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After crash check list question.

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:15 pm
by flemsxj
Hi all

So had my first real get off on the XJ this past Saturday. Nothing serious but have to work on my emergency braking for sure.

Anyway not gonna bore you with a boring crash story. Just the important parts and my question for you. I'm okay. Little road rash on my arm and took the handle bar to the chest so nice bruise there. Nothing broken.
The bike took less damage than I thought so happy about that. It fell to the left side. Gas tank has a nice new dent, lost left foot peg (of course I have an extra right lol) and the handle bars are nice and bent. So not to bad.

I just started it up. Came to life pretty easily. Left side exhaust was a little smokey. Cylinders 1 and 4 I believe. Saturday morning I had been doing carb work and had it running the best it has all year, no smoke and smooth idling. Figured I'll be pulling the carbs and just checking everything over. Wanted to ask you guys if there is anything I should be looking for after a crash that I might not think of. Any ideas about the smokey exhaust? But mostly what problems could be hiding that I should look into?

Thanks for any tips guys. Ride safe. Watch out for those idiots that don't know what blinkers are.