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LittleGSXR
29th June 2009, 20:09
I picked up a 1984 Yamaha XJ600 a little while ago. Had been sitting in a shed for the last 15 years. So ive cleaned it up and got it running pretty good. Seems to be a nice smooth tourer. Anything i should look out for? As in common problems?
Cheers
I picked up a 1984 Yamaha XJ600 a little while ago. Had been sitting in a shed for the last 15 years. So ive cleaned it up and got it running pretty good. Seems to be a nice smooth tourer. Anything i should look out for? As in common problems?
Cheers
What a cool find. Do you have any pics?
I have a worshop Manual for it. My blue lovely is a little bit later vintage, but still the same deep down :D
98tls
29th June 2009, 20:15
Wahoo,nice find,glad to see its gone to a good home,ive an old XS750 and a Z650 awaiting time/money and a few......well actually more than a few parts.Enjoy and a few pics eh.
I bought a new XJ600 in 1989. Cool bike. Did 37000 km's in the first year and no problems what so ever.
LittleGSXR
29th June 2009, 20:26
I need to invest in a digital camera. Should have some pics soonish. Workshop manual must be handy, and everyone seems to say theyre good bikes so im stoked!
Kickaha
29th June 2009, 20:26
This site (http://xjbikes.com/) will have all the info you need, I'm looking for a motor out of one of them if you come across one
98tls
29th June 2009, 20:29
This site (http://xjbikes.com/) will have all the info you need, I'm looking for a motor out of one of them if you come across one How about a 750?Know a bloke with one he was going to restore but seems to have given it away and may well part with the motor,still runs ok.
750's a shaft drive........
98tls
29th June 2009, 20:34
750's a shaft drive........ Yea i know,just thought i would put it out there anyway.Who knows someone might have a use for it.
Edbear
29th June 2009, 20:51
Wahoo,nice find,glad to see its gone to a good home,ive an old XS750 and a Z650 awaiting time/money and a few......well actually more than a few parts.Enjoy and a few pics eh.
I had an XS750 Special, nice ride! And I'm only a wee bit, (okay a lot!), envious of your Z650. They were a fantastic bike in their day and I reckon would still cut the mustard today!
98tls
29th June 2009, 20:55
I had an XS750 Special, nice ride! And I'm only a wee bit, (okay a lot!), envious of your Z650. They were a fantastic bike in their day and I reckon would still cut the mustard today! This ones not the special Ed.Fell in love with the Z after the 6 hour win all those years ago.
Edbear
29th June 2009, 21:15
This ones not the special Ed.Fell in love with the Z after the 6 hour win all those years ago.
I fell in love with it after the first Two Wheels test, the 6hr was the icing that proved them right!
(Man we're old...:bye:)
98tls
29th June 2009, 21:22
I fell in love with it after the first Two Wheels test, the 6hr was the icing that proved them right!
(Man we're old...:bye:) :yes:Yes mate we sure are.All things considered i dont think i would change much at all,born just south of the Hundaless having my first bike at 9 (SL125) a motorcycle mad father and the nearest cop 40 odd miles away i reckon ive had as good fun as you can have on 2 wheels with much more to come,i shake my head in wonderment every time i see another "lanesplitting"thread.
Edbear
29th June 2009, 21:27
:yes:Yes mate we sure are.All things considered i dont think i would change much at all,born just south of the Hundaless having my first bike at 9 (SL125) a motorcycle mad father and the nearest cop 40 odd miles away i reckon ive had as good fun as you can have on 2 wheels with much more to come,i shake my head in wonderment every time i see another "lanesplitting"thread.
Funnily enough I don't really mind being a Grandpa, I still love bikes and riding, even if I do have to lanesplit up this way...
It was my mother that was the biker and it was her BSA Bantam 125 I learned to ride when I was 12 and still have deep fondness for them! She also liked borrowing my T500 to go visit Grandma down in Tauranga from where we lived in Warkworth. Swore she never took it over 90 though... :yes:
Edbear
29th June 2009, 21:28
Hey, do you think we've hijacked the thread....?
98tls
29th June 2009, 21:31
Funnily enough I don't really mind being a Grandpa, I still love bikes and riding, even if I do have to lanesplit up this way...
It was my mother that was the biker and it was her BSA Bantam 125 I learned to ride when I was 12 and still have deep fondness for them! She also liked borrowing my T500 to go visit Grandma down in Tauranga from where we lived in Warkworth. Swore she never took it over 90 though... :yes: Nice,good job your not in my lounge,would have to grab a few cold ones and sit round talking about the old days like the sad old buggers we are.......what a hardship eh?:gob::yes:
Edbear
29th June 2009, 21:40
Nice,good job your not in my lounge,would have to grab a few cold ones and sit round talking about the old days like the sad old buggers we are.......what a hardship eh?:gob::yes:
LOL!!! That's the good thing about bein' older, I guess, you have things to reminisce about. :scooter:
Me and the Missus been doin' a bit o' that lately... She reminisces about when I was skinny and handsome and I tell her I'm twice the man she married... :innocent:
98tls
29th June 2009, 21:44
LOL!!! That's the good thing about bein' older, I guess, you have things to reminisce about. :scooter:
Me and the Missus been doin' a bit o' that lately... She reminisces about when I was skinny and handsome and I tell her I'm twice the man she married... :innocent: Every time i laugh at the pairs of no longer fitting womens leathers round here i get reminded of how loose my helmets become these days:Oops:i mean the bike helmet.
:yes: Yes mate we sure are.
Hey, do you think we've hijacked the thread....?
Shut up the pair of you!
No, I am the hijacker here...
Them were the days eh boys :scooter:
98tls
29th June 2009, 21:46
Shut up the pair of you!
No, I am the hijacker here...
Them were the days eh boys :scooter: lol,did you check your PO box girl?:bash:Shit sorry to the thread starter,its been well n truely basterdized.Sorry.
Edbear
29th June 2009, 21:47
Every time i laugh at the pairs of no longer fitting womens leathers round here i get reminded of how loose my helmets become these days:Oops:i mean the bike helmet.
Shut up the pair of you!
No, I am the hijacker here...
Them were the days eh boys :scooter:
Your timing is impeccable as usual, funny you should drop in about now....:dodge:
(Sorry, I can resist anything but temptation...:shutup:)
98tls
29th June 2009, 21:56
Your timing is impeccable as usual, funny you should drop in about now....:dodge:
(Sorry, I can resist anything but temptation...:shutup:) :laugh::rofl:Laughed so hard i now need to spend a few hours on the inhaler:bash:Off to dream of the Summit road and old 500/4s.:bye:
Kickaha
29th June 2009, 22:03
How about a 750?Know a bloke with one he was going to restore but seems to have given it away and may well part with the motor,still runs ok.
No after a 600 only as most parts will interchange with the 550 I am building for pre82, I'm really only after a head complete with cams
ynot slow
29th June 2009, 22:06
Nice bike at the time and still is.Mate had an XJ1200 when he was in the army,had it new then he was posted to Egypt for 6 months or so.Was ok as he left his bike at his parents place and told his younger brother start it each week or so and if it travels anywhere lookout.The brother had an XJ 550 off hand,just prior to his brother returning chucked his rear wheel on the 1200 as the 550 was near bald,the older brother took a second to work out the joke,his mum said noone rode the bike at all off the section,but there was a large black mark in garage.Boys being boys.
Edbear
29th June 2009, 22:09
Hey, how'd this thread get back on topic so fast...? :Oops:
Subike
29th June 2009, 22:24
This is a good thread,
Good score on the XJ.
I still love tucking in behind those front runners on my old XS1100, eh 98tls, get them a bit worried when she wobbles aroud the corners lol,
Old school elctrics dont let you down like the new fandangled computor programmed engine management thingies.
Just kick em into life and ride them till the gass runs out,
Yamaha tourers have always been known for a long life at big throttle openings,
I dont think you will have much trouble finding forums that focus upon the XJ.
Good bikes always have a good following
98tls
29th June 2009, 22:37
This is a good thread,
Good score on the XJ.
I dont think you will have much trouble finding forums that focus upon the XJ.
Good bikes always have a good following And generally on such bike dedicated forums theres some really clever buggers that when bits are no longer obtainable just go out to the shed and make em (TLDV8 off here for one),he whipped up a billet rear master cylinder in his shed that was such a piece of work it resides on my mantlepiece rather than my bike.:innocent:
98tls
29th June 2009, 22:39
No after a 600 only as most parts will interchange with the 550 I am building for pre82, I'm really only after a head complete with cams
OK,just thought i would ask.
JMemonic
29th June 2009, 23:05
How about a 750?Know a bloke with one he was going to restore but seems to have given it away and may well part with the motor,still runs ok.
Hmmm tempting, solely as spares.
98tls
29th June 2009, 23:08
Hmmm tempting, solely as spares. Will ask him what if anything hes going to do with it.
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