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Rosie is Awesome!

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by skippy344, Apr 13, 2013.

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    So, I got a bunch of carb parts from Chacal.

    Totally rebuilt the carbs, Colortuned and synchronized.

    There is nothing a like a finely dialed in XJ 650J!

    She is smooth, quick and responsive! She feels better than when she was new!

    And no fuel leaking anymore!! WOOT!

    Truth to tell, there are times, like right now, where I like riding Rosie more than my '80 XS11SG Special!

    Who's a happy camper? This guy! LOL
     
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    Glad to hear!! :)
     
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    Lol you named her Rosie thats awesome, I just call mine yamahammy. What exactly is colortuned btw?
     
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    Wanna tell you a story
    'Bout a woman I know
    When it comes to lovin'
    Oh she steals the show
    She ain't exactly pretty
    Ain't exactly small
    Forty-two, thirty-nine, fifty-six
    You could say she's got it all
     
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    Great ac/dc song !
     
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    Foolber, Great question!!

    With a Colortune tool, you can see the color of the explosion, inside your cylinder, and by turning the air mixture screw, you can "tune" to get the exact color you want.

    Once you get the color tune correct, man the engine runs beautifully!

    The tool, replaces the spark plug, and has a glass lens so you can look into the cylinder. It also has a wire, that connects to your spark plug wire, so you get the spark.

    Once you get all the cylinders right at the junction between orange and a deep blue/purple, you are color tuned. Then, synchronize the carbs to eachother and man you would not believe how good these "Seca" engins run!

    Yes, great song!
     
    skippy344, Apr 21, 2013
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    Holy macrol thats awesome! And something i need. what brand do you use? What do they look like? Post a pic if not to much trouble. Ill search the forums for a thread about them, see what I come up with!

    Edit - What size is our threads? 12mm? I'm not at home other wise I would just get out the dial calipers. Found some on ebay. Ima look on motion pro's site.
     
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    Yea that's what i was seeing was gudson, ill have to get one of those soon. Looks like some even have a warrenty :)
     
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