looks awesome. especially with the chopped rear frame. Bring the bike out of the 80's and into the future.
I actually ended up trading carbs with hogfiddles. He mentioned that my rack had bad fuel valve seats, and that I left one of the tiny rubber...
So after a few months away, I was able to get the carbs back on the bike. Shortly after that, my battery crapped out. Since replacing that I have...
Yep the munit is fine. Did 100 miles on the bike yesterday with no issues
Replaced the starter brushes back to the original ones and found that the new amazon replacement one had cracked and the wire had disconnected...
OKay, so after a week of waiting for a new battery to come into the mail, I still am unable to start the bike. It appears that the starter itself...
New MotoBatt MB12U battery has been purchased. I’ll wait for that to come in before continuing with the diagnosis and install. Hopefully I’ll be...
So I’ve tested the munit and that appears to be working correctly. After installing the new reg/rec and solenoid i noticed that I was still...
When it rains it pours right!? we’ll see what happens when my shipment of parts get in. New starter solenoid with built in fuse Used alternator...
So after booking it all back up, I checked the resistance. I have a relative mode to help get an accurate reading. (0 out with both prongs...
Thanks! My brushes are well sighing spec size. I can see the wear mark too. I’m at 15mm In mine. So I’ll polish those up and re-test
I will take a second look at the brushes. I wiped them down to get anything on them off. Is there a spec for the length of the brushes?
So after a bunch of extra cleaning, I can get the resistance between the green and brown pins down to around 5.5ohms. This is still higher than...
When I test resistance between the 2 copper rings, I actually get 4.4ohms (just at the top tolerance for spec) so this leads me to believe that my...
Thanks I purchased a new multimeter this morning as my old harbor freight one was on its last leg. Green and brown wires are testing at around...
https://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/xj650rj-seca-build.111444/ This is the thread for my build of my 82 xj650rj seca. I have a custom wiring...
I'm waiting to see what hogfiddles says I had wrong with the carbs. Always trying to learn from past mistakes so that I don't make them again....
hogfiddles is in the process of going through my carbs now. So this will make sure that everything is 100% on the carbs. While he has these, I...
I'm thinking that I might just have to rewrap the pipes. I'd love to go back to the all chrome look, but feel that mine are a little past that...
Hello I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but I couldn't find the answer after some searching. Looking to see if the exhaust headers...
Oh the joys of troubleshooting the no start scenario. There are some detailed threads on here for going through that. Verifying compression, fuel,...
It connects to the 3rd carb boot on the bike (when sitting on it, left to right. 1, 2, 3, 4). Most likely you have a cap on the 3rd carb boot like...
I spent some time with the carb sync and the colortune yesterday. I can get the bike to idle nicely at around 1000 rpm and fully warm up. After...
So frustration update: I've moved and now have access to a real garage, so I've set up the bike in a spot where I can really go through...
Awesome, now the only thing I realized I forgot to mention was that I also have an oil cooler in the bike. So my spin on oil filter sits even...
I'm curious if anyone has an xj650 with a spin on oil filter kit/conversion and has a 4into1 header. I've heard that with the 4into1 headers have...
For the rear, the research i've done has pointed to a 130 for the width to avoid any rubbing issues on the driveshaft. I'd love to know if anyone...
New coils and new TCI came in the mail today. Tested them, and the. Threw them on the bike. Instant startup as opposed to a second or 2 with the...
It’s the stock tank off of the Seca xj650rj. If you’re looking for 1 in the US, hey are rare since the bike was only brought here for 1 year.
also, do you have the stock airbox behind those side cover? Or did you switch to pod filters?
stuck throttle cable. If the only change you made to your bike was the bars, then you have an issue with the cable sticking, or the throttle tube...
Found a new/used TCI on eBay which had a better circuit board than mine. So in a week we’ll see if that helps with the problem. Now I just need to...
So I tested all 9 pins from the side of the TCI to the solder posts (?) inside. All tested with perfect continuity. However, 1 item which I...
Okay thanks. I’ll check it out tomorrow and see what the verdict is. Fingers crossed it’s still good.
Anyone have an extra 650rj TCI (TID14-08) laying around they want to part with?
9-21 update: I am now a year old, and thus wiser. haha I am looking into a few options to purchase another set of coils as my coils are over the...
5k for all of them. It appears that the text calling out 10k was a misprint in the service manuals. While your testing the caps, ensure that...
Hi josh. I tried to send you a PM but your mailbox is full on here. Clear it out and send me a message. I’m in San Diego and should be coming up...
I was able to spend a few minutes today and trim back the wires on the coil wires to rule that out. While I was trimming the wires, I took a...
1982 seca. https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/mcy/d/198-yamaha-650-seca/6696535608.html no title though.
I mean for $30 it’s worth a shot. If you can solder wires and can use a multimeter you can make it work. A lot of the bad reviews on Amazon are...
A few updates have gone into the bike over the last few months. I've re-wired a portion of my custom wiring harness with the Motogadget m-unit....
I've used the 2nd cheaper option on my build. Although my gauge was from a separate seller. Not sure if that really matters....
2002 gsxr750. From my understanding the 650 and 750s are the same forks itself. Before 2003 they used 1 size fork, and then 2004 -2008 they...
You’ll want to use the gsxr triple tree and stem. Depending on the stem length, it can be a plug and play swap with a conversion bearing kit. Or...
I think I have some knock off works in the old parts bin.... let me see if I can dig them out
Check out the selection at dime city cycles. I know the acewell gauges are pretty good and start at around $150 I believe. I went the ultra cheap...
I’ve got the same bike. Good news if you replace parts off the bike you can sell the originals for a decent amount of money for a used part....
So I attempted to install the oil cooler today. Unfortunately I ran into a few fitment issues. Due to the bike having wrapped pipes from the PO...
Oh good point, I didn’t check the positioning of the hose keeper. I will have to look at that when I build the cooler mounting bracket and see...