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650 to 750 swap?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by ga2001532, Jan 17, 2011.

  1. ga2001532

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    I recently got my first bike which is a 1982 xj650 maxim. But am I found a 1982 750 maxim for pretty cheap. Now am wondering are the frames the same. Could I just swap everything or. The reason for this is the 750 has a fresh blue paint. NOt my type and my mom wants a bike so I would like to take the 750 motor and put it into my 650 so she can have the blue. Colored frame. In my head I don't see how I couldn't just swap everything.
     
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    Most will swap. I think you'll find that the 750 uses a linkage on the shifter that's going to give you some issues.

    Why not just let mom ride it as a 750?
     
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    It will swap fine. It is not worth the effort to swap motors so what if she has a faster bike you can still out run her just by driving aggressive. To me that's a bunch of work for a bike that's not that much faster then your 650. But if your up to it go for it . I think the tci might be different also but i am not sure
     
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    Well guys its not about her having a bigger bike but that 750 was going for 350 bucks with some items not bolted to the bike yet. A project not completed pretty much. If I was gonna go through all the work makin it nice I might as well have the bigger motor in my bike. But the sad news is the bike is gone. Was gonna go take a look today but am to late.
     
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