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The La Ronde has gone now mate, been empty for a long time but the curly ramp is still there lol, didnt go down XJ900 route as money is tightThis is me Bender, made a bit of a mess logging a couple of different usernames over time - so glad to get a reply.
Professional Peter, hope you get your XJ600 sorted matey,
this one seems to be reasonably well looked after, a few issues but not enough to stop me taking off to Bournemouth tomorrow.
Yes the XJ 900 (pre-diversion?) is nice but too heavy for me and they won't do 58 mpg unfortunately.
remember a trip to Billingham, there was a night club, La Ronde ??? Can't recall,
saw some poor chap being hurled down the (circular?) stairs by bouncers, this was back in the early 70's.
Campaman - oh I wish you had kept it, we could have started an owners group.
. - the belly pan was removed to fix the engine bars I think.
Love dogs too, Lurchers are the ones for us
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I clicked the link as curiosity got the better of me, and you are correct DO NOT TRY THIS the mistake he made was trying to wipe it with a cloth but at least some good may come out of it as if you see the pics you will definitely keep your fingers well away from a moving chainPlease do not follow this example in lubing your chain.
WARNING: The following link has graphic pictures and will show you what can happen if you do this.
DO NOT click it if you don't like mangled flesh. LINKY
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Yes I have one, its a 1989 model, just put new carb mounting rubbers on it and balanced the carbs but its still got problems and my fork seals need replacing, clutch was acting up but its a bit better now, watching a XJ900 now for a bigger grin factor lol
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Looks like I was sold a pup then, still that's what you get for taking the bargain route I suppose, stripped mine out anyway but plates looked good so refitted them, I think previous owner had maybe put the lever in wrong as its better than it was, not perfect but betterWill do peterb1951.
Yep. saw that wheel on Ebay. Some one selling bits for XJ in South Queensferry which is 1/2 an hour away from me. On my doorstep really.
Hope to start stripping in the next few weeks. Jobs in the house that MUST be done first. According to SWMBO.
( just been onto Yambits. according to their website the clutch has 8 plates.
Hope this helps.
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I might be stating the obvious but I assume you have put fresh petrol in after removing as much of the old juice as you can, including the carbs if possible?
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Hi mate hope you find the answers you seek and have loads of fun finding it
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while you are on a stripping trip! if you decide to check your clutch out let me know how many fibre discs yours has as I bought a set for mine which had 7 in it, the book says 7 but mine has 8 ??? baffled, PS bits for these are available quite easily of the old EBAY just seen a complete rear wheel with disc for peanuts on thereIT LIVES ! ! IT LIVES ! !
Albeit briefly. Decided to run jump leads from car to bike for electricity & circuit. Put fuel tap on prime.(
) Switched on & had green neutral light ! wahey ! !So decided to thumb starter just too see if the engine would even turn. It did. Thumbed it a couple more times & the engine ran !! Switched off hoping I havent done much damage. Wife came walking out & said "is it meant to be leaking fluid like that ?"
Sure enough petrol coming out the carbs ! !
So the carbs were gonna be taken off to be cleaned anyway. It runs though ! ! 7 year old petrol as well...
Pumped up the tyres & they are holding pressure so at least pushing it around the carport will be slightly easier.
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got to agree on this one, use it at work and it is recommended for cleaning dashboards and all sorts of things plus it lubricates and free,s off seized stuff to boot as wellRather than wD40, Try GT85 LINKY It smells of polish not oily and protects better. In my humble............
Smells great burning off an engine.
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Hi, is there plans to activate it as it seems like a good idea to me ?hasn't been activated.
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I agree with you there, there is good and bad in all professions, some are kind and helpful others wont give you the time of days, on the other side of the coin there are some rude and downright dangerous motorcyclists, all I say is judge each and every person as you find them and dont tar them all with the same brush because of the clothes they wearI don't know where you come from, inner city? But in my neck of the woods as I implied earlier the police are ok.
Would you rather have anarchy? or even military rule. I'm not saying there aren't any bad coppers but 99.99% are doing a fantastic job.
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Good pointJust a thought, but if someone wearing protective kevlar bike trousers had an off,,and say broke a leg in a couple of places, what are they like for paramedics cutting them off with a pair of scissors? surely it would be a struggle to do?
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Though somebody may have known the answer but no brain boxes on this topic then?same thing happens to me, no idea why
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I have a couple of fans and may give that a try, as to tick over it makes sense that the rpm will go up as the carbs balance out, so I am going to take everyone's advice and have another go cheersThe idle adjuster is a cable mounted to the bottom of the left carb if I remember correctly ( check with your dealer) and push up on the throttle plate,that would cause you to have trouble setting the ballance if the only way you can adjust the idle( tick over) is to adj the throttle cable, as the carbs come to ballance the idle will go up and need to be adjusted down.
Borrow all your mate's house fans for a few hours and that will help with the heat problem
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I think you are correct about the tickover screw as I have seen mentioned but have yet to find it myself, but I will try your method next time I do it as it sound good to me, cheers mateIt is important to be quite quick,,,, that said you can balance carbs 1 and 2 then shut engine off,,,,, then restart and balance carbs 3 and 4,,,, shut engine off again and let it rest,,,,,, this method will not be accurate but it will get them closer to where they should be. Then you can start again and do the whole thing in one go + balance carbs left and right to eachother.
If the idle speed of the bike is say 1150 then you should try and balance carbs at an idle speed of arround 1500, this will give you enough movement downwards without the bike stalling. When all is ballanced adjust idle back down to what it should be.
Are you sure there is no screw to adjust tickover without using the cable adjuster ?? I think there should be one !
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I did, but I think I maybe taking too long so engine and carbs getting too hot with possible fuel vaporization occuringkeep practicing, it takes a while.
So long as the the readings are the same on each carb, it doesn't matter what they are saying. Did you rig up a temporary fuel supply?
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Why does this flag up when I try to like a comment when I have never liked any topic before? (You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day)
Peter Bainbridge
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Well I must say Dont think I was that quick, and believe at one point it cut out and would not start ,think engine was too hot as it started fine after leaving it for a while, Peterjust a thought
I did mine on my bandit last weekend, speed is of the essence because essentially the bike is air cooled and with an idle speed set to 1750 it gets hot quickly
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Definitely the correct screws there are three, the correct way or as I understand it is adjust left screw to match carbs 1 and 2, then adjust right screw to match carbs 3 and 4 then the centre screw is used to match the 2 pairs together, and as far as I can tell the rubbers are sealed with new gaskets fitted, no mention in manual as to what rpm you run at and the only way that I can adjust tickover is by using the length adjuster to the cable outer, PeterHi peter. you say engine temp is getting hot, sound like your running lean, are you adjusting idle screws to balance , or mistakingly the mixture, check diagram for correct screws,, and are the new rubbers tight,[ air leak]
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Sorry Guys,
I know this is probably old ground but any help would be appreciated, my 1989 XJ600 needed new carb mounting rubbers so I bit the bullet and bought a set, I also invested in a set of balance gauges, fitted new rubbers OK but when it came to balancing I had problems, firstly I wrongly identified the master carb, secondly I did it all wrong, having then read the manual after finding it! I had another go, but its still not right firstly the throttle takes its time to come down and as the machine gets warm the idle gets higher, the gauges all seem to be about the same and it is better than the first attempt although still not correct but when I was trying to set them up the engine temp was getting higher this seemed to make for all sort of problems
Are you supposed to do the balance on tickover? can you start from scratch again?
Peter Bainbridge
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I agree with this, heat is a major factor in my experience and in my job (industrial pumps) I get a lot of snapped studs etc, the easyouts that are most used are poor, the best ones I have used were snap-on but expensive http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=644920&group_ID=675457&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog like thoseweld a nut on them , even the recessed one. the combination of heat and a new nut works every time.
If you have a welder it takes longer to set it all up than to do it.
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I believe the ones on mine are flanged at cyl head end and clips at carb end but looking on Ebay there are some for sale item number
160804422402
but even those are £60 with no guarantee they are 100% good.
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Has anybody out there had any luck repairing the carb mounting rubbers on their machines, I tried the old tip (which I think I found on this site) of spraying the rubbers with WD40 and noticed a dramatic change to the engine running for a few seconds, new ones are about £100 a set and its a big slice out of my budget and I think second hand will be all about the same condition for a 1989 XJ600.
Think I have seen somewhere a repair with silicone and a cycle tube but not sure this is an effective repair and probably will not last very long, any hints or tips please would be appreciated
Peter
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Thanks mate, it is a bit busier nowadays isn't itGreetings Peter and welcome back ...take care out there
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I rode a BSA bantam, our office had three think it was a 175 and 2 x 150,s but it was a long time ago lolWelcome pete" most of us are B.A,bikers, better second time around,, [ was always skint the first time]
what bikes were you courier on in the 1970"s ?
) Switched on & had green neutral light ! wahey ! !
Dragstar 650 snapped throttle cable
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