What did you do to your Yamaha today?

Thank you for the heads up. I haven't had much issue with it yet. Hopefully, I complete the swap in the next week and can see how it rides.

 

Annual "wake up from hibernation" day yesterday. Oil change on the 750, wrestling the octopus on the 1100, looking forward to the extra evening daylight now. Some of you guys have been riding all winter, but just have thicker skin than me! Warmer weather is coming...

 

Yesterday I went to my son's place to work on our bass boat. He has three bikes stored under a large tarp for the winter. His Kaw, on the right side, tipped over towards the right and pulled my XJ700 on its left and his Honda to the left of the XJ, over. Broke my clutch lever off (at the base!). Took a while but got it running. Today, I think, I'll start up the Maxim X, hopefully, and take a spin. Should try to hit 70 F later today.

 

That was my Ex and the tentacles in my wallet befire I was traded in for a newer model.


Put some KM's on the SECA today, we hit a max of 49F and I really didn't feel like dealing with anything or anyone. Gotta say it stores well in that all I've had to do so far really is open the fuel, add a quarter pull to the rich lever and it fires right off. Now the cold front is blowing thru and it's going to spiral downward for the next week or so.

 

Even with a bit of wear and tear, she’s still a handsome devil, isn’t she?


Have had an eventful offseason. Replaced handlebars, replaced MC (just to get one that sits flat), added heated grips, replaced wheel bearings, rebuilt forks, replaced a valve shim, and did the performance shifter pawl upgrade.

Rides great, though apparently I’m slipping out of gear sometimes when I’m in second. I’ve heard this is a problem with worn shift dogs, but since I replaced the pawl and springs beneath the side cover, I’m somewhat suspicious that I mucked something up. Not a big deal anyways, just gotta short shift into 3rd and I’m fine.

 

I'm liking it. Nice Maxim.

 

That Maxim looks so much prettier than mine!

Where'd you get the MC? I'm still running the stock one on a set of Daytona (Japanese "standard" style) bars, and while it works OK (hasn't leaked or sucked air yet, anyway) I know I'm in for an adventure when it's time to flush the brake fluid next fall.

So the electrical system's up to handling heated grips? That's good to know.

 

I got the MC from chacal, he sells one that’s pretty close to the style of the original and sits flat on the Daytona bars. Those are exactly what I have, and I’ve been very happy with that MC.

I have had no problems at all with the grips, but I changed out the gauge cluster backlights, the tail light, and the license plate light for LEDs. These Oxford Heaterz draw 4 amps, which equates to something like 50 watts. I’m pretty sure changing the incandescents saves a good bit of power draw, so I can’t verify that these would work on a stock setup.

 

Well I do know form experience the XJ regulator won't go much higher than about 240 watts so 4 amps at 12 volts is 48 watts and going with the LED's gives you a good margin.