1st time owner

[JohnnyTheCraneGuy]

Thank yall for the help! So I finally got everything swapped over and buttoned up.

My issue last night ended up being that on the plastic retainer that goes on the needle, there is a nub that protrudes down and goes into a hole on the slide, didnt have that lined up properly lol.

Also turns out that the PO had swapped in 117's so I'll save the 115's for when I fix the case on the 1100 I guess. Swapped emulsion tubes as well, and  pilots were the same.

I Rode around for a little over an hour and mid to upper range is responsive and no issues bogging under load.

Although after warming up I did notice that at lights the idle seemed a bit more sloppy. Got home and put it in neutral and it began to backfire at idle, also began to blue on the headers as well.

I didnt adjust my PMS screws yet so I'll probably turn them out a 1/4 turn each to if that'll alleviate that issue.


BUT I DID IT THOUGH

[Pat Conlon]

Wonderful! You are on your way to discovering Kookaloo....

[JohnnyTheCraneGuy]

[JohnnyTheCraneGuy]

Wanted to post an update,

I honestly wasn't expecting it to warm up this quickly so I ended up using 10w30 again. I've put about 50 miles on the bike so far and I've got the carbs dialed in now minus a slight adjustment I need to make to the idle screw. (also why the hell is it on the bottom??)

I'm going to go ahead and flush it out anyways just to get all the crud out since it sat for who knows how long. I'll definitely throw some heavier weight in.

My concern now is that when I'm in the higher rpms at WOT and I let off, due to the higher vacuum I've noticed that smoke will blow out for about 3 seconds before clearing up. My guess is valve guide oil seals?

I of course checked oil level when I got back and she's still topped off right below the mark so it hasn't been happening without me noticing since the swap.

I'll probably ride her one more time and try too replicate it and then pull the plugs to see if they're fouling before I flush the oil. Maybe do a leak down test if it becomes more persistent.

Has anyone else had this issue, and is this a big concern? I've heard mixed opinions but I would like to hear from yall personally.

[Pat Conlon]

Remind me, what were your warm compression numbers?

Oil smoke on start up would be your valve guide seals.
Oil smoke on high rpm deceleration would be your oil rings.
A compression test would verify ring health.

At this stage I wouldn't worry about some smoke, as long as it's not excessive.
 Ride your bike.
Put a couple thousand miles on the engine to let things loosen up and reseal, then see what you have.

[red]

Wanted to post an update,

My concern now is that when I'm in the higher rpms at WOT and I let off, due to the higher vacuum I've noticed that smoke will blow out for about 3 seconds before clearing up. My guess is valve guide oil seals?

Johnny,

Try one can of Yamaha's Ring Free fuel additive, mixed to the label specs.  Yamaha makes it for their outboard motors, but I hear good reports in the bike engines, as well.  Can't recommend trying anything else.

[FJ1200W]

Very nice!
Is there a story on the tail cowl?
'89 here

Hi Steve.  If you were referring to my red and white FJ, I was a huge Eddie Lawson fan and wanted to paint my '84 FJ with his '84 Marlboro Yamaha paint scheme.  To make that work, I really needed a seat cowl and the only one I found was a Gimbel on ebay.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/274345488368  It looks a little big, but it serves it's purpose.  With the right paint scheme, it could blend in much better.

Extremely well done IMO, I like it

[Chainlube]

Very nice!
Is there a story on the tail cowl?
'89 here

Hi Steve.  If you were referring to my red and white FJ, I was a huge Eddie Lawson fan and wanted to paint my '84 FJ with his '84 Marlboro Yamaha paint scheme.  To make that work, I really needed a seat cowl and the only one I found was a Gimbel on ebay.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/274345488368  It looks a little big, but it serves it's purpose.  With the right paint scheme, it could blend in much better.

Extremely well done IMO, I like it

Thanks!

[Billy Bananahead]

I've never seen another FJ1100 done up in Marlboro colours other than my own which a used as a courier bike in London in the 1990's. I was the 14th owner of the bike and all pictures of it are now lost though i'm still using the original crankshaft of 140,000 plus miles in my XJR1200.

[Chainlube]

I've never seen another FJ1100 done up in Marlboro colours other than my own which a used as a courier bike in London in the 1990's. I was the 14th owner of the bike and all pictures of it are now lost though i'm still using the original crankshaft of 140,000 plus miles in my XJR1200.

I had an '85 RZ350 that I did in the same paint scheme.  It had a Telefix full fairing and solo seat.  Looked great but alas, it was stolen from me.

[fj1289]

I've never seen another FJ1100 done up in Marlboro colours other than my own which a used as a courier bike in London in the 1990's. I was the 14th owner of the bike and all pictures of it are now lost though i'm still using the original crankshaft of 140,000 plus miles in my XJR1200.

I had an '85 RZ350 that I did in the same paint scheme.  It had a Telefix full fairing and solo seat.  Looked great but alas, it was stolen from me.

I hate a thief!!!

[JohnnyTheCraneGuy]

Wonderful! You are on your way to discovering Kookaloo....