The parts (throttle shaft seals and washers) were spot on and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you Len Good and fast especially considering...
Good to know, Thank you
Dan Gardner; that is what I am thinking as well. cool beans thank you guys for the help.
JYA10m00 5 CA000629 is the vin manufactured 11/81 This bike also has a YICS motor.
So my vin number when looked up online and when looked up for registration it comes up as an XS1100. Is that normal?
Don’t have time or want to work on this one. spins over with little to no compression in any cylinder. I think valves are stuck open from sitting...
A pic on the bike?
I don’t know about all but this PO did lol. I remember him welding with a penny and jumper cables hooked to a 12 volt battery. Lol.
Between this and the JB welded broken float post I’m looking at stuff carefully for sure. To many little boys watched Mac Gyver I think lol.
[ATTACH] Found this while working on the gas tank tonight. Lol. All I can do is laugh.
Thanks guys
So my dad and I after looking and taking a few measurements came up with a plan to fix float post. [ATTACH] First step was to pull out the steel...
I will be posting a fix it thread in the next few days. My dad and I cranked up the lathe and milling machine and are almost done with the fix....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Someone already tried to fix it once and there is a significant amount of material missing. There is also a peace of steel down...
Yay, Chacal has one and less then I figured price wise. Makes me happy I may try and fix this body later as I’m a welder myself but right now I...
Thank you very much. That was very useful Kurt. I had noticed the ones on eBay had different throats after looking, as I read in another post...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ok so today I tore down the carbs on my xj1100 maxim and discovered the PO had done a little fixing. Needless to say a need a...
Yeah. I,m figuring that out lol.
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I thought numbe two was only one with vacuum line on head side??? This is on the 1100.
Ugh. PO not sure what one messed this carb up. I will need one new body and of corse it’s number two. :(:mad:
So that is normal. Otay Maybe I’ll play with it tomorrow with some atf.
Test was preformed dry and wet. Thinking stuck valves. It has sat out for a while I was told so thinking valves. Haven’t had much chance to mess...
[ATTACH] Took the carbs off the 1100 tonight to take to work and start the clean process and start figuring out what I will need to order for sure.
Tried starting the 550 and the 1100 today. What I know. The 550 is a rebuild project from ground up. Compression 1-4 all about 58 lbs. :( on...
The bikes two pics of the 1100 one of the 550. Check out the exhaust fix on the 550. Bailing wire and a soup can. No joke. Both sides. I had a...
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Both of them are maxims
To get your endorsement on your lic. here in Washington you have to take a 3 day class / riding course and pass it to get endorsement. It was fun...
I rode dirt bikes in my late teens and teens and into my twenties. Never did streetbikes due to a promise I made my mom after her brother died on...
How do I change my user name? Didn’t realize when it asked for my name it meant user name. Ugh.
Hi, just joined after buying two basket case xj’s one 1981 XJ550 and one 1982 XJ1100. Going to be looking up lots of stuff. Lol Anyways hope to be...
