the new motorcycle: 2009
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3/31/2013: after the carburetor it was time to move on to something else.
afterall, it has been doing well and despite an issue or two starting, i decided it was
time to look somewhere else: the electrical system! the first things i wanted
to tackle were the fuses, solenoid and their connectors...
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8/6/2012: while attempting to solve a couple small problems
with the carburetor i ended up taking it apart over a dozen times,
checking timing, compression, making sure the exhaust was bolted
on correctly... all to find out that despite replacing the butterfly
shaft seals last summer there was still a huge leak! what a
catasrophe!
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3/21/2011: a few "little" projects that have finally come together!
cleaned/rebuilt the starter and the main grounding bolt, swapped out the metal case
around the tumbler and now it's readable, changed the dash/console, removed some of the
dead/dying headlight electronics and put in a switch and replaced the sealed headlight
so an H4 type bulb could be used. it took a bit, but seems to be working!
a bunch of shots...
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9/10/2010: last weekend the front fork seals were replaced.
as if that wasn't tricky enough, the threads on the front stud of the
left fork started to strip as the last nuts were being tightened!
i used a die to rethread the stud and it's looking hopeful! in a worst-case-scenario
the stud could be removed and be replaced. but, it looks like this will
be more than sufficient (fingers crossed).
see the before and after or some
more shots...
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8/20/2010: a couple weeks ago i lined the tank with
caswell
epoxy gas tank sealer. short story, went fairly well, and coated
great. but! the stupid fuel line split! and it's only about six
months old! so, after talking with a friend i decided to use a bit
stronger fuel line (just the 1/4" from napa) and stick a filter in...
we'll see how it goes...
a couple more shots on the thumbs page
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6/30/2010: when putting things back together one day i decided to double check
the electrical (just in case i screwed something up) and found that when the front brake
was used, it didn't trigger the rear brake light. i found that the brake switch from
mikes xs
(part #12-0044) has
the same OEM part number as the xs750, so i bought it. but, where does it hook up? turns
out, it fits very easily into the master cylinder and the wires feed into the
headlight assembly. the brown and green/yellow-striped wires even matched!
i just had to plug it all in and it worked!
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4/7/2010:
last week was vacation and i decided to tackle cleaning and syncing the
carburetor along with derusting the gas tank. got stuck a few times. once most likely
due to locktite and once because of a spark plug that died! but, it looks like it will be back
together soon. a bunch of pics that were mostly
for reference when i forgot where something went, but might be useful some day. here's a
comparison of the
mounted carburetor (before and after) along with a
clean and dirty float bowl.
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3/2/2010:
the handlebar was angled down in a cafe style. when i tried to reposition
it i found the grips pointed forward if they were raised much at all. the only
way to fix it was to remove the grips and flip it. but, there ended up being
a bit more to it...
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3/2/2010:
turning the bike around in a not-so-wide driveway and/or backing up when there is an upward
angle at times...is not so easy. with practice, i'm sure all of this will be no problem, but
there's an easier solution: a cutting board with some 2x2s to keep the centerstand from
slipping off let's me rotate the bike...
why does the one 2x2 stop a few inches short? so the 'S' on the centerstand will fit.
otherwise it becomes lodged between (this picture might help).
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12/9/2009:
while working away i noticed the hinge pins had been lost long ago...and replaced by nails. so,
while down at the hardware store one day i found stainless steel cotter pins that fit, although a
bit long. not much really, but a bit nicer when and if i need to take the seat off for some
reason or another... <g>
(this picture was taken at night, so one of these days, when
it's light out, i'll have to get a better one...)
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11/1/2009: and who thought changing brake pads was easy... it's just not good when
a caliper is stripped. 11/15/2009: all that
needed to be done was have it rethreaded. when i went to reattach everything, i found out that the
wrong length bolt was used, so it
barely
held anything when tightened...
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10/25/2009: a few more pictures...
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i'm not good at photography
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the "dash"
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10/20/2009: my new bike is a yamaha 1979 xs750 F.
these three small pics are from the ad on craigslist (more to come):
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links to a bigger shot (cell phone shots are bad...)
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it's kick start and electric!
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