Quick tip for all motorcycle riders. The first time you have to dig your battery out of the bike, take some extra time to run a couple heavy gage wires from the battery to a closed compartment, like that trunk on your bike. Terminate them with wire nuts. Next time your battery dies you now have a place to hook up a charger, or if you get stranded you can hook up jumper cables.
You can jump it with a car battery, but leave the car engine off. A car battery has much more endurance and will give you a much better chance of a start on a stored bike. However; a car alternator puts out too much power for the fuses in your bike, so don't have the car running. Jets are plugged in the carbs, you need to clean them for it to run right. Appreciate your sharing this video with us.
Oooooh man !!! That was my first big bike back in 1985 and I didn't know what I had . I bought it used for $1,300 in Louisiana and in 1986 I moved to the high desert in California . There were weekend drags in the middle of nowhere . Here's the thing that I didn't know . That is one of the QUICKEST bikes in it's class for that period . It only tops out at 115 but it gets there quick !!!!! I blew away any takers from 500 cc too 900 ccs for the most part ( a couple special bikes got me but they had to be special like the Suzuki 305 two stroke that smoked me the worst ) . If you nail it and speed shift at redline it shifts into 6th right at 1/4 mile . It's a mean bike !!! I would ride wheelies 1st thru 4th and took it out INTO the desert and jumped it and climbed hills that I wouldn't touch on my dirt bike . When I sold it I sold it because it quit scaring me . The header was Smashed at the bottom , all places that could leak were leaking ( except the gas tank ) . I sold it for $100.00 and a year later spotted it at a swap meet and the guy who had it was trying to sell it to me for $1,500 lol . All of the leaks we're fixed but I knew it was my bike because an ant got trapped in the speedo glass and died in Louisiana . I don't know if you still have this machine yet I want you to know it's very special thanks to the 6 speed tranny . I've probably had 40 motorcycles since then and I honestly liked that better than my old KZ 750 , yet probably not as much as my current Shadow Aero 750 even though that bike will blow my bikes doors off . Thanks for the memories
Hey mate that back wheel spinning isn't an issue. It's just the nature of multiplate clutches. You'll be able to stop the rear tire with your hand, there's no torque going through it.
No, actually, you're thinking about the situation if the bike is in gear and you release the clutch, by squeezing the clutch lever. Right now the clutch is fully engaged, and the wheel turning was just the gears in neutral spinning on their shafts with a tiny bit of friction making the output sprocket turn. And you are right about no torque going to the wheel, he stopped it with his hand with almost no effort. I am far more concerned about the clutch release lever on the case. That lever goes inside and pushes against the clutch springs to release it. Unless he gets that working properly, there will be no riding it. That cover has to come off.
And adjust the valves. I bought a real brand new one 82. I paid the dealer to do the break in service. I bought the manual and have done all the maintenance on all my bikes since. Fun bike and great for commuting
All it needed was a tune up. But since then I've put on around 5k miles, redid the fuse box, front light, rejetted the carbs. New bars and brakes and actually rebuilding the front brake this week. She seems happy ☺️
Hey, just wanted you to know, I believe your new bike has a wet clutch. The wheel turning while in neutral is normal for a wet clutch. I know because I also thought something was wrong with my bike when I first saw that. If you can stop it with your hand or foot easily, then it is normal. And you know you have oil in the motor. And since it is a motorcycle, it always needs changed!
In this case .... yes! A motorcycle has an generator too so if it runs it will send out energy... fine you spared a few bucks for having a propper cable on hand, but some cars really didnt like these kind of inputs or the flimsy cable make nice melting marks on your paint. Why are you doing so complicated? To get to the fuelline, just release the tankmount and you can acess the area easily. Next time getyourself a spare car battery even a midly beaten up one will have the power to crank the bike. Happy working and ride safe
When I was in my twenties I bought a brand maximum 550 Yamaha it like $2,400 for the brand new one and I love that bike great bike it was fast to it came with tools in trunk
I've got a GXS750F with the same cable problem, mine had been covered, but there was a hole in the cover, water had got in and ran down the inner cable and rusted. I took it off, soaked it in the old fule and pulled it through a few times. The XS in any form is an excellent bike to work on, i think you will have some fun.
Sounds like your carbs are going need a good clean. If it won't rev then could be the main jet is plugged. If it only idles on choke then it might be that the idle jet is also plugged. Get some carb cleaner and some beer, and snake some wire through the jets until you can see light. Make sure the tank is clean. Maybe install a secondary fuel filter before the carbs to be sure. The rear wheel spin is normal on a wet clutch bike. You should replace the oil as well and might as well check the clutch plates were done correctly while you have the oil drained.
Avoid snaking wire through your jets. Jets are made of brass and depending on how you man-handle that process you could create scratches or gouges which will affect how that jet performs. Simply hitting them with carb cleaner and compressed air should suffice or at worst case, fill the float bowl with carb cleaner, remove the jets from the carb, and soak them in the float bowl. If nothing works to free the obstruction, jets are extremely cheap, just replace them.
Also, the fact that the carbs were leaking when the petcock was set to "prime" indicates that you probably have a leaky float needle valve. Since you'll be cleaning/rebuilding the carbs anyway, you'll hopefully be killing two birds with one stone.
Just picked up the exact same bike for 100 with a title that ran. Just needed new steering stem bearings and away I went. Love it so far. Good candidate for a bobber conversion. Btw that tach is from an old XS. Either that or an old CB.
Out in the middle of nowhere this guy was stranded with a dead battery. They had left the radio on while they fished. He asked me for a jump. I didn't have cables but I did have bailing wire. So I ran the wire to his battery from mine because he had side post and I had top post. 30 minutes later he started his car and thanked me. I could see when I went to hook them up hat he didn't think it would work but I knew it would. My philosophy is, I'm never stranded, just delayed. Some time you just have to work with what you got.
Drop the carby bowls & reset the float height, clean the needle & seat, bingo, no flooding. When these old bikes get dropped it can easily "jar" the height setting tang on the floats.
When you're trying to start a bike that's been stored that long, you should do all that's necessary to get a normal start including checking the spark plugs, clean and adjust carbs, dump the old crankcase oil, etc. and DON't burn up the starter motor by continually trying to get it to start when it needs work. New starters ain't cheap.
I would say you got one heck of a good deal, I would buy any bike that is all together running or not for 100.00 any day of the week. Easy fix on the clutch, just lube it to get it to return or get the right one that will adjust out that is the correct length, clean the carbs and check the chain tensioner and run a compression test to make sure the valves are seating and go for a ride, or just send it cross country. The first thing I would do is to drain all the old fuel out of the tank and clean the carbs. There might be an automatic vacuum switch for the gas valve as well as the pet cock that might have a fuel filter in it as well that might need cleaning. Also please watch your language so that more people will like to subscribe to your channel. You should have a reserve, on and off section for the petcock valve. The starter should not be run over four or five second intervals or you can burn it up. The original owner said he could get it to idle just would not run on all the cylinders. That thing is not running on all cylinders and carbs are not right and will not be until cleaned properly. You're wasting your time thinking it will clear itself up. Trust me if it was in gear the safety switches would not allow you to start it to begin with. Plus that rear tire would be spinning real fast.
Carbs needed to be cleaned out first, including all jets. Check the floats and float needle valves. All that before attempting to start it, then it would fire right up and fun fine as long as the engine itself is ok and the valves and spark plugs are ok.
With my years of experience, I just wanted to call out to you and say, Unbolt the tank and give your self some room, get needle nose pliers onto that fuel line, get the spark plugs out and see what they are like ...and do you have spark on spark plugs, what condition is the petrol in, put petrol down the spark plug holes to get a bite out of it etc and etc. But I can see you are starting out on that journey of discovery, and when I was young I had to muddle through to as I did not have a mechanically minded father. good luck with it. For what it is worth your set up with the car battery seemed ok except those wires wouldn't probably carry much current, but it did the job.
Big Red the small jumper wires kept it from carrying too much current. That saved his fuses, starter and harness. Inadvertent good thing. Yeah at 50+ I would walk through it piece by piece: power, spark, clean fuel, clean hoses, dump carb bowls, air. If I was 18 I'd just jump in like this, as I did at 14. Kinda nostalgic.
Runs on choke wont run with choke off... Jets are clogged. Common issue with motorcycles that have not been used for a while. Sometimes it's as simple as blowing them out with some carb cleaner but sometimes they are too far gone and a replacement is needed. Replacing them is not too hard.
You lucky bastard! I wish I could find a deal like that. I love to mess with older bikes. Have you changed the oil in it yet? Let it warm up like you are, just idling, and then try to drain the oil. It may not even come out. I had an 82 virago and the oil looked like damp mud when I got it.
Running on 2 cyl sounds like, clean carbs and make zure to sync them correctly or it will run like shit. Good luck bro, those old 4 carb motors can be a challenge
Parents should not let kids play near bikes. When I was a child I was playing near my Dad's cb900 and I was probably swinging from the handlebars as a curious kid would do and it fell over. It fell on me but luckily just pinned me to the ground but I wasn't hurt at all. I just shouted for help and got yelled at lol
I'd be willing to bet, that those carbs are all gummed up.....clean them out and it should be ok.. Also, I'm pretty sure you can get a new clutch cable off ebay for cheap
Eeeeeee man not being able to run your bike without choke means your engine has low compression and you might need to fix the piston heads and rings to get it going without choke man but otherwise great video ! Sorry I’m a couple years late lol but regardless I’m still subbing lol
Nice find, my brother used to have one just like that forever ago. Good luck getting it road worthy. Idling fine, but not with the throttle on.. guess the main jet in the carb is blocked?
Yeah, I'm still working on it... I'm going to try to run some Seafoam though it and see if that helps, if not I guess I'll be taking those carbs off. Thanks for watching!
YDIS would be on the carbs, it stands for Yamaha Dual intake System. It was their way to avoid the performance difference between the idle jet and main jet before FI was a thing, but essentially giving you 1.5 carbs on one cylinder. I'm not sure if they only used it on their single cylinders (my '88 XT600 has it), or if it bled over to their others as well. There can be some issues with working on them due to their differences/ complexities between them and more normal carbs.
@@aliceshaw8265 It really hurts me to see and hear an amateur mechanic messing around a great bike' for the cheap price, He should have paid a good shop to put it back in shape. He could have re-sold that machine for at least 10 times what he paid.
I don't think thst motor has any oil in it man... you checked the oil right? Do THAT.... then clean the carbs and it'll fire right up, just youtube up some carb cleaning tutorials... it's one of the easiest jobs in motor repair.
The term “brand new” implies that it’s new straight from the brand lol, that’s a used 1982 Yamaha, it’s not brand new anymore my guy even if it is new to you.
Quick tip for all motorcycle riders.
The first time you have to dig your battery out of the bike, take some extra time to run a couple heavy gage wires from the battery to a closed compartment, like that trunk on your bike. Terminate them with wire nuts.
Next time your battery dies you now have a place to hook up a charger, or if you get stranded you can hook up jumper cables.
You can jump it with a car battery, but leave the car engine off. A car battery has much more endurance and will give you a much better chance of a start on a stored bike. However; a car alternator puts out too much power for the fuses in your bike, so don't have the car running. Jets are plugged in the carbs, you need to clean them for it to run right. Appreciate your sharing this video with us.
Wasn't sure if he checked the oil, cos the engine sounded a bit dry cranking over
Oooooh man !!!
That was my first big bike back in 1985 and I didn't know what I had .
I bought it used for $1,300 in Louisiana and in 1986 I moved to the high desert in California .
There were weekend drags in the middle of nowhere . Here's the thing that I didn't know . That is one of the QUICKEST bikes in it's class for that period . It only tops out at 115 but it gets there quick !!!!! I blew away any takers from 500 cc too 900 ccs for the most part ( a couple special bikes got me but they had to be special like the Suzuki 305 two stroke that smoked me the worst ) . If you nail it and speed shift at redline it shifts into 6th right at 1/4 mile .
It's a mean bike !!!
I would ride wheelies 1st thru 4th and took it out INTO the desert and jumped it and climbed hills that I wouldn't touch on my dirt bike .
When I sold it I sold it because it quit scaring me . The header was Smashed at the bottom , all places that could leak were leaking ( except the gas tank ) .
I sold it for $100.00 and a year later spotted it at a swap meet and the guy who had it was trying to sell it to me for $1,500 lol .
All of the leaks we're fixed but I knew it was my bike because an ant got trapped in the speedo glass and died in Louisiana .
I don't know if you still have this machine yet I want you to know it's very special thanks to the 6 speed tranny .
I've probably had 40 motorcycles since then and I honestly liked that better than my old KZ 750 , yet probably not as much as my current Shadow Aero 750 even though that bike will blow my bikes doors off .
Thanks for the memories
Good story
That’s exactly what it is. A story. A fictional story.
@@HumGuitar you weren't there
Clean main jet and I bet this thing will be ready for thunder road.
Hey mate that back wheel spinning isn't an issue. It's just the nature of multiplate clutches. You'll be able to stop the rear tire with your hand, there's no torque going through it.
No, actually, you're thinking about the situation if the bike is in gear and you release the clutch, by squeezing the clutch lever. Right now the clutch is fully engaged, and the wheel turning was just the gears in neutral spinning on their shafts with a tiny bit of friction making the output sprocket turn. And you are right about no torque going to the wheel, he stopped it with his hand with almost no effort. I am far more concerned about the clutch release lever on the case. That lever goes inside and pushes against the clutch springs to release it. Unless he gets that working properly, there will be no riding it. That cover has to come off.
Clean and sync the carbs you’ll be fine
Riaz Uddin yo im getting one tomorrow and i need to do the same thing. How do i go about foing so
And adjust the valves. I bought a real brand new one 82. I paid the dealer to do the break in service. I bought the manual and have done all the maintenance on all my bikes since. Fun bike and great for commuting
Im paying 7 times this tomorrow and i need to un gum the carbs. Absolutely beautiful bike
Hopefully paying 800 for mine, with no mechanical issues other than cosmetic dings. How’s yours
All it needed was a tune up. But since then I've put on around 5k miles, redid the fuse box, front light, rejetted the carbs. New bars and brakes and actually rebuilding the front brake this week. She seems happy ☺️
Hey, just wanted you to know, I believe your new bike has a wet clutch. The wheel turning while in neutral is normal for a wet clutch. I know because I also thought something was wrong with my bike when I first saw that. If you can stop it with your hand or foot easily, then it is normal. And you know you have oil in the motor. And since it is a motorcycle, it always needs changed!
This thing has a Honda tachometer grafted into the instrument cluster! I'm not mad at all I'm actually impressed esp if it works! Gives it character!
Jumper cables are like $10 man, come on!!
I know...
be more resourceful... pathetic consumer
If it's stupid but it works, is it still stupid?
In this case .... yes! A motorcycle has an generator too so if it runs it will send out energy... fine you spared a few bucks for having a propper cable on hand, but some cars really didnt like these kind of inputs or the flimsy cable make nice melting marks on your paint.
Why are you doing so complicated? To get to the fuelline, just release the tankmount and you can acess the area easily. Next time getyourself a spare car battery even a midly beaten up one will have the power to crank the bike.
Happy working and ride safe
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When I was in my twenties I bought a brand maximum 550 Yamaha it like $2,400 for the brand new one and I love that bike great bike it was fast to it came with tools in trunk
I had an XJ650. She was a sweet bike. The worst part for me cleaning the carbs was getting the dang airbox boots back on.
I just bought one today $900 bucks running perfect and insane ridiculous conditions only 5300 miles. So fast and easy to handle
I've got a GXS750F with the same cable problem, mine had been covered, but there was a hole in the cover, water had got in and ran down the inner cable and rusted. I took it off, soaked it in the old fule and pulled it through a few times. The XS in any form is an excellent bike to work on, i think you will have some fun.
Got an 82' XJ750 Maxim.
Extremely satisfied with it, one hell of a bike.
i got one too
Sounds like your carbs are going need a good clean. If it won't rev then could be the main jet is plugged. If it only idles on choke then it might be that the idle jet is also plugged. Get some carb cleaner and some beer, and snake some wire through the jets until you can see light. Make sure the tank is clean. Maybe install a secondary fuel filter before the carbs to be sure. The rear wheel spin is normal on a wet clutch bike. You should replace the oil as well and might as well check the clutch plates were done correctly while you have the oil drained.
Awesome! Thanks for the advice! Your right checking the clutch is probably a good idea.
Avoid snaking wire through your jets. Jets are made of brass and depending on how you man-handle that process you could create scratches or gouges which will affect how that jet performs. Simply hitting them with carb cleaner and compressed air should suffice or at worst case, fill the float bowl with carb cleaner, remove the jets from the carb, and soak them in the float bowl. If nothing works to free the obstruction, jets are extremely cheap, just replace them.
Cool, thanks!
I vouch for what mechanicalcanvas says on the whole wire on the jets deal. Either clean them proper or replace them.
Also, the fact that the carbs were leaking when the petcock was set to "prime" indicates that you probably have a leaky float needle valve. Since you'll be cleaning/rebuilding the carbs anyway, you'll hopefully be killing two birds with one stone.
Just picked up the exact same bike for 100 with a title that ran. Just needed new steering stem bearings and away I went. Love it so far. Good candidate for a bobber conversion. Btw that tach is from an old XS. Either that or an old CB.
Out in the middle of nowhere this guy was stranded with a dead battery. They had left the radio on while they fished. He asked me for a jump. I didn't have cables but I did have bailing wire. So I ran the wire to his battery from mine because he had side post and I had top post. 30 minutes later he started his car and thanked me. I could see when I went to hook them up hat he didn't think it would work but I knew it would.
My philosophy is, I'm never stranded, just delayed. Some time you just have to work with what you got.
I spent $100 to refurbish my seat, so you got a $100 seat and a free bike and when you got it to fire it became a $1000 bike.(or more ) nice Job!
That is the sweetest deal of a lifetime. 👍
Enjoyed your video. I shared your excitement at getting it running. Hope it works well for you. Be safe. God bless.
Drop the carby bowls & reset the float height, clean the needle & seat, bingo, no flooding. When these old bikes get dropped it can easily "jar" the height setting tang on the floats.
That seat! I would pay $100 just for that!
>X-D
Sweet find! See these on Craigslist all the time.
When you're trying to start a bike that's been stored that long, you should do all that's necessary to get a normal start including checking the spark plugs, clean and adjust carbs, dump the old crankcase oil, etc. and DON't burn up the starter motor by continually trying to get it to start when it needs work. New starters ain't cheap.
I had a similar 1982 Yamaha Seca 650. It was a great bike. I wish I never sold it.
I had the 750. It's great. I gave it away for $95 carb cleaning bill. I stopped riding it since I had a 700 Virago to ride.
I would say you got one heck of a good deal, I would buy any bike that is all together running or not for 100.00 any day of the week. Easy fix on the clutch, just lube it to get it to return or get the right one that will adjust out that is the correct length, clean the carbs and check the chain tensioner and run a compression test to make sure the valves are seating and go for a ride, or just send it cross country. The first thing I would do is to drain all the old fuel out of the tank and clean the carbs. There might be an automatic vacuum switch for the gas valve as well as the pet cock that might have a fuel filter in it as well that might need cleaning. Also please watch your language so that more people will like to subscribe to your channel. You should have a reserve, on and off section for the petcock valve. The starter should not be run over four or five second intervals or you can burn it up. The original owner said he could get it to idle just would not run on all the cylinders. That thing is not running on all cylinders and carbs are not right and will not be until cleaned properly. You're wasting your time thinking it will clear itself up. Trust me if it was in gear the safety switches would not allow you to start it to begin with. Plus that rear tire would be spinning real fast.
The good ole king/queen seat
Carbs needed to be cleaned out first, including all jets. Check the floats and float needle valves. All that before attempting to start it, then it would fire right up and fun fine as long as the engine itself is ok and the valves and spark plugs are ok.
The choke problem is the fact that your idle screw is either backed out or your carbs need a rebuild
You can put a surface charge on that battery and it might start the bike, but don’t count on jumping any engine with those small wires.
That’s pretty cool man good video usually if it’s warm and it dies after choke is off carbs need clean.yamaha are the best
Change the oil clean the carbs change the sparkplug. Works everytime as long as ur engine is not lock
I just bought a 82 750 Maxim and it is beautiful
Nice bike, what a steal!
Thanks! stay tuned for updates as I get this bike roadworthy.
First thing is make sure gas is enough in the tank. I see so often guys run the battery down before they even look in the tank.
With my years of experience, I just wanted to call out to you and say, Unbolt the tank and give your self some room, get needle nose pliers onto that fuel line, get the spark plugs out and see what they are like ...and do you have spark on spark plugs, what condition is the petrol in, put petrol down the spark plug holes to get a bite out of it etc and etc. But I can see you are starting out on that journey of discovery, and when I was young I had to muddle through to as I did not have a mechanically minded father. good luck with it.
For what it is worth your set up with the car battery seemed ok except those wires wouldn't probably carry much current, but it did the job.
Big Red the small jumper wires kept it from carrying too much current. That saved his fuses, starter and harness. Inadvertent good thing.
Yeah at 50+ I would walk through it piece by piece: power, spark, clean fuel, clean hoses, dump carb bowls, air. If I was 18 I'd just jump in like this, as I did at 14. Kinda nostalgic.
Bet you've cleaned the carbs and have the bike running reliably by now. How about an update?
Down the road you can make a diy carb sync tool. Worked on my fzr 600
Clean curbs and 4 new spark plugs. I Have a 82 650.
I bought a used 82 yamha 650 special back in 89 wish I still owned it . I still ride I own a 2002 Honda vtx 1800
Should have put your hand over the intakes and adjusted with your fingers to see if it would rev. Sounds like and air issue.
Those carbs are gunked up. Pull and deep clean, run some premium or supreme gas through and it’ll fire hard
Sounds soooooo much like an old CM250 I had and punched the life back into.
Runs on choke wont run with choke off... Jets are clogged. Common issue with motorcycles that have not been used for a while. Sometimes it's as simple as blowing them out with some carb cleaner but sometimes they are too far gone and a replacement is needed. Replacing them is not too hard.
You lucky bastard! I wish I could find a deal like that. I love to mess with older bikes. Have you changed the oil in it yet? Let it warm up like you are, just idling, and then try to drain the oil. It may not even come out. I had an 82 virago and the oil looked like damp mud when I got it.
Going to change the oil tomorrow, I'll let you know how it goes...
Joe's Junk Cars good luck! You can't go wrong with a $100 old bike
Spark plugs and a carb cleaning would be your best bet
You need to invest in a clip on mic. Can literally see the choke in the reflection of the spedometer lol
That seat is huuuuuuuge!
Sounds like you need your carbs cleaned ,not enough gas getting through .
Did you fix it? Mine was doing almost the same thing, I end up rebuilding the carburetor and now it works like a charm.
That where I'm at, just need to rebuild the carbs and I'm hoping it will run. Hopefully I'll get around to doing it soon...
Did you ever pull the carbs
The tacho is off a cb550. Clean the carbs and you'll be fine.
Dude. Call your dad. Have him clean the spark plugs, check the oil, and clean the carbs, then it might crank for you.
,did u notice front forks were bent
So you still own this bike? Just bkught one for 400$ runs great
That thing is rad
Love the seat!
Put new plugs in it....clean the carbs!
New spark plugs, fresh gas, new battery, fresh oil, then try to start it
Plus clean out the carbies
Carburetor was totally dirty. Main jet so plug. For sure
Running on 2 cyl sounds like, clean carbs and make zure to sync them correctly or it will run like shit. Good luck bro, those old 4 carb motors can be a challenge
Parents should not let kids play near bikes. When I was a child I was playing near my Dad's cb900 and I was probably swinging from the handlebars as a curious kid would do and it fell over. It fell on me but luckily just pinned me to the ground but I wasn't hurt at all. I just shouted for help and got yelled at lol
its clearly bogging out adjust the carb?
sounds beautiful I take that back
Should have checked the oil. And put a fan in from of that air cooled fun toy.
run some carb cleaner through it or seafoam she might clean itself up with riding
Cool bike for $100 👍👍
Tell how I just seen this bike on craig with the same words
I'd be willing to bet, that those carbs are all gummed up.....clean them out and it should be ok.. Also, I'm pretty sure you can get a new clutch cable off ebay for cheap
when your bikes almost as long as your car lol
Eeeeeee man not being able to run your bike without choke means your engine has low compression and you might need to fix the piston heads and rings to get it going without choke man but otherwise great video ! Sorry I’m a couple years late lol but regardless I’m still subbing lol
Not getting gas, carbs are gummed up and blocked.
Brand new 1982 Yamaha.
It’s 2019.
I recommend playback at x1.5
Where the f did U get the service manual for that
You can download the manual online in PDF form.
Try putting sea foam down the carbs it will wake right up
Holy flood. Put Noah to shame with that one :P
that bad running, won't take throttle, dead giveaway for gummed up carbs. Check the plugs just in case they need cleaning also.
Nice find, my brother used to have one just like that forever ago. Good luck getting it road worthy. Idling fine, but not with the throttle on.. guess the main jet in the carb is blocked?
Yeah, I'm still working on it... I'm going to try to run some Seafoam though it and see if that helps, if not I guess I'll be taking those carbs off. Thanks for watching!
As long as it doesn't have YDIS, you should be fine. If it's got YDIS......have fun with that.
It says YICS on the crank cover?
YDIS would be on the carbs, it stands for Yamaha Dual intake System. It was their way to avoid the performance difference between the idle jet and main jet before FI was a thing, but essentially giving you 1.5 carbs on one cylinder. I'm not sure if they only used it on their single cylinders (my '88 XT600 has it), or if it bled over to their others as well.
There can be some issues with working on them due to their differences/ complexities between them and more normal carbs.
Okay cool something to look out for.
carbs need cleaned out ....
Your a trip! My God
Clean carbs or at least put carb cleaner down fuel line to fill the carbs then get new battery.
Jumper cables and Sea Foam when it's running. It'll cost you 30 bucks....MAX.
,,,hard starting motors of all kinds....seafoam helps...alot
He calls that a beater😭😭😭that shit is like perfect for $100
Bet theres a heap of crap in bowls on those carbs from sitting
It's in better shape than most of them you find.
Mines a total meth job
LuLz
Wow man good
Clean carb jets with carb cleaner and compressed air
forks look bent
take the carbs off and clean them up and then sync them should be a decent bike
This was so painful to watch :( his lack of skill is killing me
Damn
his lack of experience is killing the starter
@@aliceshaw8265 It really hurts me to see and hear an amateur mechanic messing around a great bike' for the cheap price,
He should have paid a good shop to put it back in shape. He could have re-sold that machine for at least 10 times
what he paid.
@@john21031 SO right; and he may be killing the engine too by not changing the oil and fixing carhs.
Chop off rear weld on hardtail and chopper that thing...and having no gas in the tank is the best way to receive a motorcycle
Man clean or change your spark plugs and go through the carbs
Carbs need to come off and be cleaned.
I just bought the same bike
I don't think thst motor has any oil in it man... you checked the oil right? Do THAT.... then clean the carbs and it'll fire right up, just youtube up some carb cleaning tutorials... it's one of the easiest jobs in motor repair.
I could turn it into a cafe racer it would be much fun
the front forks look tubes like there bent
I filmed this with a go pro, and that always gives a bit of a fish eye effect. They are not bent.
That honda tack..hahaha
The term “brand new” implies that it’s new straight from the brand lol, that’s a used 1982 Yamaha, it’s not brand new anymore my guy even if it is new to you.