What did you do to your bike today?

[DiverRay]

Got ALL the color sprayed on "daily Ride". Now I need to wet sand, add the pinstripe tape, and clear coat with the two part paint. Last is one more try with the carbs/intake system. I NEED to find out why #1&2 do NOT like to idle. Bike runs good at 4K and up. The bad part, I want to sell this one so I can fix the other '79.

[rpgoerlich]

Disassembled, cleaned and reassembled all the calipers on the 80SG, rebuilt front master(Got Front Brakes Now ) Pumped out the rear master's piston with grease gun, Kit should be here tomorrow. Took it for a spin around the hood, then changed oil and filter.

[cywelchjr]

Not today, but actually last thursday, got a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign. School district cop says I didn't put my foot down. Not happy as I did stop (he never said I didn't stop, just that I didn't put my foot down.)

[b.walker5]

Pulled carbs, god I hate carbs.

[Hideki]

Ordered my clubmans bars and Magura grips, ordered my Hammer 2 race rear seat the other day

[3Phase]

Over the last couple of days I did some cleanup and minor repairs; removed the B&M Supercooler oil cooler, put in new spark plugs and changed the oil.

Today I took a cruise to the beach and had fun in the canyons. When I got to the beach the tach went berserk, then quit and just jumped a little every now and then on the way home. Fuel mileage was down, too, but I had a pretty good idea why this time.

I pulled the timing cover when I got home and found the vacuum advance line was split and hanging off the vacuum advance pot. The line split and fell off the advance a few days ago so this time I replaced the entire line instead of trying to trim off the end and put it back on.

Next, I checked to see if the tach from the XJ parts bike would work and it did, sort of, but it's just not right. The XJ tach internals are a little different than the XS but it should have worked. I guess it got whacked in the wreck ... bummer.

So, for now I'm totally tachless but at least the fuel gauge still works!

[GARTHXS]

Scott or should I say Steve. I have a Tach for you if you need one and its from a g

[3Phase]

Scott or should I say Steve. I have a Tach for you if you need one and its from a g

Thanks, Gary, I'm watching TV and web surfing while I do surgery on three bad tachs hoping I can make one that works. It's not looking good: Lake Placid 3 is just as bad as the first two!

[GARTHXS]

lol , I like the first one when the cow gets eaten

regards
gary

[malber]

Yesterday changed the oil. I used a synthetic blend 10w-30 this time around, see how it goes. Changed the middle and final drive oil too. Had to siphon the rear drive with my Miti-vac because it has a stripped drain plug (it seals, but just spins when I turn it). While doing this I thought about how much easier it was than draining the middle gear from the drain plug that sits right above the center stand cross bar and that I should just use the Miti-vac on both next time. Then I realized I had exactly the same thought the last time I did this.

Oh yeah, changed the plugs too. Hopefully will get up to the White Mountains for some riding today.

[cywelchjr]

Yesterday changed the oil. I used a synthetic blend 10w-30 this time around, see how it goes. Changed the middle and final drive oil too. Had to siphon the rear drive with my Miti-vac because it has a stripped drain plug (it seals, but just spins when I turn it). While doing this I thought about how much easier it was than draining the middle gear from the drain plug that sits right above the center stand cross bar and that I should just use the Miti-vac on both next time. Then I realized I had exactly the same thought the last time I did this.

Oh yeah, changed the plugs too. Hopefully will get up to the White Mountains for some riding today.

I would NOT depend on a stripped drain plug for holding the gear oil in. Hopefully you won't have clutch slippage with the synthetic (it should be ok as long as it's not "energy conserving"). And the miti-vac idea sounds like a great idea for the middle drive, it's sure hard to get that drained without making a mess all over the centerstand, which has the side effect of making the bike drip all over the garage for weeks on end unless you degrease it (and then it smells forever).

[ManitoulinLad]

I rode it to work today & will tommorow - but on the wknd (sat) I went over 6.5 hrs in the "pouring rain". But on sunday the ride back no rain - so it was worth it. It ran both ways with no issues. If anything was wrong it would of showed up in constant rain. I still have my headlight running on my auxilary with a separate line & switch,(winter project) but thats minor it runs great Man I love that bike - Dan

[malber]

I would NOT depend on a stripped drain plug for holding the gear oil in. Hopefully you won't have clutch slippage with the synthetic (it should be ok as long as it's not "energy conserving").

The stripped plug was done by the PO before the last PO. However, it hasn't shown any evidence of leakage. Even the PO didn't have any leakage. Last year I sealed it up good with some JB Stik because it looked like I had some minor leakage. Not pretty but seals it really well. The leakage ended up being oil migration from a leaky valve cover gasket and loose bolts on the valve cover.

I'm not too keen on trying to drill the bugger out. I'd more likely just replace the whole final drive unit. After more than 25k miles I haven't observed any significant drop in level on the Yamaha dipstick.

The synthetic blend is an experiment. I'm seeing if it controls some of the burn-off of oil I've been experiencing recently. I have noticed a slight bit more of the slippage, but I'm also due for replacement clutch springs, so it's hard to tell if it's the oil.

[malber]

BTW, yes, I've had the bike since 2006. 2007 was my first real riding year since I got my MC certification in October of the previous year. I put probably 10,000~13,000 miles on in my first year because it was the new toy. The year after that was when gas went up to over $4.00 a gallon and it was hard to justify riding just for fun. Plus that year I started carpooling so mileage due to commuting was cut. Year after that the bike was laid up in wait of a new exhaust. Those that think high mileage prooves you're a man can shove it.

[CatatonicBug]

Those that think high mileage prooves you're a man can shove it.

Nah! High mileage just means you're lucky! BTW, if you decide to replace the FD, I'm sure there are plenty of folks on here who have done the FD Mod, and could get you one for really cheap. Either that, or find yourself a FD unit from an XS750/850 and do the FD mod yourself.