Simple Mods for XJ700

The stock mufflers are clamped on and supported with 2 bolts. The turndowns I bought are generics from the local auto part store. I used a reducer to get the turndown close to the stock piping and a pair of exhaust clamps to attach them.

I have some pics of them on the bike in my build thread.

 

Not in terms of displacement, just in overall size, width really. Which is why I think a Sportster makes a good candidate, narrow engine and kind of a low flat chassis with a short rake. Keep in mind this is just my opinion, you are free to disagree.
And take a look at my bike list, I love small displacement machines.

 

1 1/4" Plumbing coupling works GREAT as carb boots.
2 bucks a piece.
+1 on opening the lid on the box. Check it often for mice nests though!
Seen em build nests quick.
Ive got a thread on those couplings.
But ive got em on my 700 and my previous 700 with no probs with an UNI filter

 

Sometimes bigger does not always mean better, a common perception among a lot of riders and racers is that smaller size and displacement "feels" quicker due to lighter weight and the ability to "flick" the bike around. A bigger bike will leave a small bike standing, but in corners a small bike will just "feel" quicker.

 

OK besides style why? I have a 700 maxim that stomps all over racer rip offs on straight line take off short distance.
Its quiet enough to warm up in the garage with the wife asleep.
Being able to run in 3rd at 6000 when they have had to shift to 5th with their lower red lines has let me beat almost every vtwin I have met for take off and running to the speed limit.

 

As I said in your other thread, it sounds like your fellow locals cannot ride. A Duc Monster 750 (v-twin) makes in the neighborhood of 70hp, so pretty comparable to the Maxim 700, but with the torque created by a V-twin it should wax the floor with you. A CBR900 is going to be in the 120hp range, and should not only wax the floor with you, but afterwards it should also take you back to the janitor's house and make you watch him screw his ugly wife.
A small bike in the hands of a skilled rider can beat a bigger bike. It comes down to being able to apply the power your bike has available, and most people cannot maximize that.

As the saying goes, it is more fun to ride a slow bike fast, then to ride a fast bike slow.

 

You are right about riding a fast bike slow being fun. There is a ducatti that that smokes me and a CBR I buy coffee for all the time because I learn every time he beats me somewhere. Most of the riders around here are college students, lots of ninjas, hyabussis, and lifans, for the most part.

But the original topic of the thread was about a couple mods to a bike. And I repeat why? Why do you actually want to do this? Do you just want that style for fashion, do you like it or what?