What did you do to your Yamaha today?

ride till it snows my season is to short as it is. so much rain over the past few months I started building an ark going to load xjs on it. I will need more so i can load them in pairs.

 

How do you distinguish male XJ from female XJ for the pairs?

 

my bikes are all female.
all i know is once I got 2 into the shed and left them to there own devices I kept finding more bikes in the shed.

something like
Meiosis as far as i can tell or possibly
Mitosis

 

the females are the temperamental ones and always costing money for upkeep.
Out of commission once a month and typically run hotter.

 

Geez, that is scary! In NY we have wooly bear catepillars that are black and reddish brown. Legend has it that you can predict your winter by the black and brown parts, black parts are the cold snowy bits separated by the brown, mid-winter thaw. The length of the different colors predicts the length of the cold or thaw. Yours has no thaw! Ouch!

 

My grandpa was known for predicting the winter with wooley worms. The more black, the harsher the winter, you you're in for a rough one....

 

Not an XJ, but took a little time off yesterday from installing my son's new furnace to prep one of his bike for winter. Drained gas from the Magna tank and added non-ethanol treated fuel. A nice ride to circulate through the carb bowls and back to the furnace job. Next will be his Vulcan. Nice weather for a ride yesterday.

 

Always good to help another person with a bike whether you know them or not. I was out on my other ride Sunday, great weather for November(16°c) and saw a Harley rider in the local Canadian tire parking lot on the phone waving his arms wildly and looking at his bike. Turns out his dip stick was reading low and he put in a full quart of oil only to almost over flow the tank. Let him know I had an oil pump for changing lawnmower oil at home and helped out. He was beside himself, I just told him people on two wheels need to stick together.
Also got to remove the windjammer from the parts bike to get it ready togo on the Maxim.

 

So it was a decent day temp 47 degrees out , spent a few hours In the garage , my Johnny Cash bike, I installed a plug for my trickle charger , ran both bikes . While I was at it on my yellow seca a few months ago I bought the lower fairing pieces from Dave Fox ( thanks Dave!) , I fabricated the mounting bracket , but still need to paint them and since the bike is against the wall , it will wait till spring . Cheers

 

Managed to FINALLY sync the carbs, once I realized I didn't have one of the vacuum gauge hose on tight enough. Just in time for winter. Still need to check each carb with the colortune, and then work on the rear brakes and service the shaft drive and then tires.

 

Bath time!

 

That's next on my list. I at least need to change the fork oil, but the seals were last changed in 2001. No leaks, but with three months of winter I have time to do some preventive maintenance.

 

Yesterday and today I have made a “to do” list for the X. I have the new rubber on now for next season. I have replaced the rear brake shoes, changed the shaft drive fluid, installed an air box to replace the pods, changed oil and filter and a few other items were tended to as well. Much much more to accomplish before I can run her. I’ve had her way too long sitting in a corner.

 

Sweet. Are you able to get that air box in without removing the motor?

 

Hmmmm. Kinda yes. Kinda no. Dropped motor but did not pull out of frame

 

That would look good in my garage , keeping my Seca's company.

 

On Saturday had to move the XJ out to get to my leaf machine. Couldn't get that started but the XJ started right up, seeing that as sign not to do yard work we went for a ride. It was the better choice for sure. Sunday there was a Toy Run ride out that comes right by the house. Videoed it because lots of friends were in it. 17 minutes of bikes, quite a nice sight. If anybody cares to just watch motorcycles go by I'll post the link to the video.

 

Measured the ignition coils and from that I posted also separate thread of questions .

 

Fully completed winter project #1. XJ700N forks.

 

Cut the back rest off the Blue Turbo and reupholstered the seat. Threw it on the Silver Turbo to see how it looks.