'82 maxim 650 budget bike

tradded a ps3 for this. ps3 cost me roughly $50.


iv had it for about 3 months now and put about another $135 into it if you count tax , title, and licensing and paint.








still have along way to go, new headlight (gunna use a old police car spotlight, hopefully) , bars, strip the gauges off , finish the tank paint, grind all the unnecessary mounts and brackets off , and the hand clutch jokey shift......

figured id stick it up here and see what people think
i dont think i can get much more budget then this
thanks for lookin.

 

Nice!!

 

Looks good. That's what a budget bike is all about.

 

thanks.

those dam dirt bike handlebars annoy me tho
gotta fix that soon lol

 

That's real low in the rear. Did you just cut the springs off the stock shocks?

 

nah
i disassembled the shocks and welded'em then cut the springs down and welded a ring to one end to hold it flat then welded the cap back on. i think they look good. kill the kidneys at 60 or so lmao



so far everything on the bike is what was on it when i got it. i just hacked it up and made it my own

 

Very cool lookin, so the shocks no longer absorb shock? You welded them solid? I like the look better than struts that for sure. I am a shock kinda guy

 

yea there solid
i think it looks way better then just the solid struts myself.
flipped the bars today


needs some apes but this'll do till i get some. i couldnt stand the way the bars looked before.

definitely needs a bath tho....

 

so i got bored lastnight and hacked up the guage cluster.....


its just the speedo side now with the odometer twister thingy cut off and i covered the odometer up with a piece of black plastic.

also hid most of the wiring only wires left going into the head light are for the front brake light and the headlight. i tucked em up under the tank after re-rapping them fit under there almost perfect lol. is there gunna be a issue wiring the light direct without the high/low beam switch? i got it wired to low beams right now. ill take some better pics soon as this rain quits.

 

Yah those welded up shocks def. look a lot better than struts!
Cool looking bike for an awesome deal. Lucky bastard!

 

new bars, new throttle, and i got the jokey shift done.

 

Dude,
Where did you get a PS3 for $50?!

 

bitchin' ride man

 

i bought a xbox 360 for 50$ and put it on craigslist to trade for a ps3 . then when the ps3 got old ran a ad sayin i had a ps3 and wanted a 82 xj. i trade stuff all the time, specially game consoles.

the jokey shift is a pain when stopping, mainly cuz when i put my feet down the factory pegs jam into my ankles. need a shorter bolt so i can get rid of em. and get the rear break controls hooked up. other then that, its a pretty comfortable ride now with the new shift and bar . plus when u roll up next to someone at 65 on the highway and drop it down a gear and crack it it looks badass hahahaha.

 

where did you get that clutch lever and perch, also, how did you hack up the throttle cable and the clutch cable? thanks

 

throttle cable i had to cut about a half inch off the housing of the cable at the carb end and shave down where the cable hooks inside the throttle assemby.
as for the clutch lever and stuff its all factory yamaha stuff it came with. the clutch cable i havent cut down but once my new lever gets here next friday ill shorten it then make a jig and put a new end on the cable. cant be much difrent then making fishin weights. this is prolly what ill do or near to it. http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=26182.html

 

Sounds like you knew what you wanted and went there! Liked what you did with the seat until the last pic (why the bungee cord?). Is it the stock seat just cut down? Could you explain some (REALLY lacking in imagination )...

skillet

 

stock seat i cut down and shaped the foam.i just cut the back foot or so of the seat off then shaved down the foam and repulled it.i liked the lines off the seat the way they came down from the tank then swooped back up into the fender. the bungie cord is just there till i weld the seat brackets to the frame. when ya shift it slides back about 1/2 inch and it annoyed me so its just a temp bungie.

still cant find a suitable place to mount the ignition......

 

i dunno how to do video links lol but if you click the pic it goes to the video or should.

 

What throttle tube/housing are you using at the handlebars?