Hello All from Mobile, Alabama! FJ1200 Owner Here

[FJmonkey]

I removed the slave cylinder and pushed it in, sending all air up to the top.  I tried several attempts to bleed, in various ways lol!  I had a good friend who works at the local Yamaha shop come by after church today to look over everything (i'm DYING to ride now lol).   He came to my conclusion... too much inner wear to get a good piston seal on the inside of the master cylinder.
     It's basically bypassing the piston, and just churning the fluid inside the reservoir. I ordered a updated master cylinder on Friday night, so the delivery day of Tuesday just can't come quick enough!
   Once I get the clutch back to operation, i'll ride the Mrs around for a few days, then snatch the front tubes to put in new fork seals.  I've been reading up on updated progressive springs, so i'm going to go with them with the new kit rebuilds.  THEN...  snatching carbs to try and fix my 3500 rpm dead/flat spot.  ;-)

Don't you dare put progressive springs in them forks!!!! Soft as warm shit they are!!! Consider some straight rate springs and if budget permits some emulators. Do some searching and invest in good stuff for your front end. Consider 89' or later forks to get a 17" x 3.5" front wheel to mount some modern rubber. If you are gonna spend some money then use it to upgrade.... Kookaloo my friend...

[lumberjack2277]

 Thanks for the info... I was reading posts making progressive rates sound like that's the way to go!   It has a newer set of Suzuki Rims and Michelin Pilot Road 2's (180 Rear) with less than 350 miles on them.  New brakes, new front calipers, new chain, new plugs and wires, etc.  The guy I got it front dropped some cash into it, and maybe that's why he needed to sell it so cheap??!? (I just realized that lol)

[Mark Olson]

when it is dry it can be a bitch to get the fluid thru.   http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=607.msg8389#msg8389

[lumberjack2277]

  Got the new clutch master cylinder in today.  Installed it quickly (excited), removed (just unbolted) and collapsed the slave cylinder piston completely, and did a nice 2 minute air-bleed.  FIXED!!    I NOW have a full working clutch after a week of sitting!   Can't wait to get some ride time in this upcoming weekend.  Me and the Mrs will be making a trip to South Carolina to pick up one of our new Aerial bucket trucks!  We normally fly in, or do the "rent-a-car".  This time, we'll ride the bike, load it onto the truck with the jib on the boom, then high-tail back to good ole' Bama'!