Recent content by RZ350

Just a follow-up here... I took my step daughter out for about an hour long ride last night and all is well after my little gasket blunder.  No leaks, and the bike is running great!  In fact, the bike is crisper off idle than ever before.  I'm not sure if its due to the new iridium plugs, new...

Thanks.  I'm glad someone else might benefit from it besides me.  Besides, I couldn't have a link in my signature that didn't work, now could I?  LOL I have 5 or 6 other mods that never got added to the the Index...  its probably time to finally add them, just for completeness.

Well, it seems with the forum update in 2019, none of the links work in my old Index Thread (Link to old Index Thread).   And because the Index Thread is now archived and I can’t simply edit the links within it to the new format, I will just go ahead and create a new one.  I still love this bike...

That stands to reason because even if S4 was grounded directly to the frame or battery, the original chart shows S6 still would be flowing over 22 amps (too much!!).  The current needed to be diverted at or upstream of S6 too.

That's funny.  I really never know what Yamaha's final fix was...  all I remember was people complaining it wasn't enough and I passed on the OEM recall mods.  By the time they came out with it, I had my own fix and I had moved on.  I had proven to myself in the following updated charts it...

Wow, this subject takes me back 10 years!  I'll share my calc files from back then in case anyone is interested.  I analyzed a spare 2008 harness assembly I had and compiled this spreadsheet looking at the estimated amp flow through each spider in a worst case scenario.  It should match...

Agreed, the proper tools are always best, but there are always dozens of ways to accomplish a given job.  I was probably too broke after buying the special sized thin wall aluminum tube to drive the bushings back in to invest anymore in the project.  LOL

Just trying to recall what I did a couple years ago when rebuilding my forks with new bushings.  I did not make a special socket, I know that for sure.  I think I got lucky and the bottom screws broke loose and came out without much struggle.  During reassembly, I believe I used a PVC pipe or...

Well, I was so focused on the outer perimeter of the cover seal, I forgot about the inner perimeters.  Duh!   All's well that ends well, I always say.  This blunder cost me nothing more than a few hours of extra time.  Time I was going to use to install a bike powered garage door opener...

Fred - you are a genius!  You pulled my butt out of a sling again!  Look what I found in spark plug well #4 !!!!  Haha.  I guess I have some more work to do this afternoon, but at least it is nothing serious.  I thought I checked all those wells closely before tightening the cover down, darn...

Here is a shot showing the top of the exhaust port where the leak is coming from.  When its running, there is no sign of oil running down anywhere in this area, yet that hole below has a steady weep coming from it.

More pictures of this mysterious weep hole...

Correct, Google Photos link only lasts a short time (weeks/months?), but they have a Google Album Archive that all photos get instantly saved in and my links from there have lasted over 6 years now.  Lots of confirmation of from others on the web too that they are "permanent". I'll check...

I jumping in and I think fixed a sharing issue in Google Photos.  Can anyone see the picture now? That was my thought and I looked it over good.  There is a tiny hole (maybe 1/16" dia) at 6 o'clock position beneath exhaust port that it is clearly weeping from when the engine is idling.  There...

I just did a valve clearance check on 2007 FJR1300A and now I have a small weep of oil coming out of a small hole directly below the exhaust port on cylinder #4 with the engine idling.  What did I do wrong?  Everything seemed fine during the valve check, no gaps needed adjusting, and it went...