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    Found a mint XJ

    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?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleGSXR View Post
    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
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    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.
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    I bought a new XJ600 in 1989. Cool bike. Did 37000 km's in the first year and no problems what so ever.

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    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!

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    This site will have all the info you need, I'm looking for a motor out of one of them if you come across one
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    This site 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.
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    750's a shaft drive........

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthrax View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    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!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    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!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    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...)
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 98tls View Post
    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...
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    Hey, do you think we've hijacked the thread....?
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