What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Wow! What a stunning machine!

 

Thanks @Brhatweed I’ve had 36 years to modify things. Thinking it might be time for a new paint job though. When I look at the sidecars at Advrider I am completely humbled, especially the suspension systems built.

 

Took my carbs out for the 5th time cleaned them cleaned fuel lines. Just trying to get her to run nice again… I’m thinking it could be a carb sync that’s needed but I’m unsure. Thousands of dollars put into my xj700 and I’d love to just appreciate it fully

 

Carb sync can make a HUGE difference. If you were closer, I'd lend you my Carbtune Pro. AND ColorTune. I know they're expensive upfront, but I'm so glad I made the purchases years ago. Good luck.

I keep forgetting to post - rode to a nice coffee meetup on Saturday and the co-owner of the coffee LOVES the '80s I-4s and talked to me for a good half hour about my bike.
Then Wednesday, my kid and I rode to the local car meet and there happened to be quite a few bikes there this time. A guy I remember from last year was at least a couple beers in and told me about his '81 Seca. He even still had pics on his phone even though he sold it in '91. Funny thing is he got it at the same dealership mine's from.

Continue to have a crunchy starter when the engine's hot and also a hanging oil light. I did do an oil change last week and didn't see anything concerning in the oil. Right now, I'm just riding it to meetups and doing the daily on my WR250R until I can dig into it this winter (hopefully out-of-sight-out-of-mind doesn't get me again).

 

So, the last week I replaced the throttle shaft seals and other rubber bits, also a thorough cleaning . Then color tune and YICS balance a couple of times. Running great now. very smooth throttle response and plenty of power when getting on the highway. Passing is smooth and fast, very quick from 100 to 140Km/h with room for more, but then I realized how fast i was going in a 100 zone. Also, today new Dunlop D404 tires. Last week I noticed that my tires were 13 years old so took care of that before getting back on it today. These new ones really grip on the curves.
Amazing how quick these bikes are for a machine that's over 40 yrs old.