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Recent Content by CapnRedbeard

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    Bike wont start via starter button.

    Missed that bit :( ill try and digest what i read next time!
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Apr 8, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Bike wont start via starter button.

    Could aslo be the battery? how old and what condition is it in? sure many of us have turned a key and just got clicking from the solenoid and not...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Apr 7, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Whats this Number about?

    TECH TOPIC: Model ID and VIN's search for this and hope fully this will help, it was written up by the supporting vendor Chacal. you might want...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Apr 7, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Whats this Number about?

    somewhere on this Forum their used to be a full post on identifying frame and engine numbers , try a search i think it was a sticky so shouldnt be...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Apr 7, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    1983 Xj650 stuck in gear

    In the How to instructions Forum their is a full blown photo library on dismantling an XJ 750 . pretty sure the 650 is similar. ive just been...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Apr 2, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Gear shifter bolt stripped - any ideas?

    Could also try jamming a flat bladed screwdriver under the bolt as your turning it. Should start to lift or catch threads. swap for something...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Apr 2, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Primary chain guide disintegrating

    Hi Hogfiddles, been busy with being a grandparent along with many other things! But us pirates always bounce back.. however the Redbeard is 80%...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Mar 31, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Primary chain guide disintegrating

    Hi Franz, thanks for part no, looks the same and ordered one through fowlers. I dont plan to strip it for a while unless i get bored. just getting...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Mar 30, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Primary chain guide disintegrating

    Anyone know the Yamaha part number for the primary chain guide? Yam xj750 1982 uk model . See one on flea bay brand new but need to check its...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Mar 30, 2020 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Primary chain guide disintegrating

    Havent visited the site much in recent years but still have the XJ750, (10 years now). Still a few names that I recognise on the forums. As were...
    Thread by: CapnRedbeard, Mar 29, 2020, 7 replies, in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    83 maxim 750 atari wiring

    Is your Speedo not cable driven? Taco probably works on a pulse through the wiring loom but some were also cable driven. If you can specify which...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Aug 12, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    High idle. Throttle sticking?

    Start with the basics and keep it simple, check throttle cable and choke linkage to ensure everything is free and not caught up . that little...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Jul 3, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    Ignition switch wiring queston

    Similar colour coding on my xj750uk. Red traces back to main fuse, Brown also traces back to fuse block but serves head light and signals Blue...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, May 25, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat
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    82 xj750 slow acceleration after I fixed some things

    Pretty easy to eliminate the filter swop k&n for standard and try? Like others I would suspectcarbs first, when you dropped the bike some loose...
    Post by: CapnRedbeard, Apr 22, 2015 in forum: XJ Technical Chat