Recent content by frankenrat

Here's an idea. I had the same situation with my xs650. The foam had mostly disintegrated. I cleaned the remaining foam off. went to the fabric store, bought some 3/8 - 1/2" foam for a few bucks and a couple tubes of an adhesive called Seal All. Cut the new foam to wrap around the framework...

Working with you on this is beneficial to me too. It helps me keep my mind open to problems that come up with these old bikes and see how they can be solved. Came across another website put up by a fellow who owns 750 triples, had a nice write up on carb rebuilding along with good pictures. His...

After you put your gas tank back on and prepared to start the bike did you switch the petcocks to prime for a minute or two to fill the float bowls? Push down the choke lever? At this point l guess would spray some starter fluid into the carbs and see if the engine fires. BTW, have you checked...

Some more thoughts: Have you turned off the head light before trying to start the bike? Looking at the plug in the picture it looks dry. Are the other two plugs the same? You may not be getting fuel to the engine. Check the float bowls, see if there's gas in them. You can back the screw on the...

If you're at the auto store be sure to pick up some new spark plugs, BP7ES in NGK, or the equivalent in other brands. Don't get resistor plugs. I'm guessing the ones in your bike are probably fouled. Use the new plugs when checking for spark, make sure the plug is grounded to the engine when...

l know you've been focused on the carbs, have you looked at or tested the electrics, put in new spark plugs, checked for spark? On this era yamaha bikes one of the biggest problems people encounter is the crappy fuse box. Since its been converted to electronic ignition make sure the coils have...

Here's a link that covers the conversion, found on the Yamaha triples forum. http://yamaha-triples.org/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=13573&mid=93562#M93562 l also have a '77 triple that l'll be working on this summer.

One thing I was wondering about is if you were using a breaker bar, applying steady pressure on the flywheel remover and tapping it at the same time with the hammer. When I removed the rotor on my xs650, it didn't just pop off, but it eventually did with that technique. If your using a bolt make...

Here's a link to the triples forum http://www.yamaha-triples.org They know their stuff and there's even a manual you can download, you'll just have to do some searching. Here's a link to a short thread on removing the stator...

Quite a lot of good ideas at XS400.com

When I had anXS850, I belonged to this forum: http://www.yamaha-triples.org A lot of information, and people to help out.