What did you do to your Yamaha today?

My other street bike is a Virago 750. It's very different to ride from the Seca, but not unpleasant.

 

But I sold 2 bikes last weekend! A Suzuki and a Kawasaki. $$$ to buy more broken Yamaha’s to fix and part out what is dead.

 

My virago 750 was not bad at all I actually miss it . My Buell Blast 500 thumper now that vibrated and with the Kerker pipe was louder than a HD since it was half an 883 . If I rode any distance had to wear ear plugs .

 

My Rebel drones like an outboard boat motor. It is probably similar in design, with the small displacement and air cooling, along with the 360° crankshaft. My ride home from work took me along the same river that I used to go fishing with my Pake many years ago, and the nostalgia it inspired was not unpleasant.

 

Very good thinking.

 

Got my plates and rode her into work for the first time!

 

Rode home from work last night in my first extreme thunderstorm. The Seca had no problems though I was blind half the time. Power was out and branches were coming down all over so I had to do the scenic route to get home. Took it slow and easy.
I need something brighter for a headlight. Anyone got suggestions?

 

Rebuilt and reinstalled the petcock on the Seca. Holding fuel with no leaks so far and vacuum bench tests are 100%! Though I have a stomach ache from attempting to simulate the suction from #3!

All parts from Len @ XJ4Ever. Thank You Len! Looks great too!

 

Is your bulb reasonably new?

 

Rode to work avoiding the rain showers and installed two new resistor caps on cylinders 2 and 3. I had asked the parts guy to look up the part number I came up with and let me know a price as well as how long they would take to get. That was Wednesday. Today they showed up. Good thing they were cheap. So I figured I may as well put them on.

 

I don't know when it was last replaced. I'm gonna go and see what I can find for a replacement tomorrow. The glass and reflector looks good.

 

Bought new Avon tyres for the maxim (18 inch rear for the gold painted ebay seca wheel), fitted ebay footpegs, gearchange and brake levers, removed the rear wheel (that was easier than I expected), On the seca I refitted the carbs, with boots, checked the air filter (nice and clean), and decided to try soaking the whole clutch with oil to see if that might help it recover (it had been lying on its side with clutch up for ages). Anyway while it was on its side again clutch side down, I had a good look at the underneath.
The wires to the neutral switch and whatever else is on that side looked cooked, but more concerning the sidestand looked like it had been rewelded (pigeon welding), and even worse the frame has a huge rust hole in it. Not suprising I suppose, and I do have the turbo frame to repair it with, just more work to do.
Anyway, it's back on its wheels for now with a cable tie on the clutch lever to see if it frees off, I'll turn the engine over next week to soak the other side.

 

Fitted the drive hub and tyre - the seca tyre is a good 2 inches dia bigger than the maxim, we'll see how it fits.

 

Been out riding again since my little handlebar bender.
First ride was like I had never ridden before-Anxiety from the wreck I suppose .
Still I knew I had to get back on and ride or I would never do it again or at least that was what I was thinking.
By the second and third day I was fine-Still very cautious when following cagers though.
Very thankful I only received a stone bruise on my right hand.
In regards to the bike I replaced the
handle bars
Turn signals, front bracket
wind screen
clutch lever and bracket
my underwear
today 80 tomorrow 100 good times
Be safe my friends

 

Well done!

 

So excited got my new Gunson color tune after first got lost in mail only played with it for about 45 minutes . 3 cylinders were blue/ white . Number one went from blue to yellow , tweaked mixture screws . Only ride 6 miles pulled good, but need to ride some distance to do a plug chop.

 

Swapped to four-hole injectors instead of the two-hole ones I was using. Also swapped in a Golan fuel filter (small, but meant for fuel injection). Did a bit of retuning... just to rough adjust for the new injectors. So far, it seems to be a bit smoother.

 

What ecu are you running sql guy?

 

It's a good thing that you looked. That is the most rust-prone area on an XJ. I repaired my frame in the same spot a few years ago.

 

I"m not sure how up-to-date he has things, but here is a master thread to all of his work for the injected bike.
the-xj750i-is-back.30908

If you're interested, there are a few other injected project threads by other members.


[EDIT] the links in that thread are dead because of the forum software switch a few years ago. I think this will work though.

Look ma: no carbs!