What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Temperature was better today rode two miles to gas station , was no fun gusts to 25 miles an hour the bridge over the lake was litterly almost blown over . So now have full tank first fill up on the year .

 

Cut off the bent part and welded on threaded M6x1.0 rod. It actually works now as I redid it but also won an ebay auction for a used rod too. The lever is way off, yes. I watched some vids on adjustment last night and will try again.

 

It's a monoshock design. It's there...

 

Today 1 year ago I picked up something I thought I would wrench on for a few hours and probably lose interest in
..& then I found these forums.

 

very nice transformation

 

So, I replaced the final shim, reassembled the cams with all 40 screws, reassembled the chain tensioner and checked clearances again. Now I have 4 that are slightly out of spec large gap wise. One more time, maybe Wednesday. Oh well, gotta love all the screws!

 

Have a old XS400 given to me, got the carbs cleaned and back on. Had a AUX gas tank on her and checked the oil lever. Had oil all the way up...I should have known better. Started the bike and noticed a little liquid coming out of the crank vent, as it was not connected to the air box. Well, the RPM's went up and the crank case must have been full of gas and oil...that was a hell of a mess....lol.

Drained the old oil/gas mix, new oil and the little 400 runs very well. Lots of work to do on the bike yet to include clutch adjustment. Free so had to take it.

 

Stuck floats are awesome!

 

Finished my carb jig.

 

Opened up my carburetors for the first time and found the float valves were rusted solid and there were no pull clips attached to the floats.

 

Wow, but that will be only the beginning of your issues. May as well start the complete disassembly for cleaning and repair right now.

 

Some float needles do not have clips .

 

Turns out replacements I bought with clips were not only wrong, but they don't fit.

 

Nothing high tech...frustratingly trying to strip old paint off the frame. Used the hardware store gel type stripper which hardly even makes a dent in it. Ordered some Aircraft Remover and hoping it will work as well as the videos I watched.

 

Methylene chloride can still be used for "commercial" purposes. You might be able to find a shop to do it for you. Or maybe you start a business in your garage, who am I to say? Or media blast it. It's a tough job without methylene chloride.

 

Good to know! A quick search says you can get it from McMaster Carr unless you live in a handful of states that don't allow it. I'm going to attempt the Aircraft Remover and then probably media blast, but it's good to have a backup plan. Also waiting to get a replacement VIN tag before I totally destroy the original.

 

Sold my Maxim400 yesterday for a healthy profit.

 

The question for me today is what have I NOT done with my XJ550. It has been so cold and crappy weather in the midwest, I still haven't got my XJ out from the back of the garage and got it running yet.

Often I am driving in February from time to time. Not this year.....

 

Area around Chicago weather has sucked only rode a few times and it has been windy on top of cold . Although they claim 70's by Saturday fingers crossed and hopefully no 35 miles an hour wind gusts .

 

I finally did this got a RTV casting kit and resin and made a copy of the dash pad emblem the Unobtainium made two one is thin the other is thicker , just needs painted , I'm very happy how it turned out. This looks great covering the screws .