Mexiwop
XS650 Enthusiast
hello Ladies and Gents i just purchased my first yamaha. plan is to get her up and running and then make my parts list to taylor the bike to my taste. sonic seb's red yamaha is one of the reason i picked this up.
a little background on me, professional auto/diesel mechanic for LAUSD i used to run a shop building parts for vintage triumphs. i still have about 7 triumphs from the 1950's to late 1970's from 500cc, 650cc, to 750cc
so far bike starts and sorta runs, will go through gas tank/petcock and carbs.
starter seems to be dragging (staying engaged too long) not so much of a grinding.
front brakes need gone through (was given a master cyl with sale)
will be putting on some fresh rubber (tires are dry rotted to hell)
P.O. also threw in a new ignition switch, o ring drive chain with a sprocket set.
when running does have what appears to be cam chain noise(gets quieter when i rev it up)
so i will get to the cam chain adjustment and valves.
when trying to shift the bike it dies, i have bypassed the side stand switch. i dont know what the switch on the case above the trans does? im thinking that i may have stuck/sticking clutch plates.
my chilton will be here soon. will update as progress occurs
a little background on me, professional auto/diesel mechanic for LAUSD i used to run a shop building parts for vintage triumphs. i still have about 7 triumphs from the 1950's to late 1970's from 500cc, 650cc, to 750cc
so far bike starts and sorta runs, will go through gas tank/petcock and carbs.
starter seems to be dragging (staying engaged too long) not so much of a grinding.
front brakes need gone through (was given a master cyl with sale)
will be putting on some fresh rubber (tires are dry rotted to hell)
P.O. also threw in a new ignition switch, o ring drive chain with a sprocket set.
when running does have what appears to be cam chain noise(gets quieter when i rev it up)
so i will get to the cam chain adjustment and valves.
when trying to shift the bike it dies, i have bypassed the side stand switch. i dont know what the switch on the case above the trans does? im thinking that i may have stuck/sticking clutch plates.
my chilton will be here soon. will update as progress occurs
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