What did you do to your bike today?

[3Phase]

Nicely done.....and all four even!

Thank yew.

I'm not sure where Yamaha took the 3mm measurement.

I'll check tomorrow in the daylight and see if measuring from that funky tab/flange thing on the carburetor body directly above the float bowl screw will put their 3mm in the range shown in the drawing, nothing else makes sense except a typo in the specs or they drew the wrong marks on the illustration.

[motoman]

Nicely done.....and all four even!

[3Phase]

Nice work there 3Phase re-setting those floats, considering having to pull that carb bank to do so. That 4mm fuel level setting is perfect.....for here at 5,000ft. elev.. From your statement, seems to be fine for your location at sea level also....go figure. Of course, getting running fuel levels identical on all four IS the key to a very smooth running motor with all four cyls. doing the same 'work' at any given rpm. That's the part that has one removing and tweaking float level many a time to get those fuel levels identical on all four carbs with bike at an idle, which myself, I FINIALLY succeded in doing just prior to my crash(totaled ST1100..and myself) back in June 2015.

It's not really difficult to R&R the XJ carburetors but there are a few tricks and extra parts to remove before you do it.

Sometime last year at a tight 23mm spec:




A couple of days ago after ~20K miles and no change from the tight 23mm spec:



A couple of days ago and reset to a loose 23mm spec:




The fine manual:

[motoman]

My XJ1100 has been leaking oil from the neutral switch and marking her territory wherever I park. I think she's jealous and was trying to pretend to be a Harley to get my attention but the switch finally shorted out and the neutral light stayed on all the time.

I popped in a spare neutral switch and fixed the light and the leak. That was annoying.

There was a discussion on Facebook that got me wondering about the fuel level specification. The fine manual says it's 3mm +/- 1mm below the mixing chamber body but the picture in the book shows the level below the upper float bowl lip by the screw and washer. That's roughly 4mm to 6mm below the mixing chamber.

I pulled the carbs and reset the floats from a tight 23mm to a loose 23mm and they're right at 4mm from the mixing chamber instead of 5mm. (shrug) It still runs like a scalded dog

Nice work there 3Phase re-setting those floats, considering having to pull that carb bank to do so. That 4mm fuel level setting is perfect.....for here at 5,000ft. elev.. From your statement, seems to be fine for your location at sea level also....go figure. Of course, getting running fuel levels identical on all four IS the key to a very smooth running motor with all four cyls. doing the same 'work' at any given rpm. That's the part that has one removing and tweaking float level many a time to get those fuel levels identical on all four carbs with bike at an idle, which myself, I FINIALLY succeded in doing just prior to my crash(totaled ST1100..and myself) back in June 2015.

[3Phase]

My XJ1100 has been leaking oil from the neutral switch and marking her territory wherever I park. I think she's jealous and was trying to pretend to be a Harley to get my attention but the switch finally shorted out and the neutral light stayed on all the time.

I popped in a spare neutral switch and fixed the light and the leak. That was annoying.

There was a discussion on Facebook that got me wondering about the fuel level specification. The fine manual says it's 3mm +/- 1mm below the mixing chamber body but the picture in the book shows the level below the upper float bowl lip by the screw and washer. That's roughly 4mm to 6mm below the mixing chamber.

I pulled the carbs and reset the floats from a tight 23mm to a loose 23mm and they're right at 4mm from the mixing chamber instead of 5mm. (shrug) It still runs like a scalded dog

[MarkD]

What I did -- I got my bike out of storage and put 4 miles on it as a test run. I didn't put even one mile on it last season, due to my schedule. Yesterday, it started right up after sitting for 1 1/2 years. No smoke, no stutter, no nothing. I used the StarTron gas stabilizer when I put it in storage. Good stuff, evidently. Anyhoo, my F is running, and I'm pleased all is good with it. Feeling lucky about everything.

[Buckmaster79]

Kerker

I have more clearance with the Kerker never had a problem.

[bikerphil]

Looks like a Kerker exhaust.

[BA80]

Nice SF.

I see you have the center stand on there with the Mac 4 into 1. Is that just for the pic? I could never get it to go up far enough to keep it on mine. It would drag on corners.

[bikerphil]

Wow, that's purdy.

[Buckmaster79]

Cleaned up for a show

[Jdwags]

Wow, that looks great!

[dansmith65]

Zinc plated something for the first time this weekend... was just an airbox bracket because it was my first time and I didn't want to test on something you can actually see.

before:


after:

[IanDMacDonald]

Really love how my bike starts with this new battery.

Built-in voltmeter!!!! Now, that is cool! I don't want to risk Lithium Ion in mine with Michigan's cold temps.

[gene]

Battery Upgrade



Really love how my bike starts with this new battery.