Yes journals. Used plastigage and had a least one cap not even able to compress it. Looked like someone ran it without oil for a long time. Got to...
On one of my bikes the cam tunnels have been ravaged and it sounds absolutely awful. I could feel the play when I assembled the engine :(. Bike...
The right way to put it back in is... Yes remove the engine! Argh. It slips right in that way. The less hard but still pretty hard way to do it...
A: Bridgestone battleaxe. B: Metzler Well they are the only 2 I've used on the XJ. I used the battleaxe on Suzuki gs1000 and gs750s back on the...
Did it engage and gogo before you did the clutch? Pretty sure the primary drive chain is actually the link from the crank to the gearbox on the...
I have used them. Had a real issue in a torrential downpour while was stopped at a set of lights with water ingress and the again once I washed...
Front brake switch stopped working... Disconnected switch and checked continuity. Nada! Okay faulty switch. Check voltage to the switch... 12...
Crash theory is about the best I can think of also. Falling off the sidestand level of protection, mind you. They do look cooler than the single...
Good question. I have the single piece on my 900 from a 750. I have a set of the 2 piece ones that are in bad nick but I also wondered at the...
Vendor wise chacal,top right corner, has everything. Freight kills it for me, in Australia. I have used wemoto in au, I think they are UK also, or...
The suspense! They did xj900p in the east of Australia and 650p in Asia also. Just to add more weird harnesses and oddball models.
The 750p harness has an extra in that area, I tracked it down to the microphone switch, or the siren/police lights. One or the other.
Wow! That stuff sounds magic. Buying some now also! https://caig.com/deoxit-d-series/
Biggest difference is the fork assembly. Xj650turbo front-end (spec wise)on a slightly modified xj750 seca frame (the rear bit is closer to the...
I have been using the jbm industries ones and they work great. One caveat don't ever run a fuel system cleaner through the system. Basically they...
Lol, calm and collected, the rest of us spit the dummy earlier... At the brake maybe.
I know that the XJ900 oil sensor is the reverse of the XJ750. I swapped a XJ900 oil sensor with a chap who bought a dash that needed the opposite...
Kinda in the same vein... Although only the elevation issue. I had the same experience carrying a Datsun 120y motor, low km from Japan, in the...
Fire breathing lethargy... You may be a poet. I love it.
This sounds like a good way out. My experience with Ezy outs is that they barely work with sheared clean bolts, not so much on anything small and...
Looks like the bearing is still in place. From memory, after the plate is removed it will slip out with a bit of jiggling and the shaft will have...
Well... Damn what is the contraversial ziptie trick? On an aside... I spoke to a rider the other day who NEVER uses his front brakes for fear of...
Yes, clearance is clearance. If you move the cam and get a greater clearance you are on the money. The clearance is based on having clearance as...
You should remove the assembly and regrease the locking bar. It is at the base and can get gunged up and tight.
Truck size utility vehicles aren't too common here, you're right, would probably have a hard time navigating suburbia with cars parked on the...
I hired a ute to pick up a second hand fridge today. Drove it miles and miles, trapped and anxious. Toyota brand new, automatic, smick. Dropped...
Unless, touch wood, it is something else... I think it's solved. A few more rides and all is well. Voltage never gets above 13.9 with this new...
Lol... 2 rides down. No breakdowns. I'm starting to feel more positive! Maybe I won't set it on fire on the side of the road one day Afterall....
New regulator is in! 13.7v at idle instead of 14.5v. Fingers crossed, I'll go riding.
That is very interesting, I have pulled the board from the dead TCI and will do some testing. I dare say that I have never been comfortable with...
It is weird that it all seems to work on both of my bike without it attached although I only really pay attention to the fuel gauge normally. I...
Went through the bits and pieces. Stator checks out at 4 ohms Windings check out at .4 ohms between all 3 phases Strangely the stator reads up to...
TCI seems to be running fine back in its original bike. Very long and confusing battle with this one. I will go through voltages, alternator and...
That is what the little digital voltmeter, from eBay, I stuck into the gauge cluster reads 14.5 max when I rev but I'm beyond believing it now. It...
Thanks for the testing offer. I do have 2 bikes, one is good and switching the TCI in from that bike was this last test which had me writing this...
I have had issues with the bike just stopping in hot weather and I figured that is what it was, hot weather. I have had the same issues now with...
Also... Since I have a fairing I bought a cheap GPS HUD which shows me that neither the analogue gauge or the police meter are that accurate. At...
Hamish. I have had one bleed LCD wise but they are pretty robust. Have a good look at the plug and you may find some of the wires are eaten out...
Pic looks like the spring behind the round starter button or round horn button.
I wish I could answer that honestly. Way too many alterations before and after to accurately say. I've had a lot of trouble with this bike, before...
Try Dave. https://members.tripod.com/dave_jack/Temp/id39.htm
Ouch. You are going down a bad road. Helicoils work but... They have to be accurate and basically I don't see anyway to fix your issues without...
39C day. I sweated, the bike may have sprung an oil leak on the cam cover gasket but... Wait for it... No crazy misfiring and tacho flailing...
Did a factory 2.5 turns out, needles at mid point. Same same when it was over 35c ambient. Then Bought some new coils from eBay... 35c day and...
So 2 and 3 are good. You swapped the tci wire from 2 and 3 to 1 and 4 and they sprark now? Obviously plugs out doing this. If so and with all...
Haha... Geez.
I hate to update this. But... Turns out it is my shite tuning skills that caused me issues as the new exhaust had the same issue when the ambient...
My 2 cents. Bridgestone battleaxe. Longest wearing tyre and stickiest on cornering I've ever used. Love em!
Oh and... Not sure about the other guys but I replaced pretty much every single connector with Deutsch plugs as the plugs and a lot of the harness...
3 pin flat looks like the generator lead. 2 pin flat green looks like the clutch or brake switch. 3 pin round I have no idea. 4 pin flat hmmm......