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Hi Karl, Would be nice if you did an intro before asking strangers questions but perhaps you would do that now? It's nice to know something about the person your talking to.
Anyway your question has loads of different answers unfortunately, some cheap filters are pretty useless either not the right material or worse still badly made, K&Ns are ok but they are expensive and to be honest just because you can wash them don't make it ok to keep shoving the same filter back in you engine even they fail after a while, Yamaha filters are made for your bike and you know they will do the job plus they are not that expensive to replace, so spend a few extra quid and fit what's intended if you want your bike to run properly and stay in reasonable order, it's a false economy to buy cheap and K&Ns are for those engines that get a right hammering on a regular basis, provided you change the oil and filters at each service your bike should be ok for years. Hope that helps?
P.S. NOW do your intro please.
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Welcome to the YOC Dave.
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HI Paul, You can tighten the head down TEMPORARILY by hand just remember to do it in sequence, opposite and across and do each nut up just a little at a time, get it pinched enough to run you home and then do a proper job when your there, DON'T be a gorilla at it you just want to get home on it and just tight enough will work for a short journey, hope you make it ok!
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Welcome to the YOC chchoc.
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Hi Duggy, be nice if you were to do an intro first old mate
. As to your question about the spokes I think you will find that you HAVE to take ALL the spokes out and then rebuild it from scratch cos of the tension on each spoke, it's a long time since I did a rebuild but seem to remember that the only way was a complete strip and then rebuild, you CAN replace a single spoke if one get's broken but not all of them. it's something to do with keeping the wheel rim true as you tension each spoke into position, no easy answer or fix I'm afraid. -
HI Jmartin, I have a Maxim Midnight 750 and an XJ (SECA) 750 and I get about 200 miles on a tank plus about 25 on reserve, it all depends what tank has been fitted to your bike, for instance on the XJ it has a large tank but the Maxim has one of these stupid little things that looks like a tear drop and only holds about 2.3 gals so as a consequence I have to fill it more often than the XJ, you can fit any of the PRE diversion tanks to your bike to increase the milage, but you will have to put up with filling up more often if your have one of the daft chopper tear drop things. My suggestion for what it's worth is to go for a bigger tank off of one of the 750 models I believe in the US you call it the SECA, that is about the only other option you have I'm afraid. If you have the manual for your bike look at the mountings for the tank, at the front you have 2 either side of the frame near the headstock ( with rubber covers) and 1 at the back under the seat with a mounting bolt, so if you go for a larger tank just make sure it has the same 3 mounting points and you should have no problem. Hope that helps?
P.S. you should be getting about 60 to 65 MPG when you don't thrash it!
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I have watched this on MGP for years and can honestly say that when Stoner and the other aliens do this I am in awe of their skill, the ONLY time I have done this is when I am actually falling off!!
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This is sexist and abusive to women in general --------------------- do you have any more?
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HI Russell, Welcome to the YOC.
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Welcome to the YOC BW, nice to have new people on board.
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Ok Mike it looks like you need to look at the jetting on your bike, as the years are a bit different between the bikes there will probably be some differences in the jet sizes so look in your manual (hope you got one!) and see what the recomended jet is for your bike then have a looksee in the carb and see what you actually have if it's different to the standard one there is the probable end to your problem but if it's spot on then try adjusting your ignition to make it run a bit leaner, not to lean or you will burn out your piston, other than that you could try a slightly smaller jet to reduce your consumtion but after that I suggest you swap bikes with your son in law, he might not like it but you will save a bundle (joke). Honestly after all that you might try talking to your local Yam dealer to see if he has an idea as to what your next move might be, perhaps if you lay flat to the tank you can reduce your fuel consumption, you'll look a total tit but think of the money your saving, (ok that was another joke. I shall stop now). Ask your son in law to ride your bike and see if he has a lower fuel use, he might coast down hill's and such thus saving wear and tear and fuel, you never know it's the small things that make a difference some times. Hope some of that helps and you fogive the bad jokes at your expence?
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You could always lookup REEVU helmets, believe it or not they make a helmet with built in rear view mirror. it's all internal so you don't look like some twat with horns on your head, just a thought.
P.S. they are a bit expensive tho, their carbon fibre one is 2 grand WTF! thats outrageous.
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Take the plug out, do you have compression?
Take the head off is there a piston and what does it look like?
Take the barrel off is there a con rod?
You can work it out from there on your own I expect.
No simple answer other than what AIRHEAD suggests, your just gonna have to get your hands dirty/oily.
P.S. not taking the piss, this is just the wonderful world of motorcycling.
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Might be your style of riding that does it, if your heavy on the throttle then you will get less mileage but 20 mpg more on your son in law's bike might mean that you need to adjust your carb settings, it might be running a bit rich and that would make your mileage worse as you use more for every mile you travel. Just a thought but what do you weigh? It could just be that your bigger than him so more weight to move means more petrol/gas to get it shifting, plus do you have a windshield or some other thing attached to your bike that he does not that could make a big difference to how the bike runs, just a thought really as with out a comparison just shooting wild as to what the problem if any might be.
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HI Cyl, Some do offer insurance with new bikes but it's not always the cheapest deal, get a quote BEFORE you go and see what they can offer, if all else fails then try for a few freebees, helmet/gloves/boots/jacket anything you can swing out of it will be a bonus, so go in with the idea that your NOT going to buy unless there is a sweetener and make it plain that there are other dealers out there and see what he says, the worst that can happen is you end up with just a bike and that's what you went for anyway.
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Ok I see what you mean now, I would suggest that you look for a second hand cluster or as I said before look for some thing off of another bike, if you go for another bike cluster you can make up a bracket to fit and then mount the new one onto the bracket that shoulkd give you loads of room to find one you like rather than pay 400 bills for something that is right but expensive. I would phone round your local breakers or use the net to see what's out there, I happen to have a full set of clocks for an XJ900 in my garage but as we are 3000 miles apart not a lot of good to you. So to recap make up a bracket that spans across the original holes/mounting points that has a 90 degree bend in it so you can drill it to fit anything you like the look of, then go find said clocks and connect them up. It might be an idea to ask your local Yammie dealer/mechanic what he/she would suggest as an alternative to the originals, he/she has probably seem all sorts of horrors that people have done to their bike and might be able to suggest an alternative, one thing you need to do is make sure the speedo cable thread that goes to the clocks will tighten up ie it has the same thread, as theres nothing worse than getting it all fitted to find that that damn things have different fittings. Hope some of that helps mate and perhaps you would let me know how you get on as it's always nice to find out if your ideas are great or total crap, ride safe.
P.S. DON'T forget to do an intro, some will not talk to you till you do, they like to know who they are talking to.
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MIne would be my old bonnie that I sold when I was young and stupid, my neighbour has a 750 bonnie in his garage that he's afraid of so I keep chipping away at him to sell it, living in hope, would not want to ride it just sit it in the living room and look at it! The wife would have a few words to say no doubt.
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Running in is about NOT overstressing the engine, it has nothing to do with speed and has everything to do with being gentle with your engine so DON'T go flat out nor run it really slow in low gear let it run freely using gentle throttle and gear shifting and you should be fine in aboiut 250 miles, all my rebuilds have been treated this way and I have never had a problem, tell a lie my AJS used to eat crank pins cos it was badly designed but your bike is well made and can take it if you treat it right.
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Hi Michael, welcome to the YOC, if you have any probs then bung it in the workshop section if it's just general chat then try the BAR. Nice little bike you have, heard lots of good things about them.
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Your right of course that the wiring diagram only shows the 3 connectors and it probably will not matter what you use as long as it has the same voltage, but what happened to the original one? and why was it removed? Was it just to tidy up the front end that it was removed or some thing else? It might be an idea to look for an original part from a breaker near your self or even evilbay has some good bit's and bob's now and then that might fit, or better still if the originals are so expensive why not try one off a different Yammie that is cheaper, if your not concerned about looks then it should be an easy fix but if you want the bling factor then the more shiny it is the more it will cost. I see in your original post that it costs 400 dollars for the proper one that it should have so one off of any cheap yamm will almost certainly fit and work it's just as you say the red line warning that you will have to keep an eye on when riding. Take a photo of the instrument area and post it up, it might be that theres a bolt on cheap part that will drop straight in! What is the fixing for the present part ie does it sit on a mounting or is it just bolted to some where for convenience? Sorry to be so long winded about this but without a picture it's difficult to get a handle on what might work.
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HI Bertie, Not sure if the forks your on about will fit but the only thing I do know is that the fork rake angle should not be changed, if the forks you want to use are longer or shorter than the present ones I would say that it not a good choice to put them in but if they are approx the same size give or take a few mils then it shouldn't be a major problem, if you put in really long forks for instance the rake will tend to tip the bike backwards ie towards the rear wheel whereas to short will tip it forward over the front wheel thus changing the dynamic of the bikes handling and putting extra strain on the fork yoke and steering head. Hope that makes some sort of sense and at least gives you a running start on what not to put in.
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HI Roy and welcome,
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Hi Murf, Welcome to the YOC, Theres a guy on here ANDYBUC who has one of your dream bikes, he has just posted about a vibration in the floorboards so he might be a good guy to PM and have a chat with.
Look for XVS Yamaha floorboard vibration in yamaha customs section.
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Welcome Andy, looks like you have found your new home, good luck finding your bike and with your CBT.
. As to your question about the spokes I think you will find that you HAVE to take ALL the spokes out and then rebuild it from scratch cos of the tension on each spoke, it's a long time since I did a rebuild but seem to remember that the only way was a complete strip and then rebuild, you CAN replace a single spoke if one get's broken but not all of them. it's something to do with keeping the wheel rim true as you tension each spoke into position, no easy answer or fix I'm afraid. 
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Just a quick question or 3, How are you scratching them? and how often? as mine are the same as the day I put them on, 3 years ago after respray, oh and which panels are you talking about? Do you go off road with it cos that will scratch the shit out of any panel & the only way you will avoid it is to take them off, more questions than answers I'm afraid.