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04-17-2006, 08:29 PM
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|  '82 Yamaha 750
Alright, dad's bike is having some issues. (As if that wasn't obvious since I'm posting here.) Anyway, it's an '82 Yamaha XV750J bike with 45,972 miles on it. Wouldn't start yesterday at all. He tried again today and got it to fire... and backfire a couple times. Nothing serious, just a couple pops. Started spitting a little white smoke from the tailpipes (and the rest of the exhaust which needs to be replaced), smoke went away for a bit, then came back even worse. Well, I stepped inside for a bit and when I came back inside he had rolled it back towards the house, leaving a trail of oil behind him. Apparently one of hte overflow hoses was pouring oil out of it, and one of the two carbs hoses (believe it was the air intake, the biggest one on it) had popped off. Not ripped, not split, just came off, no damage to the hose. There was oil coating the inside of the hose/tube and it dripped a little down over the engine too. Nothing looks to be damaged, just the hose pouring out oil and the other popping off. I will throw this in, he has a tendency to leave the petcock on prime instead of on, like you're supposed to. Don't know if that'll have anything to do with it, but who knows. |
