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Everything posted by drewpy
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Aint been there for a while.......
i ended up in a right shit hole!!!!
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xs 650 rear wheel options?
you'll find other xs650's had rear 19" wheels same as xs750/850/1100. xs400 and rd's had 18" front and back
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What is this thing?
XS Triple Frame & Engine Numbers Model Serial Number Year XS750D 1J7-000101 1976 XS7502D 1J7-100101 1977 XS750E 1J7-220101 1978 XS750SE 1J7-300101 1978 XS750F 1J7-240101 1979 XS750SF 1J7-350101 1979
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my electrical just dropped out today
you didn't flick the cut off switch when you kicked it over did you?
- Enfield Bullet
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XT350 Trouble
check its not running at 45' ie too lean!!!
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Xs400 kickstart problems - clutch?
the thing with a kick start is that is only turns the engine over 1/2 at a time whereas the electric boot can keep the motor spinning. could try bump starting to get the engine turning! clutch slip will affect the engine starting, as that is the only thing that connects to the gearbox and hence the kick start. electric start is direct on the crank.
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my latest resto
very nice Merv, hope she goes as well as she looks!! ( or is that a he!)
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few questions on new bike '83 maxim 400
could strip down the carbs and check for blockages, check also your rubber manifolds for cracks.
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few questions on new bike '83 maxim 400
"plop" is the sound of my crap hitting the bog water, "thump" is what i do to the kids when I'm trying to watch MotoGP
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few questions on new bike '83 maxim 400
sounds like carb diaphrams either perished, hard or holed. also check the slides move freely and drop with a "clonk"
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Electwickery.........
Sounds like an earth problem. indicator lamps usually have separate earths and pulling the clutch makes an earth conract.
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Help with steering head bearings
I used a plastic waste pipe as its just the right size, keep the seal on the bottom. and drift the bearing into place after warming up.
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General questions about the xs400sg
1. by all means check the rod, as if it is bent you will have clutch problems 2. zerk? I assume you mean nipple? whereabout is it? 3. do the forks yourself, 20w oil use an impact driver to take off the lower screws (1 either side) and pump forks till all the oil is expelled. fill up with correct amount. I'd let the shop do the master cylinder, although I've seem a couple on NOS ebay which would be cheaper!!
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smoke?
is it just slight oil vapour or is it puffing out like a chimney?
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79 XS400 - Hard starting and poor idle.
I was thinking more like 50 psi, as that is what I did my carbs. 100psi will be too dangerous as it can pierce the skin along with the other bits of crud. My little compressor can only make 60 tops.
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79 XS400 - Hard starting and poor idle.
what certain things?
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XS400 SPECIAL PISTON RINGS
69mm is quoted as standard, so iwould assume you are on standard. the overbores go up in .25mm increments
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79 XS400 - Hard starting and poor idle.
i'd say high pressure is best to shift the crud. just be careful
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79 XS400 - Hard starting and poor idle.
that's a good tip Joe, no basket ball needles but plenty of football ones
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1973 TX starter problem
your not too wrong when you say marbles. the starter drive behind the rotor works by having 3 small dowls which are sprung in towards the crank and are at an angle so they can free run when the starter turns off and the engine fires up. Its these buggers that flat off over time and start to slip. you need to get new dowls and springs from yamaha (you need 3) this relates to the xs400 and I'm sure they are the same for the 500.
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Refurbishing exhaust box
LOL I forgot to mention the vaseline
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Hitlers new bike
very good the guy talking other than hitler was on LEXX a really good sci fi show which got shit in the final 2 series. ( although "Sev" was Fit as F*ck)
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resealing cases
i did'nt, but i suppose you can just to even up what's on the cases