Hello.

Hello everybody,I am a newbie.
I ride a 1981 XJ650 everyday, i also have a 1980 XJ750 that i bought as a spares bike which i am thinking of rebuilding because it seems to good to break :roll: .
I live near Norwich,Norfolk,England.

 

Hello there tst, like the name :lol:
You've come to the right place, loads of knowledgeable folk on here.
I'm a relative newbie, and live in Cheshire.

 

Hello! Good to see you! This websites has kept me excited about owning a 32 year old motorcyle, I hope it does the same for you. I live about 80 miles north of New Orleans Louisiana where it rains bugs and we wish we had windshields!

 

WELCOME from TN!!!

skillet

 

Orite mate drop the 750 motor into the 650, save your self some time.
I am located in Morecambe Lancashire
Al

 

Welcome to the forum from the Great White North......I'm ex-pat from Lincolnshire [Yellerbelly]...just warmin up again after going out to the ice racing this afternoon........



And my son "looking cool" by the 500 Kwacker....[-10C...no wind]

 

Welcome from Va

 

Mate .. we are all learning ... come aboard and enjoy the ride

 

Wow ! those bikes look even scarier WITH the fenders that would keep the tires from ripping the flesh right off the bone. 8O

Welcome to the site !

 

Welcome from the great warm south!

This is the place to be for all your xj needs!

 

Thanks for the welcome everyone.
I only bought the XJ's because i was looking for a get to work bike to replace an MZ with.
The only bike i could happen to find local that was within my means just happened to be a XJ 650. I then got offered the 750 about twenty minutes later,as a spares bike.
I am really impressed with the XJ it gets started up at 6:00am everyday it always fires up no matter what the weather.
I do about a 130 miles on it every week and all i have had to replace is the tail light bulb last friday.
Over here XJ650's seem to be a bit of a forgotten bike,the classic bike press never seem to feature them,prefering to write about Zeds and GSs. That just means cheaper bikes for us "in the know."

 

Hey tst...which MZ do you / did you have? I used to commute from Swindon to Leatherhead on a TS250 back in 1985.....until it blew the rings and clouds of smoke followed me for 10 miles...the front brake was possibly the scariest thing I've ever encountered.....switched it for a twin leading shoe front wheel off a Yammy! Also saw a nice XJ650 seca in the January Classic Bike priced at 400pounds - I suspect there's a few of them over there that would be good buys....enjoy!

Hey Parts....I guess the only good thing about the ice is we get to run some wicked machinery......but I would love to be able to bike all year...

 

Painting with a broad brush, I prefer an XJ over the comparable Zed or GS.

 

Yammadof, It was an ETZ 251 My brother blew it up because he thrashed it, So i rebuilt it as a 300 He then crashed it about ten minutes later :?
It was actually nice to ride and it handled really well but the electrics were awful so it had to go.
I was born in lincolnshire,
does that make me a yellowbelly?

 

We have very few year round riders here.

In fact, from dec -now I.m pretty much alone on my commute.

This winter was warm as hell with temps rarely below 15 or 16 f. But as a norm we stay 0-13 overnight and early morn and I'm definitely the only
bike on the road....................bunch a' wussies (just kidding :twisted: :wink: :twisted: )

 

This Norwich?

There are a couple of members local to you - Grinder and matie69 - and I am not far, although xj-less at the moment!!

 

welcome dude.im not too far frm u,im nr hunstanton.enjoy the site

 

Yessir, TST, you's a yellerbelly.......agree about the handling of the MZ...and yes, the electrics were dismal....

Parts.......you got heated hand grips down there? I remember camping in the Cottonwood area - Lo-Lo-Mai campground - beautiful......you got some elevation there as I recall - 5000+ feet?

 

No to the grips-it's the top of the hand that suffers and
after talking with a few northerners they have all gone to heated
gloves instead of grips-and that's a matter of no $$'s left over after bill's.

Cottonwood is about 10/ 15 deg f warmer then where I live but
only 45 min away. We ride up there 6/7 times a yr just for
the twisties and the scenery.

 

Wow just realised i havn't posted on here for a couple of years!
Just a quick update...
The XJ is off the road at the moment but the plan is to fit the 750 motor to it and also i have purchased a Squire sidecar to bolt onto the side.
I have a good friend who has recently built an amazing V Max outfit and he is going to do the hard work.
The reason i am wanting a sidecar is for the winter, i am fed up with tip toeing round slippery roundabouts and corners on two wheels and having cars tailgating me because i am going slower than they want to.
If i slide and fall off they would never stop until i am under them.
I don't want to use the family car, i prefer bikes.
A bit of a slide on an icy roundabout on 3 wheels will be more fun than two... Hopefully.
The last time i tried riding an Outfit it got the better of me, but i have a few people who are going to learn me how to do it proper.
Watch this space...