xj550 maxim, starting problembs help please

yep,i got the right screwdrivers mate,

 

Husky, my 'Grammy' was from Bournemouth, although she was born in Burma. I got to visit England and stay in Bournemouth when I was a kid. Loved the park at the bottom of the hill with really sharp RC boats!! Thought it was cool that we pumped shillings into a power meter at our flat! Really enjoyed your town/city.

I'd say the nack for the 550 is 1)fully V+ battery, 2)PC to prime with good gas, 3)90-100% enrichment, 4)Kind words and press button!

 

ta for that, started tidying the loom up today,WOW 1st time for everything, i took switch gear of, put to 1 side, started cleaning bits up, 5 mins later, wats that puddle? its loads of water from the loom housing, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm that wont help, so doing bit by bit,

she isnt a mint bike,as she had a hard life before i bought her,shame,as i love it,if it wasnt to costley,there are a few on hear,id have,

 

It doesn't take a lot of money. (I won't discuss my black bike in this context.)

However, my '81 was recommissioned "on a shoestring" using only salvage parts to replace those that were missing or beyond hope; and new parts where necessary (except maybe for the seat but I consider that necessary too.)

When I got it, I bought it from beside a rural road where it was sitting in front of the POs house covered in snow. It had spent the previous 4 years outside, in Michigan winters and all they bring, covered only by a HEAVY canvas construction tarp that scratched the bejeezus out of the original paint.

I didn't repaint it. I buffed it out, about 95% anyway.

The engine and all of the covers were grey, mottled and corroded. The flashers were broken, the seat torn, and it had a horribly rusty 4-1 Kerker with no baffle on it. The goofy fairing was missing its windshield. Mice had built a nest in the airbox.

It needed love. And a LOT more effort and time than money, honest. The biggest outlay was for the exhaust, and that came off eBay a couple of bits at a time. A LOT of parts came off eBay, one bit at a time.

It was worth all the work:

 

u r lucky as u can get parts over there, but not in uk, plus we get cold damp days near every day,

 

well the ycs tool turned up, and guess wat,she fires up first time on the button, well happy, now try and find some diaphrams,use for summer,then strip down,in winter,
thanks everyone, now to make some up,and sell some in the uk, as i got stung on taxes, greedy uk gits,


and i need some parts,so i dont know where to go now,

 

EDIT-: replied to a post on page one sorry. [/facepalm]

 

Proper Johnny Cash job there right?

Keep the faith husky, I'm in the UK too & feel your pain on the parts availability. At least you have a more common model, I've got a 750E-II with wrong carbs, and nobody's ever even heard of it!!!

 

well i got me tool, so now i got a mate to make some up, they work fine, so any one in the uk,want any,let me know