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Everything posted by drewpy
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Just Forking Around With my 77 XS360
i'd change it after 1500 miles along with a oil filter
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run for 10 minutes and it dies, looks like no juice.
see my post above to test
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Just Forking Around With my 77 XS360
bike oil is specifically blended for bikes, and has different properties than motor oil which has a much easier time over longer service intervals. I'm asuming that, because it is produced in much smaller quantities, it tends to be more expensive.
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Just Forking Around With my 77 XS360
you can actually mix different grades of fork oil to get another grade ie 10w + 30W to get something between 10 and 30 depending on the ratio's. BTW dont ask I don't know the ratios
- chain problem
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chain problem
they are the same bushes as the RD, i had to get mine reamed out though for the pivot
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xs500 E Clutch Cable
phone motoward, they will have them in stock
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chain problem
the swing arm shouldn't move at all (well, except up and down! ) which sounds like the bushes have worn and the tension is pulling the swing arm over. a new chain is £20, but you really need to get new sprockets at the same time to minimise chain wear. there will always be a tight spot and that is where you adjust the chain so it's not over tightened and doesn't strain the output shaft. it's 20mm movement on the XS.
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Just Forking Around With my 77 XS360
what "spings" to mind, and I won't keep you in suspension, is that I use 20w fork oil and fill it 6" to the top of the tube. (forks fully compressed with the spings removed) The motor oil option performs badly as i belive that the oil foams and thus reduces it damping properties. wurth (german) and hagon (british) do an uprated progressive sping option if you want less dive. a 400 front end will fit yours if you want disks, but offer out the drum front end as lots of peeps are after those to do cafe racer/bobber bikes!! don't forget that you had a spoked front wheel and, unless you can get a 250 spoked front hub, you will have a front alloy wheel!! hope I didn't put a "damper" on things!!
- BAD DAY!
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False neutrals
considering neutral is between 1st and 2nd yes you are being too light on it. wear bike boots help as trainers are too soft over the toes. I occasionally get caught out, especially if I hare to down shift quickly at roundabouts
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lol...Nothing to do with bikes
the beady one?
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Leaking valves?
its called valve seat recession. the valve seats wear and the valve starts to seat deeper into the head closing up the valve clearance
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80 XS400 Battery
thats the problem with them...mucho wonga!!
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XS360 No spark?
pioneerX has a site which has the XS400 which is exactly like the 360 (which has a smaller bore)
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Leaking valves?
did you lap them in this time? just a thought, is the head and barrel flat? use an engineers steel ruler and check for warpage, could be gas escaping to next cylinder
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Headlight problems - how to diagnose
as far as you can tell? you need a multimeter and check volatage and continuity of lamps!
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run for 10 minutes and it dies, looks like no juice.
and.......did you get a spark?
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run for 10 minutes and it dies, looks like no juice.
when running with charged battery. you should be getting 14.5 volts + across the battery terminals @ 3k revs. if not, your voltage regulator has gone.
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Engine Identificaiton
it will be engraved on a flat part of the crankcase in an obvious position.
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i know nobody will reply but
all hail King Merv, the courier King!!!
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XS360 No spark?
neither 20w 50 i use millars semi synthetic classicsport oil, never use full synthetic as your clutch will slip!!
- saw the olympics today
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Leaking valves?
if you have just rebuilt the motor it could be that it just needs running a bit. The valves need to bed in, I don't think that swopping the camshaft over (temorarily) would do damage unless you miss-timed the valves thus hitting the piston crown. did you use new valves and ground them in or reuse the old but didn't put back into their original place?
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saw the olympics today
there was a female weightlifter who had an amazing snatch.