaned and rebuilt some calipers

The black one is for my virago, apparently it’s the same as the xj650/750’s?

red one is a xj550 right side caliper. is color matched to the left side one that’s on my bike right now.

 

Hooked up charger to both bikes , only took 10 minutes for full charge .love the AMG battery temp is 22 degrees , had not started bikes since November, moved to pri set choke cranked a few times both fired right up , let them run till valve cover was hot to the touch . Counting the days till spring there is ice and snow out now here .

 

I received a present from Santa @chacal yesterday.

 

Hola a todos. Soy nuevo aquí. Después de varios años, decidí reconstruir mi viejo xj 750 82 con 35000 millas. Se mantuvo durante 20 años. Lo primero que hice fue leer este sitio durante muchas horas y debo felicitarlos porque la información que obtuve es invaluable. Gracias por eso. Hoy Desmonte los frenos delanteros y traseros para examinarlos. Saludos

 

@Litaos
Oye hombre, cuentanos que ayuda necesitas!

 

Do you speak Welsh? If so we could have a conversation, unlikely anyone else would understand.
Otherwise it's English here I'm afraid.

 

Needed to get at my mig welder, so started the vmax, took that outside, swapped batteries from the seca to the 650 maxim with the mikuni carbs, did my welding outside and put everything away. it was dark, but rude not to take the maxim for a spin. Cold but lovely...

 

Another winter project done. XJ650J forks done. Ready for another 40 years!!!


Also, for posterity, a shot of the janky system I used to compress the springs to put in the snap ring:

 

¡¡Gracias por preguntar!! En unos días tendré muchas preguntas!! Hoy comencé con la reconstrucción del filtro de aire. Desafortunadamente, no es posible aquí.

 

Hola, gracias por responder. No hablo galés, intentaré que mi inglés sea más fluido.

¡¡Salud!!

 

Hi, thanks for answering, I don't speak Welsh... Without googling the last sentence I'm lost??

 

Joining the cool kids.

 

Another winter project done!! XJ650J caliper and master cylinder rebuilt and ready to be installed later with new lines later this spring!!

 

attempted to sychronized my carbs... hoping to find time to test ride, to many chores lined up

 

Este foro ha sido genial para ayudarme a arreglar mi motocicleta. Hay mucha gente servicial aquí. Buena suerte con tu moto!

 

Got some new progressive shocks staring at me every time I walk into the garage. Once the temps get into the 20s again, I'll go out and swap the old OEM shocks out.

 

I'm there with you. Don't like doing mechanical work when it drops in the low teens and lower. No heated garage here.

 

my re cleaning the carbs was a success.
I humbly put my name on the list of those that should have done it right the first time. and I know better - not.
I wasn't using a filter on fuel line when wet setting the first time.- probable cause.