As Polock said.. bar en mirrors.. It's a blessing! It makes the mirrors useful. I've bought a lot of the cheap mirrors from china, works well...
Get a 2-pin flasher. The led flasher for a car Don't work on our bikes. The design of the relay is different.
The install was pretty easy, needed to run some new electrical wires (like a direct feed to the battery, one to the prox.sensor and one to the...
Haha, no, but CAT5 would have worked.. it's just shrink wrap.. not blue anymore. Don't you like my MC? :-P
Daytona Velona, Electronic No wires. Speed gauge has it's own proximity sensor. Tach is connected to one of the coils. [img] [img] [img]...
Newly Serviced, so not until 2015 at least ^_^
Soo, not an XJ.. Not even close. But I like this one and the xj550 looked so lonely ^_^ [img] [img] Two cylinders less but twice the...
Gave the battery a charge and hooked it up again, no change on the dial, but the multimeter on the battery shows 2 volt extra .. so 10.2 on the...
I took quite a long ride yesterday, ran like crap, fouling nr4 plug etc (only nr4) But anyhow, my current issue is that according to my dials...
I used 50 ft of wrap for my 4-1 exhaust, lapping 50%.
I shouldn't have said that, still have quite a lot of the hesitation left in the 5-6k range.. But It disappears momentarily when I've refuelled...
When I had a bad sync on my 550 it behaved as you described, stuttered in the 5k range and the plugs looked j just like yours, 3 was fine and 1...
Go to a workshop where they have a big press, they should be able to push it out.. Drilling in to the swingarm is nothing i would do if wanted to...
Really Nice build, and that tank is awesome! But you really need to make a new bracket for the dials :) (unless your going for fairing as well?)
Try another flasher and try disconnecting your dashboard if you still have it. Still have the stock connector? Compare position of the...
Are you planning to replace the bushings with bearings instead? Anyhow, wack it out, big wooden hammer should do the trick. (Metal hammer would...
The gauges are Aftermarket Daytona Velona, ca 60mm in diameter, so quite small compared to the original ones. They are universal so you just have...
It's the float needle, float needle seat and gasket for the float bowls. (Look in the Xj4ever catalog for your carb specific kit) I did the...
What model of bike is it? I have a similar issue but I never tried to disconnect the switch.. Have to try that tomorrow!
Since the starter does engage when you push the button, it's probably not related to the killswitch housing or the button itself. However, The...
Correct (the spacer, a long tube between the two bearings, is only "held" in place by the bearings and can be pushed to the side), If you are...
It is probably a combination of semi-bad enrichment circuits on the carbs and you probably have a tight valve or valves. First I would check...
Thank you all so much! It makes me really glad to hear all your comments! It has taken me several months to build this bike and most of all...
Shure, It's a Subaru color, Atlantic Blue (pearl). And yes, it's an awesome color :D
Okey, So now when I start to get the bike running as it should (close but not their yet, waiting for new pilot jets) I thought I'd post some more...
Ohh, then I'll see if I can tighten them more to exclude that as a source!
Ohh sorry, should have mentioned, the smoke is from the exhaust wrapping!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCYltVm ... e=youtu.be I can't remember I had this metallic noise before (you hear it best right at the start of...
okey, found a good picture on google! [img] What they had was for a BS carb, but for the larger ones :) ours is the N151.067
I guess so to, but they looked otherwise identical, thats what got me thinking.
I went to my local Yamaha dealer today and browsed through their mikuni jets, I found the correct size and numbers for the main fuel jet, but the...
Okey, I'll leave them in there for the time beeing :) Thank you all for the help and nice comments about my 550!
A plastic bottle with a hole on the side, a tube connected to the bleeder, the bottle is held above the Mc. Fill the bottle with brake fluid, then...
Okey, checked the needles and what I can read it's 4GZ16, how off is that?
Since it is a 550 with mikuni carbs we have not mentioned hitachi numbers in this thread (Maybe the # in XJOE550's pictures are, but They aren't...
It's not that clean actually, I just took the off as much corrosion I could of the fins, The bottom half of the engine was originally black, so I...
I friggin love it! Thats a really brutal bike! Now paint it already!!! :D
Thank you! Yes, the chainguard is on it's way, it demanded some refurbishing first :) Actually not that bad, I had to fit a 4mm extension on the...
Thank you! I was going for clean looking :) I just want to say that I have replaced the pods with the stock airbox, and not the other way...
Thanks Chacal! Okey, Where I start probably depends on if I can get the jets from a local seller or not (everything takes time when shipping...
Hi, Just wanted to get some input on my jetting. The bike is back together and have driven it a couple of km, not to far since it won't rev...
You are a superstar bigfitz! :)
Damn, The service manual I have don't specify how to measure the diode block or what numbers it suppose to have. Any hints?
Okey, as I suspected, only difference is My diode block only has three wires to it, but I guess that is because of the lack of the side...
Hmm, What does the diode block look like on the bike and where is it supposed to be located? Should the diode block give other symptoms if it...
Okey, the culprit has been found. It was the Cutoff-relay that didn't close the circuit. WHY it doesn't close is still a mystery to me, it...
So, now, Bike is back together. BUT, it won't crank at all. I'm starting to suspect there is a lot wrong, but the thing is that it's hooked up...
Okey, got the ground sorted, also found a broken wire to the starter relay, re-soldered it and but it back in, great, now I hear a faint...
Re: Starter button ground, the handlebars? Then thats what I'll do! Thank you fitz
Yes, does the start button circuit go through the handlebar? The ground that is, Cause the cutoff switch and the light switch all work as they...
