The ignition in my bike is all stock except for new spark plugs, and I replaced the coils with cheapo Chinese ones from amazon. Here is the link...
That is going to be something specific to yours. My X is good below 4k, pretty damn good to 7k, and then screams till it hits 9k which is when i...
I read somewhere that these days, it might be a age think for the guides, not the miles on the bike. I don't have a Haynes Manual but I'll post a...
It only happens when idling, blipping the throttle causes me to not hear it anymore. Bike has 8k miles on it. The only thing else I know is back...
I should have been more specific, I am suspecting the tensioner because at idle, 1000rpm, I hear an intermittent -thunk- coming from the engine....
I'm not really sure which cover people are talking about when they say they are rotating the engine over. Are they removing a valve cover and...
Hey everyone just a quick question. Ive read all these posts about the cam chain tensioners, and I had a few questions for those of you that are...
Like Dan said, the basics are where most issues lie. You mention that the PO told you the issue was spark related, the issue with that the PO's...
Odds are you dont have to replace anything. These carbs are notorious for getting blocked up with crap in the small holes inside the jet. A can...
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Saw your post on the sword speedo needle from a while ago. That's pretty sweet. I imagine if you were to ever sell the bike and not mention it, it...
All cylinders chugging away at the same temp means they are all affected by the same issues. At this point, a lot of the variables point to...
With that being said, places like Amazon or ebay do sell rejetting kits, though I dont know how accurate those are. You can get them through...
If I remember correctly from a post long ago, Yamaha would put the jets under some amount of water and force the water through the jet. After a...
I would start it up and feel the pipes to make sure they are all heating up even. If one of your cylinders isnt firing right, you get the same...
If all the other screws on the butterfly came out, then I doubt they would from factory only peen three of them. You can always try to put some...
I had a bad gas cap that wasn't venting right. I didn't know it and it reared its ugly head at 3am when I was riding up to college on the highway....
The alternator is a good idea, but if it is cranking strongly after it dies, the battery is likely not dead. I think you really ought to take the...
A big con I have is the gas tanks my X only comes with around 140 miles of range. Wish I had 5 or 6 gallons....
Back when I was trying what you are, my bike was running super rich and would die when I went to switch gears. Check the plugs. If they are super...
Not sure if our bikes are that way, but one tick of timing doesnt always mean the valves are crashing into the piston, it just means they are...
Yep, I used dielectric grease as well. Every once in a while my button will stick a little, so dont forget completely just in case.
I had to clean mine twice to get it to not stick, I think after a while the plastic wears and the button binds a little.
Sometimes with bad coils/ ignition components, when they are cold they will have contact and will ohm out correctly, but when they heat up and...
For the final drive, I would just use whatever the manual calls for exactly, synthetic for synthetic, non for non. There are some forums on the...
Could be you overfilled it, the oil got frothy, which causes the oil level sensor act weird, giving you a light. Just an idea
I don't know if this applies to our bikes so take this with a grain of salt, but in my mazda car for example, if the oil level is too high, the...
So it doesnt pop off with starting fluid? That means it isnt a "too little fuel issue". To cover the rest of your bases here is what you can do....
I'd hook up jumpers to a known good battery, (or running car) and see if it will crank over. You didn't mention but does it crank? Does it do...
Check the small wire attached to the solenoid with a multimeter. If memory serves, you should see a constant 12ishvolts, but when you press the...
Its in the how to instructions, first thing "why you need to replace them". Keep in mind the old deteriorated hoses they were talking about was...
There is a whole forum page dedicated to this question that kmoe, i think kmoe, has marked, you should give it a look. In summary, they took the...
Maybe water in the tank? Normally it pulls from higher up if not on reserve, maybe the water sloshed up to the higher gas intake on the petcock,...
If it was just condensation, why would the bike have stalled? Could it have been a bit of crap in the fuel line/tank filter that blocked the fuel...
Just a thought, you have a filter inline between the petcock and the carbs? Not the one in the tank or in each carb, but do you have one spliced...
Unless you drove thousands of thousands of miles in a year, probably not the valves... Saw your other posting, did you end up doing compression on...
Awesome, thanks.
Yeah, above 80mph it was just dumping too much fuel in... Only one way to find out though! Woulda loved to see the spark plugs lol. If you really...
Hey all, just a question. Are the side Panels for a 1985 maxim-x 700 the same as any other years and models. I want to try my hand at 3-d printing...
The holes in the jets for the pilot circuit are VERY small, its likely putting them in the ultrasonic cleaner for as long as you did wasnt enough...
It is the general consensus for these bikes that if you want more power, just get a different bike. Like tabaka says, the engineers who made them...
I dont know much about them, but I know there are rubber flaps inside the engine that are supposed to let out crankcase pressure, and that over...
On the list should be new tires if the old ones are old, most people dont ride on ones older than a few years. While you are doing that, you can...
According to Chacal: Main FUEL Jet Size: #120 Pilot FUEL Jet Size: #43 Main AIR Jet Size: #80 Pilot AIR Jet Size: #195 These numbers look like...
Pods are less restrictive than the stock setup. Back when I was figuring out why my bike wouldnt run, it was on pods, I cut up an old t shirt and...
We don't know what bike model you have. the old 80 and 195 jets might be stock, but they also might not be. What is your bike?
Do you have a link to the specific one you have?
Black spark plugs means you are running VERY rich, aka way too much fuel. The bike is running so it is probably not anything to do with spark,...
If there was fuel in the cylinders due to leaky seats and the engine was hydro locked, then there wouldn't be an intermittent problem........
Someone more knowledgeable about jets would have to chime in, but if you have too big main jets, that can also cause issues. The thing about it...
