@Buzy Bolox XJ550 I have a set. They are straight, good shape, but painted black. That paint will probably come off with a good washing. Only...
I might actually have some headers kicking around. Let me take a look.
Honestly, I think Motogadget owes the motorcycling community at least an apology, and probably some money. They sucker you into buying an almost...
@Minimutly correctly points out the hard parts of making a TB from scratch. Shafts and butterflies are precision parts (have to be, to avoid...
I can see wanting to use a manifold with a single TB for a couple of reasons. One is simplicity - you don't have to keep them in sync. The...
They aren't hard to find, but... I have one. I never had much luck using it. Also, it seems a bit silly to involve it in FI. Swapping in a 4-1...
Really it's that I got myself more projects than I should, and this idea has been on the backburner. I literally was looking at stuff related to...
Yamaha knows. Parts listing has them. https://www.yamahapartshouse.com/oemparts/a/yam/500426a9f8700209bc788697/carburetor Not by drill bit...
Not really a fan of swirly wheels. I really liked the straight spokes of the 550.
Ok, with the addition of the picture I see it is not the round button, so my first suggestion does not apply. As far as lubrication: Try...
Is it the little round button, like every other Yamaha in the 1970s and 1980s? I think they just might be all the same, and you could try this...
I'm pretty sure most fork oil you will find will be straight weight, like 10w or 15w. Dual-weight oils have different viscosity at different...
XJ bikes have a center stand. Which means that to lift the front all you need is to put the bike on the centerstand and something heavy on the...
You can't tell me what to do. You're not my real dad. :D No one said anything about removing the engine. There are multiple ways to deal with...
You really don't. Electronics can be a problem when they go bad, but they go bad far less often than carburetors get dirty. And you don't need...
Not sure where you were going with that. Are we having some kind of a contest? I just offered my opinion of your suggestion. I get to have...
Sounds about right. I would just make sure to soak the mat in glue before sticking it on. You can do it while it's on there, but it might not be...
The next guy who owns it after you. You will join the inglorious ranks of "previous owners" mentioned in many, many threads here.
About the only way I can think of fixing this properly is TIG welding, drilling, and tapping. Nothing else is going to hold long enough to be...
In the US they call it DWV - Drain, Waste, Vent. Black is ABC, white is PVC, I think it's intentionally color coded that way. There is grey pipe,...
In the US waste pipe can be either white or black. White is PVC. Black is ABS. Internets tell me UK white drain pipe is still PVC, and ABS is...
Or both. You can soak fiberglass cloth in ABS pipe glue (not PVC, you want the black stuff) and stick it on. Works pretty good. You just want...
Also, consider that some of those guys make the money from the video, not from the actual project.
I rode the 550 more than any other. Pros: It's a very "right size" bike. Great power for size and weight. After the initial round of...
Does it run? Make sure it does, before you start anything else. The ads are littered with "project bike, needs a little TLC", which translates...
It probably didn't. The forums are littered with EFI conversion threads. Most go as far as figuring out prices. A few start work. Almost none...
Er... What? All motorcycles from 1982 forward have a standard 17 digit VIN. Prior to 1982 they still had VINs, but they could be in a different...
Mostly the same. However - different cams and different carb innards to go with them. Seca is "more sporty".
Heh. I was on that loud bike with no baffles a few years ago. A 50-ish woman in a Mercedes station wagon passed me on an entrance ramp that was an...
So have I. Anecdote for anecdote - I have been almost run off the road more times on my loud as hell XS with rusted out baffles than on the much...
I can stop any time I want! (They have functional brakes. ) :)
Heh. Yamahas: 1984 FJ600 (almost done) 1993 FJ1200 (runner) 1981 XS400 (runner) 1982 XT250 (runner) 1982 Vision (project) Others: 1995 BMW...
Taiyo Giken made petcocks for like 85%of Japanese bikes starting in like 1975. Or more. If you do know what model it's off of for sure, you can...
Those links all throw security warnings. IBB really doesn't seem to be the greatest image host...
Wintergreen is a shrub. Oil of wintergreen is typically sold for making ointments and fragrances and such. Smells like super-concentrated...
That's not the suburbs. It's south of downtown, but very much in the city limits.
I use a homemade gauge for synching. But some kind of an XJ meetup could be fun. Maybe I will finally get my 600 going.
Holy crap. Not far from me either. Kinda makes you wonder how interested they would be in investigating a beating...
Dang. Looked for the stupid things for an hour, they were hanging on a footpeg... I have to say, between lubricating the engine side joints and...
I tried LED headlight bulbs and was disappointed. It's bright, but focused all wrong. I had more success with just getting the ultra-bright...
Figured it out. Turns out they are not as symmetrical as initially appeared. Now, what I need to figure out is what I did with the damn clamps...
I soaked my boots in rubbing alcohol and oil of wintergreen. This seems to have made them more pliable, and that's nice. The question now is...
LOLZ. :) One of these things is not like the other... Good on ya. People say stuff like that, and I'm really tempted to put on some robes and...
I'm gonna call 'em as I see 'em. You probably won't like it, but it's better than me doing PC weaseling, right? Yah, insulting people totally...
Thanks. That ink absolutely does not show what I am talking about. It even explicitly says so in that comment. And at the link. The link is...
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If this was true, you'd see pneumonia without COVID. Maybe even more pneumonia than COVID. And there is no evidence of that. Instead, what we...
And the point here is... ? If you don't get the primary virus, you don't get the secondary pneumonia. So, take measure to prevent that. Also,...
They are the most socially distanced form of transportation. :)
Not a particularly trustworthy source. At any rate. They mostly claim that masks aren't 100% effective. Ok, fine. Even if it is 5% effective,...