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i PM'd you ages ago and thought you were sorted. I took photos and just need to WhatsApp the photos if you PM your mob number

hi drewpy have you had any luck finding the carb bodys

So Roger the Bodger was a previous owner of the bike!! Whilst his putty job got it going it didn't fix it.....then you bought it!....and now the Wallet Emptying Barsteward is finally fixed. Congratulations. Well done that man. You deserve a medal for perseverance............medal....medal!! says Mutley 👍👍

Well, at least it's fixed! lol

Seeing the damage in there and on the ali casing I can only think that some object got flicked up by the front tyre and smashed its way into the casing. Now that the bike is happy again I may take the cover off one of these days and revisit that with some Belzona liquid metal. For now I must have the healthiest 33 y/o FJ1200 on the planet with new coils,leads,caps,plugs, refurbed carbs and adjusted valve clearances 🤣

YEY!!! So what about the bit at the bottom of the casing that appears to have the same stuff on it (I think it looks like putty too)?

At a wild stab in the dark, I have to wonder if you're being blocked on a works computer...

At home I seem to remain logged into the forum with my user name & password. I tried logging in at work where we had new computers installed and it does not accept my user name. It keeps saying that there is no @ in my email address I've never logged in with my email address anyway so what's the craic ?

I have updates ...... the damn thing is FIXED !!!!!! 🤗🤗 I ordered 3 things last week. A magnetic pick-up sensor with wire & plug only in Poland, a rotor in UK and a back plate with sensor and wire complete in Holland. The Polish magnetic sensor & wire only arrived yesterday and I was ready to take hammer & chisel to the blob only to find it crumbled at the lightest touch. Some dick had 'glued' the sensor on with window putty or badly mixed epoxy. Clean up, install new sensor, lead wire and plug behind the heat shield to the other side of the bike and plug into the loom. The bike ran smooth today and stationary at traffic lights quietly rumbles on tick over, no drama. I treated her to an oil change and a chain lube just now and all is good in Yamaha FJ1200 world. Thanks for bearing with me, your suggestions and commiserations 👏

thank you

ok, let me have a gander. weathers been shite atm

I do not know what the rock hard blob is but it must be hiding the ignition pick up in there somewhere that obviously overheats or expands beyond ignition parameters/settings when the engine reaches operating temperature. The rotor indeed shows some damage but all the tabs are there. There is some same goop at the bottom of the aluminium casing as well like that broke away too and has been repaired. Rotor from ebay <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="" title="Rotor"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54563482416_e3ff83d874.jpg" width="478" height="337" alt="Rotor"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

What in hell is that??? lol That's a metal part is it not? Is it actually snapped? Have you noticed that there appears to be a tab snapped off the domed disk in front of it too?

Right then gents, I guess you've all been waiting to see if you were going to hear from your resident Cloggy again. New tyres went on 3 weeks ago and new fork seals at my regular guy. Still unhappily spluttering my way through Cornwall. But the saga continues : Told him not to waste time on compression test because I found a friendly Kawa garage with big showroom and 3 or 4 mechanics that were willing to take it in and do the valve clearance and have a look what else they could see what was going on. By all accounts a pretty professional looking set-up. She was booked in for 13th May, and was going to take about 3 hours @ 75 quid/hr. One of the boys had, i was assured, experience with working on these (Yam) bikes. So booked in 2 weeks in advance and brought over close of play on 12th. The 13th came and went because they needed a special tool. The special tool came but was the wrong special tool. So they ordered a new special tool. All in all this took till last Thursday when I picked it up. I was assured it would be soooooo much better............................... it wasn't. I thought it was slightly worse. So thanks for the 315 Quid but no thanks. So where are we now : Coils, caps & plugs : £550, Carbs rebuild £275, valve clearance £315. I feel that I have only gone backwards and NO so-called bike mechanic has got a fookin clue what he is looking at. I called the garage on Monday and had a chat with the mechanic that worked on it. He only test drove it for minutes rather than the 20 mins it needs to reveal the real issues, so they simply do not listen when you describe your issues. Then a little light bulb moment : He said he took off the ignition pick up cover at the left hand side to set top-dead-center and saw there was some araldite glue or something holding something together but didn't give it any thought because he was focussed on the valves. Hmmmm a bit of glue on something ...................... really !!!!! This is a previous owners garage' bodge for sure. Some people need shooting. <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="" title="Yam pickup"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54563504044_0d83a74156_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="Yam pickup"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> New second hand one : <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="" title="Yam pickup2"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54563503879_f37ca78451_z.jpg" width="576" height="428" alt="Yam pickup2"/></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I think I have found my smoking gun.

Hi drewpy that would be great if you have some carb bodies I'm mainly after the number three carb body as its cracked.

I may have an old set from a burned out bike, bodies might be ok. I'm away atm and back sunday evening but off work next week if you want me to look

What is your exact model of bike? 3KM5 999A 3KM5 999B 3KM6 999A 3KM6 999B 3KN3 999A 3KN3 999B Edit/ Actually, ignore all that, it doesn't seem to matter... Yamaha XJ600 (3KM5, 1991) 999 A 1991 CARBURETOR supplied next day (UK only) by Fowlers Parts Which carb was it from that diagram?

Hi I'm having problems with the carbs that I have on my 1991 xj 600 when stripping the carbs to put them in a ultra sonic cleaner one of the carb body's cracked. Now I'm having problems getting a replacement set could I fit a different set of carbs from a different model bike

Five replies from 3 members out of over 50,000 from all over the Planet! 🙄

FOUR replies!!! rofl

Welcome aboard Gary

....and a warm welcome from me too. Well Gary we're not saying it's that quiet here but with two replies this is the most popular post we've had this week🤣🤣

Welcome in! Have a look around... Keep your feet off the couch & don't steal my Tea Bags..! :D We're a little quiet in here at the moment, but if you post questions, people will answer... Eventually... lol

Hi all, I'm Gary and I have just joined this forum. I am a proud owner of a yamaha xvs 950 midnight star.

Not sure what was going on but a couple of weeks ago, i was typing replies but they wouldn't upload/show up!! I informed Alex but they seemed to have resolved as i have been able to post since, most odd.!!