What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Rode out to pick up and installed the trunk that I had a new seat pad fabbed.

 

Calibrated speedometer by GPS today. It’s finally 100% accurate.

 

Took my first ride after dark...... I need to adjust my headlight, high beam is fine but at 80 km/h I am easily out riding the light it puts out. Any thoughts?

 

You could do HID conversion for OEM appearance or LED headlight in stock bucket. That’s if you’re still running stock headlight set up.

 

Was hoping to align the beam first. The Haynes manual just say "loosen the bolts and adjust up and down". I seem to remember there is away to park in front of a wall at a certain distance and the beam should be centered on a height from the ground. Anyone have a link to something like that? It's an 83 750 Maxim all stock if that helps.

 

YouTube has so.....many pic I think finding the correct for you is the important thing. That and may sure you don't blind oncoming traffic. Driving at night with only the one stock headlight is to me not comfortable. In my area way too many things coming out of the ditch to say "Hi" at night.

 

I'm in the same boat as you Timbox, lots of things that can go bump in the night around here. I just want to get my stock set up right before I start changing things up. The YouTube search will start tonight!!

 

Started tearing my engine down. Ran into an issues on the alternator as I apparently need a special bolt to remove it from the engine ... Any tips on doing it without? No shops open here on Sunday. :-(

 

Those were plated to begin with.
Paint the parts, or get a kit to replate them.

 

The DYI section has all sorts of useful information.
Replacing Alternator Seals in XJ700N with Pictures
All the XJ alternators use the same bolt.

 

same height as a car at same distance. you can add some led lights that come on with high beam or a switch. oh and slow down you should never ride faster than your lights at night.

 

Finished putting carbs back together see my thread on butterfly seals

 

Plated, like galvanized, or chromed?

 

Nickle.

 

Within the error of the GPS (yes, even the best consumer GPS has a certan degree of error. Nature of the beast.)

 

Agree.
But this is as accurate as I could set it up.
I used revolutions per mile, and tire circumference to calculate speed signal to set the speedo up and then verified it by GPS, seem to work flawlessly. I personally believe it is 100% spot on, but even if it’s off by a mile or two, I’ll be ok with it. Have yet to have any vehicle besides XJ that had 99%-100% accurate speedo.

 

Engine is out of the frame. Found out this morning why my oil level warning light and neutral switch were not working. The wire on the former was shorting to the frame and the pin on the latter was seized and worn down. I assume the pin is made of softer metal than the selector drum so it won't be damaged.

 

DOT allows 4% error on brand new speedometers, so no more excuses for speeding

 

Aaaaand another---3rd Place today.... 1st went to a '69 Norton, 2nd went to a '69 BSA.

 

Congrats!
In what category?