New Member !!!

Hi Everyone,

Just bought my first bike (have been riding for years, but finally have a garage and have been told I cannot 'borrow' my cousins bike anymore ).

I got a really nice condition 1982 XJ650 Seca. Just got it insured and took it for its first ride.

This is my first bike so I know I have alot to learn about maintenance and such, so I know I will be on here alot. Looks like a great community to be a part of.

In Oakville, Ontario

 

Holy COW, Clients,
I know digital cameras hide a lot of flaws, but that's not just a "really nice" XJ.
That thing is in incredible shape!!
Gonna be a lot of jealous patrons chiming in on this one.

Welcome to the group.

 

Welcome - what a great looking bike! Very nice find - someone appears to have taken good care of it.

First thing is get yourself a manual. Then search the site for common maintenance. Before long you will be an expert on your bike.

 

Thanks Guys. Yea I think I got really fortunate. The seller kept it in awesome shape, not just mechanically, but as you can see, cosmetically as well! Even threw in a aftermarket windshield, cafe racer clubman bars, and a service manual .

I am trolling through alot of the posts on here to get familiar with this bike in particular and have already have a ton of things I need to go through and read.

Now I just need to figure out a way to not sit here in the office reading the forum all day and actually do some work

 

Join the club! I'm in a boring meeting right now - the site gets addictive.

 

Nice Seca, im jealous, my maxim would only look that good if i replaced Everything, but they sure are addictive, even though my bike is a money pit, i love her, have fun and be safe!

 

very nice very clean, dont get carried away replacing things for fun like im doing on my bike :lol: and yes same with me sitting at work all day reading the forums instead of work thank god my boss is doing the same thing

 

Jealous patron chiming in here. Great bike and welcome to the forum. Tack another one up for browsing while I am work.

 

Ahh... had me confused for awhile with the 82 650 with the YICS engine. Some more digging on the site said O' Cananda. Then I checked your sig...

As many have said, nice bike!

 

Red was Canada, Blue Europe, Silver US.
Canada got the oil cooler too.

 

Wow, what a nice ride, have you got any niggles with it, or is it as sweet as it looks.
Welcome. Wiz.

 

Naw Wiz. He had it inspected and they got the niggles cleared up before anything got infected!!!!!!

OK. What's a niggle? I do know the word makes me giggle!

 

Great looking bike.

Huge amounts of info to be found here.

 

A niggle is a seemingly innocuous problem that leaves you feeling somewhat less that wholy satisfied with the performence of your vehicle.

 

DUDE, what a nice looking bike. Very clean and sharp looking. And welcome. I agree with the others, I spend half the day reading posts, thank goodness my boss is in Florida and I am in Utah.

 

Thanks everyone! I have only had the bike for a couple of days now, but I love it. Rides beautiful, looks great, what else can I ask for. Having a blast. Considering putting on the clubman cafe bars I got with the bike to give it more agressive look, but I think I might leave it completly stock for a time being and just enjoy it

 

Wow! that looks like a new bike ... holy $kit it is 1983!!! I've been dreeming

 

Great looking bike , what did you pay for it?

 

For the bike, aftermarket windshield, cafe bars and certification it was around $1800 (cdn of course). Based on comparables over the last month or two, and the condition of this bike compared to the rest, I think it was a good deal. Some of the other bikes were cheaper, but I wanted to make sure I got something that was going to run nice while I get acustomed to maintaining a bike.

It's only been a couple of days, but I can't be on the bike enough!!