What did you do with your XS today?

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-Tried out soda blasting. It's awesome. Compressor couldn't keep up though.
-Had a simple set of drag bars made in stainless. Need to test fit the controls then trim the bar length.
-Boiled the carbs in preparation for the last carb parts order to arrive this week.
 
Made a 400 mile round trip to the gulf coast this past weekend, my longest trip yet:thumbsup:. Left on Friday morning, made it there for a Houston Astros game with the family then woke up and came back on Saturday morning. The majority of the trip was wide open road and blue skies. The maxim did quite well as I definitely pushed it to the limits. Can't wait for my next trip down there!:bike:
 
That sounds like a nice ride... living in the north east... we have had nothing but rain for the past 2 weeks... of course its sunny and beautiful as I type this from my office... literally rode around the block when the rain broke on Saturday just so the XS didnt think i found a new blonde bike with larger 'displacements'
 
Sesty said:
That sounds like a nice ride... living in the north east... we have had nothing but rain for the past 2 weeks... of course its sunny and beautiful as I type this from my office... literally rode around the block when the rain broke on Saturday just so the XS didnt think i found a new blonde bike with larger 'displacements'
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Yes, the weather here is polarizing as well. It was 90 Fahrenheit today and will be the same tomorrow. With the summer heat on it's way, like everyone else I want to get all the good riding in while I can. On the other hand, we have also been getting lots of rain. In fact, our 10 year drought finally ended not too long back. All the lakes are at record capacity. Maybe a camping trip is on order?:bike:
 
Yesterday I found out my Yamaha tool kit that was with the bike has the clutch adjustment tool with it, used it to bring my clutch back, through time and space, into this dimension, and went for the year's first ride. Ran great, even when I pushed her up to 70 mph. I forgot how quick you can get to 55 mph...it made me laugh out loud like a crazy.
 
No tool kit with my bikes. Been meaning to put together a basic set of road tools....

Picked up new wrist pins today.
Hadn't noticed any slop between the pins & rods but there's a depression where the con rod sits on the pin and they measure under the specced 16mm. Couldn't measure the hole in the rods...
Will check the fit in the conrods. Hopefully the new pins take care of things.

That was the last part needed before reassembling the SJ's motor.
Need to find a spring for the carb choke detents and then this thing should fire up! :)
 
Well nothing earth shaking here. Finished draining out the oil that I put in after having engine filled with gas due to bad float valve(s). Then dropped the little cover on the bottom to access the suction strainer, was worried what might be in it but considering it has probably not be off in several years it was surprisingly clean. Made new gasket and reinstalled. Filled with 15W-40 diesel rated motor oil, not sure that is the best but should work for a few test runs. Started up and took a few hot laps around the back yard. Guess the next thing to do is finally take it in to get it's New York State Inspection so it is legal for some real road time. I did put a new set of Shinkos on it last week so at least that should pass with no problems!
 
Got my home made rearsets finished and installed and cut, painted and installed a perforated steel inner fender to replace the plastic one I removed.
 
Sold it.

I had a lot of fun with this bike, but in the end, it needed more attention than I was capable of giving it. I enjoy wrenching, to a certain extent, but I enjoy riding much more. I bought a newer bike that I can enjoy riding and maintaining.

Of course I recommended this site to the new owner.

Keep the rubber side down and enjoy the ride!
 
Tried to get the bastard charging.:banghead: Made a new harness to the bike and wont charge anymore, but i think ive narrowed the problem down to the field coil. Ive wired the field coil so that the other end goes to the regulator and other wire to the 10 amp fuse, but the coil doesnet magnetise the stator so im thinking that i need to ground the wire that goes to the fuse? Wiring diagram says otherwise but my R/R manual shows that the field coil should be grounded, can someone confirm this to me please? Bike is a 78 xs400 with a new Regulator Rectifier.
 
Bobrovskithecomrad said:
Wiring diagram says otherwise but my R/R manual shows that the field coil should be grounded
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If your RR wants the field coil grounded you should ground the field coil.
Ive wired the field coil so that the other end goes to the regulator and other wire to the 10 amp fuse, but the coil doesnet magnetise the stator so im thinking that i need to ground the wire that goes to the fuse?
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You are not describing grounding the field coil here.
First of all, grounding a wire that is directly attached to a fuse will result in a blown fuse.
Grounding the field coil would involve one field coil wire going to the regulator and the other wire connecting to ground. No fuses directly connected to the field coil but the brown wire to the regulator could come directly off a fuse.
can someone confirm this to me please? Bike is a 78 xs400 with a new Regulator Rectifier.
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All depends on the wiring diagram for the regulator/rectifier.
 
BBS360 said:
If your RR wants the field coil grounded you should ground the field coil.
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Yes this is pretty much what i needed to get confirmed thank you!

Sorry about the bad explanation on the wiring, i meant that i have a 10 amp fuse that has a wire going to the regulators brown wire and the other one going to the field coils other wire. The other end of the field coil goes to the green fire on the reg so what i meant was that i have to take the wire that goes from the field coil to the fuse and ground that. Since i now have 2 positives to the field coil but no ground for it to electrify and thus magnetise.

Sorry about the little offtopic peeps gonna try and get her charging today!.
 
smurfy71 said:
Sold it.

I had a lot of fun with this bike, but in the end, it needed more attention than I was capable of giving it. I enjoy wrenching, to a certain extent, but I enjoy riding much more. I bought a newer bike that I can enjoy riding and maintaining.

Of course I recommended this site to the new owner.

Keep the rubber side down and enjoy the ride!
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What did you get? You should have kept it AND got the new bike! :)
 
Someone jumping ship?? Not that it's a bad thing I've got an 86 450 Rebel in the garage I'm thinking of keeping myself. Thing is it's just a bit too short from the seat to the bars & controls. Maybe a set of trackers or drag bars & reposition the forward controls are in order.
 
Travis said:
Looks nice! There is a big difference in trying to keep an older bike on the road vs a new one.
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Thanks. The Seca was a basket case when I got it, it came with a bucket of parts that weren't attached. I did what I could, I sold it to someone with more mechanical knowledge then me. I have faith it will be back on the road soon. Right now, I am enjoying the ride, and that's what I got into this for. Wrenching was fun to a certain extent.
 

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