My God...that unboxing was fuggin painful to watch 😂

You you haven’t started the motorbike? That was the peek for me to see if motorbike started.

Those carb syncing gauges are too twitchy to work well. I use the columns of oil method and it works perfectly. Look up on youtube. Sync number 1 and number 3 to the center carb.

It would be nice if you kept the dialogue focused on the carbs and left the cooking conversation out.

I received a '77 yahama Xs400 as a gift, and this is my first hurdle before I try and get my bike working. Thanks for the reference guide!

So strange, inherited the same bike and it also has a toggle switch instead of an ignition currently

Let's try somwthing a bit easier. Pull your plugs and inspect them for color. If the plug is burning a light chocolate brown it's fine, reinstall it. If it's burning black with carbon it's running too rich or If it's burning white it's too lean. Reinstall the plugs. If black with carbon give the corresponding screw a 1/8 turn to the lean side. Take the bike out for a ride and see if that helped. If it is improved but not perfect stop the bike and give the screw another 1/8 turn and ride it some more. Do this until the popping stops. Do this in reverse to enrich the mixture if your plug is burning white or too lean. You can do 1/4 turns but I find the 1/8 to be more accurate. Which way you turn your screw is different with different carbs depending on if the mixture screw is on the engine side of the carb or on the intake side of the carb. Your screw is on the engine side so cw will lean out the mixture, ccw will enrich the mixture. Run a tank of fuel through the carbs, pull the plugs and check to ssee how they are burning. I hope this helps.

I have an '82 Maxim that I thought needed a new switch. I got one on ebay, maybe the same kind you got and I also got a new battery. The new switch had a 3 pin connector the old one had a 3 pin and a 2 pin! I installed it anyway, and I got a new battery just in case. Got it to start on the 3 pin only! Battery light on the dash is on, and the bike won't re-start if the handlebars are at a certain angle. So I have a short somewhere, it is a 42 year old bike afterall. I didn't use the bike since 2022 as I tackled cancer in 23 so there may be other issues from sitting an extra year. Thanks for the video.

Solvol Autosol and a buffing wheel. Comes up like silver. btw... it's Aluminium... not Aloominum.

Ahhh I see now. You remove the spark plug from the cylinder you are not setting the mixture screw for, right ?

Great video, sat Here in Sweden ed Going to mount nu front wheel and one of the pads kept falling down, now i Think i know why, mine is an 1982. Keep up the good work 😎👍👍👍

nice video, what did you use to attach them on your bike?

Good trick for air screw setting. OR maybe backfiring is an issue with mixture control valve (pressure release)? I also noticed there is no Breather pipe given on your 81' model's front cylinder head but on rear, I have it on my front cylinder. Never understood why Breather pipe and mixture control valve both are given on front cylinder of my 82' XV750.🤔

Thank you for the info. And wou like to know how to adjust my floats on my 85 virago 1000

Ive got the same bike..i took off the exhaust middle muffler with the end pipes..leaving the main pipes still on conected to the cylinder..i wrapped the pipes in cloth put to small 50mm end pipes..went out for a drive sounds loud but ok but coming back fk me it backfired all the way home...so do i put the stock back pipes back on with the under bit muffler....or would i cure it another way....hmm thanks for your video appreciation 👍☕️😉

Thank you for actually showing the process of removal and installation. Only video I can find like this.

I just bought one of these bikes as a project and I’m fixing it up. These videos are some of the best I can find for the Yamaha Virago 750

Do you know what jets sits where? I know the standards are 130,142 and 155 main, pilot and starter jet. But where do the go? Is it the 155 towords the air filter og the other way around? Cool channel btw 👌 building the same bike xs850 from 82. Scrambler style

The dude on the left is a fkn weirdo! I bet the guy on the right wish he would fkn leave. Sanding the shit out of that pin is stupid!

Great video man. Straight to the point. Got my new pads put on in about 20 minutes instead of fumbling through how to get the caliper off. Thank you so much for uploading this!

😢 you didn't show any of the stuff you were actually talking about. You had the camera on your face the whole time that defeated the whole f****** purpose

I just had this same problem with my XV920! I thought it might be a relay problem but this is a way easier fix. Thanks a lot!

Very helpful on my Virago '82. Regards.

Had to clean and rebuild the entire braking system on my 81 XS1100. It was all full of rusty crud and most of the seals were bad. The bleeders being completely plugged with rusty crud was the first indication then the callipers leaking at the piston seals was the second.

Many newer high performance bikes call for Dot 4 brake fluid but these old Yamahas call for Dot 3

I owned an early 80's Virago very nice bike and very powerful. Mine was black with the gold stripe along the tank bottom. Liking the channelso keep doing content.

Hi, there was a single centre slot on each OEM pads inner side, you have repaled with new without a slot. I myself rebulding my 82' XV750 caliper and replacing new pads similer without slot, does slot have any importence? Exelent video, thanks.

I got back at this problem im having with the clutch, bought a 920 virago special same year 10k milage last year but my job kept me from getting to far into the project, but i found some delemas after pushing the starter gear in( to screw the alternator magnets in) difficult.. i found out how the clutch pedal spring system works out, someone didn't put on right., but i cant get the clutch doesnt disengage in fact its limp, too the other side off the see whats in there... And im lost with several question in mind, but aside from new clutch plates im lost still haven't ordered a manuel im jist getting to it hear and there, got a carb miss when purchased and i stinhabe no clue how to line the vaccum tubes, but other than that ist got a few rusty tips or metal on the tank and around the extremities, im about to just break down and cheat with the manuel, theres a video on youtube or the same cutch problem inhave alot of people did something to these bike and i bought one lol make me feel like its not a lost cause, videos you made were fun to see our differences in used problems, so far it turns over but no action, its egging me threw my times

This video gave me the courage to replace mine and now she’s singing. Thanks!

Great videos! Keep it up. Where can I find a back rest like that?

I will try this trick! Thanks 👍

do you have a 500 virago that you have a backfire and misfire and have a rough idle to show us how to ajust the carbs

I have a 1980 3 cylinder 850. The ignition unit has been replaced. Turns over good but the spark seems weak. I s there a after market ignition for them???

Hey i got a question about the clutch pedal actuation beside the alternator towards the back, mostly obvious how the springs line up except the small arm* with a spinning disc attached to it plus the spring behind it... i cant seem to figure out what it trigers... if know it would be mich appreciated, cant wait to get mine running, there always room for a two seater twin in the garage!

Just started a project same bike got it in the same condition almost...lol

hey man. im restoring an 82 virago 750 and your video helped me alot. thanks

Do you have to change something else for the rear brakes? I know you change the rotors and brake pads on the front one bc the pads wear on the rotor but what does the rear wear on?

I have an 80 xs850 just like this one but in blue. Didn't start it for about a month and found that the engine was seized. The bike is kick only, and just like this one, the kick lever won't turn. Hoping to get it unseized before the end of summer.

My 750 is backfiring and as soon ss take the off the bike dies also the bike has not run for a few years any ideas?????

UMM - I think you should be working on the carb that is firing instead of the one that has the plug pulled. You can turn the Idle air screw until hell won't have it on the dead Cylinder and it will not make one iota of difference to engine speed.

thank you wish me luck This will be my third try bc they always throw in trick questions

What tool arr you using to screw/unscrew? Im having a hard time with what i have om hand. The placement is not super friendly lol

I watched all videos and you never gave me the FLOAT HEIGHT.....please

The fuel petcock valve is closed

Enjoy watching your video sir, you consider ever changing out or replace your Speedometer gauge? I would like to see that & learn how to do it from u .

I’m trying to sync my xs850 carbs, where do you hook up the vacuum cables

May I ask what’s the significance of using Vaseline on the diaphragms?

For daylight lightning at night, try to find a Bosh H4 headlight 55/80 watts they are all powerfull. . 😁

You noticed that there are 2 pins on the bulb metal section, and they are not at the same hight. . 🤔

I love this sound. . .😁