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What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Cutlass84, Jun 4, 2007.

  1. joe elliff

    joe elliff Active Member

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    12/10/19 Swapped motors over in the 700 from a 38000 (smoky sob) to a 13000 mile motor which hadn’t been ran since early 2000’s We shall see what happens. I bought it as I wanted the oem paintwork for the 85 X. Paint sets will be swapped from fireman red to the factory red on the X
    Tearing down an untitled 86’ X this weekend with only 14024 miles. I did verify the motor ran for me. I’ll do the compression tests this weekend before disassembly. I have to get to the airbox for another member.
    Took the fireman red tank to my favorite local moto shop for a clean and reline and picked up some fuel line while I was there
     

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  2. Rusty81

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    Just tried to rebuild mine on my 700 today and leaked like a sieve. Found a post on here about concaving the aluminum disc on the vacuum seal .015-.020 mm to make it seal properly. Hopefully it works first go, but if not, try that. I’m going to try it to mine Friday when I get a chance.
     
  3. McTavish

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    I previously had the$25 chinese 44mm flange petcock before, it leaked, and allowed fuel flow when ON, engine off. [ piece of shite ].
    I installed a inline shut off valve because of it. I've grown used to turning it off at shutdowns.

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    Completed my Front end conversion along with the addition of a steering damper. E97D544B-67D3-4D5D-9DA9-C5D89FFA7492.jpeg
     

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  5. Huntchuks

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    Wow, reminds me of a couple of Kawasaki Mach III 500 triples I had in the 80's. Totally unstable (and scary) over @90 MPH.
     
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    I have been assembling the bike. Put the wiring harness and other parts on the frame a few days ago. Today I got the front end on the frame and the swing arm shocks and rear wheel.
     
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  7. Ryengoth

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    Yes if it works when I eventually try and start it lol.
     
  9. Rusty81

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    Checked my valve shims, only needed to order one and new cover bolt seals. Hoping to start the new year with a running bike! (Only to strip it back down for some paint).
    Merry Christmas to all
     
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    what size do you need?
     
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    A 255 shim
     
  12. Ryengoth

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    I think I have one. Let me check.
     
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    I’ve already got one on its way, but thank you!
     
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    Ok good. The bag disappeared during the purge I have plenty of bucketa though.
     
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    62B319C8-9FC2-4D4C-889C-5B0C6112BFEE.jpeg 54D31070-964C-4C53-8C42-18FF488B5585.jpeg D2FC3831-9930-43A9-930F-7CA7A03FD625.jpeg Today I peeled the old seat skin off and recovered it. Not super happy with it(the foam was a little rough, filled the crack with other foam I had), but it’ll do for now.

    Also, why does this site turn all of my pics upside down when posting?
     
  16. Ryengoth

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    Best you can do with foam in that state is to cut the rot in a full slice and replace it. You can mend it from the pan side with some vinyl scraps and 3M glue to make a saddle. if you nip and fill a core segment it will never sit right.
     
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    Oh.. go snag an electric knife from the pawn shop. Makes contouring easier when you block in a patch.
     
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    I’ve got one from making boat seats a few years ago. It was so much easier than hand-sawing it
     
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    Have not touched bike for few weeks short of plugging in trickle charger. Today temp hit 50 , I thought about pulling it out and going for a ride, but I have it situated just right in the garage. But I did start her up , fired right up after a couple of minutes shut off choke ,idled so smooth ...since this first day of winter,counting days down till spring .
     
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    Clutch pack is in, new oil filter and oil. Going to re-tune tomorrow and try to get some video of the colortune and gauges again.

    Got this in today. Another video series subject for the YT channel. 82 Seca Turbo seat with bars. Going to attempt salvage and refinish. Cover is pliable so I think it'll be a good one. Will probably end up for sale.
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