Something for Jantar

[nudemetalz]

Actually,.. speaking of XN-85's, when my old man bought his first (yes first !!) wire-wheel Katana back in 1982, he had an original sales brochure booklet for the turbo as he was seriously condiering buying one as well.
(imagine that, a WW Katana and XN85 in your garage now ).

I might have a good search and see if I can find it.
The XN's are a beautiful bike IMO, even by today's standards.

[T.W.R]

Good old Mr T.W.R., the Classic Motorcycle Library of Chertsey !!!

Actually thats quite funny The Workshop/Den where everything is stashed was the Chertsey Library back at the turn of last century and is a historic building

[SPman]

A tidy unrestored example, out our way, from Perth a few weeks ago - the guy has had it for quite a while.

[T.W.R]

Managed to track this article down for you SD & found a couple of small spec items from buyers guides (only 10 line descriptions & small B/W pics).

found 3 tests on the CX500 turbo & 1 test on the XJ650L mmm

Did a check on a clustering engine & it brought up 201 hits on the XN85, it's far more specific than google when searching.

www.vivisimo.com

[nudemetalz]

Pity the XN85 only had "85hp" (hence the name). The 750ESD that came out a year later had more hp without the forced induction (my Dad had one of the first ESD's here in NZ too).
But definitely a very collectible machine, like the RE-5.

[T.W.R]

Pity the XN85 only had "85hp" (hence the name). The 750ESD that came out a year later had more hp without the forced induction

yeah but it was only a 2v 673cc compared to 4v 747cc, the GSX 750ES was 83hp and made that 1000rpm higher up the revs & the XN had slightly more torque as well. the XN85 made 21hp more than the GS650G

[nudemetalz]

yeah but it was only a 2v 673cc compared to 4v 747cc, the GSX 750ES was 83hp and made that 1000rpm higher up the revs & the XN had slightly more torque as well. the XN85 made 21hp more than the GS650G

All true but the XN made 15hp less than the CX650 Turbo's 100hp from a pushrod V-twin !!!

[scumdog]

All true but the XN made 15hp less than the CX650 Turbo's 100hp from a pushrod V-twin !!!

Boost was quite conservative on the XN, it's capable of quite a bit more grunt with some mods (which in a UK site includes the fitting of a stronger wastegate spring sourced from a washing machine!)