Lerch

Just be careful and check mot standard as I know if you fit an HID kit to a car and it doesn't have self leveling and headlight washers it will fail.

Hi guys thought I would give an update on my xj. Well got her all mot taxed and insured went out for a long ride with a friend of mine just incase of any break downs!! She ran great just a tiny bit of vibration that I am putting down to the carbs needing balancing. Got home and left her over night went out in the morning expecting the usual starting problem and guess what she started a little lumpy but she start! Can I explain it or understand it no but she seems to be starting now. Just would like to thank everyone on here who gave me advise and help it's a great site and i hope to speak to all you guys soon hopefully not with and problems with my bike:-)

Well thought I would give an update to the cold start fault on my xj. Stripped the carbs off again and found some muck in there but nothing to bad checked the choke flaps and all seemed to be working ok. Carb cleaned and blew everything out with compressed air. Put the carbs back on and primed the fuel system up. Pulled choke and pressed the start button and did she start NO!! Kept trying to start her but battery started to go flat so went to put a jump pack on the battery on doing so found the earth cable was hot! Checked the earth to the engine and it was rusty. Removed it and cleaned it. Jump pack applied start button pressed and she sort of started first time and then cut out. Tried putting choke on and it just killed it. Wound the idle screw in and she ticked over a bit lumpy until she warmed and and then fine. Anyone got anymore ideas would be greatly appreciated as I am lost. On the up side though took her for her MOT today and after 7 years of siting in a garage and a little TLC from me she past first time with no advises! Well sorry its a bit long winded but hopefully one of you geniuses on here will know exactly what is up with her!!!!!! Look forward to hearing from you. Cheers Lerch

It sounds like the fuel tap on my bike. I pulled my Yamaha out of a garage where it had sat for seven years I couldn't turn the handle at all after taking it apart I found it was rotten and all the seal plus the vacuum diaphragm were knackered. Fuel shouldn't leak when the tap is in the on position. Sounds to me that something has broken internally and it's stuck in the prime setting. You can buy overhaul kits for them. Hope this helps.

Cheers MRR nice to get another welcome.

Hi Campaman tried what you said still no luck. Am going to pull the carbs off again tomorrow and have another look. Just wish I knew how the choke system works on one of these. Thanks for the tip anyway.

If its like my diversion the as long as it's no on the PRI or prime setting then no fuel should come out cause it's vacuum controlled. So put it on the ON or RES and all should be good. Hope this helps.

Hi Blackhat and Peter thanks for the replies

Hi yes have drained all old fuel stripped carbs and cleaned out the jets as some were blocked. Not sure how to check the choke? All I know if I apply it the engine note changes and she won't even try to fire. Have also replaced spark plugs plus fuel pump and fuel tap. The only way I can make her start up is by turning the idle screw in then she will fire on a few cylinders and eventually pick up and run ok. Any thoughts would be great thank you.

Cheers Airhead and Sacha

Hi well I have started in this forum well by doing the only thing you guys say not to do on your first post and that ask for help with my xj. So first of all let me say sorry to anyone I may have annoyed doing this I have never used one of these sites before so didn't realise. My name is Marc but everyone calls me Lerch as I am slightly tall! I have a 1996 Yamaha xj 600n that I pulled out of a garage where it had been siting for seven year. It has 3600 miles on the clock and one owner from new. Well hope that was a good intro and apology and hope to speak to you guys soon. Cheers Lerch

Sorry as I said new to this site so don't know how it works will go and look at that now cheers

Hi guys new to this site but hope your knowledge can help. i have a 1996 yamaha xj 600n. The story is i pulled out of a garage with only 3600 miles on the clock. It had been sat in there for seven years.I have done all the usual things on something that has been stood that long. The problem i have is she is a nightmare to start from cold. If i put the choke on she won't even think about starting. the thing is as soon as she starts it runs like a dream. Please help i have run out of ideas!!! Cheers