XJ 550 project

hey guys, i brought this bike about a year ago and the previous owner had it sitting in a garage for 7 years, i picked it up for a tidy £250, i was gonna get it all fixed up last year, but with a lack of funds it was hard, i gotta new job now so im planing to start work on it, and maybe a paint job to, my mate also put some suzuki gs 550 carbs on it. any other modifications of little gadgets you guys can recommend would be greatly appreciated.

Windracer

 

restore it! That's an XJ550, isn't it? What year? We never got that color scheme here in the States on the 550 Secas.

 

Yeah its the 1983 xj550. This model was never released in the uk either as far as im aware, the bloke i brought it off got in shipped in from italy.

 

My bike is looking pretty much the same, only that some of the PO's have taken some cushion out from the seat, so it looks and feels bad :roll:

 

BLACK CAT!! quick wheel that thing out to the rubbish bin...its cursed nice bike and like said restore it.

S1

 

Its defiantly getting restored, i just want to know if there's anything i should mod on it, its all totally standard apart from the carbs, and i didn't notice that cat there when i took the picture.

 

The closer you get it to stock the better it will run.

You need two things to "modernize" it to the point it won't strand you:

Rebuild or replace the fusebox (brittle fuse clips you'll find out if you haven't already.)

Immediately install an in-line fuel filter.

You said those are GS550 carbs; what are they? The original carbs for that bike (in the States anyway) were 28mm Mikunis.

 

i dont know the carbs details but i'll find em out