New member. New rider. Nice to meet you all

Hey guys. I am the proud new owner of a 82 XJ650 seca. This is my first motorcycle and also my first vehicle of any kind that I own outright.

I originally planned to try and customize the bike and make it more of a cafe racer but have since fell in love with the original design and instead plan to restore it to the best of my ability. Cosmetically its in pretty good condition and mechanically I couldn't really say since I have no mechanical experience. It has about 30,000 miles.

Until the other day it was running fine but now I have experienced a few issues. I'm guessing I should go into the details of those issues in the XJ Chat or XJ FAQ if I am looking for assistance?

Besides that I just wanted to say I am really glad I found this community from the posts I have been lurking it seems to be a very helpful friendly community with an abundance of information and experience with these bikes.

So nice to meet everyone

 

Mugiwara - You are in the best place possible.
There are many thigns you should do to insure your safety before riding anymore.
Taking a basic Motorcycle Saftey course should be high on your 'things to do' list.
Your brakes - the front and rear should be rebuilt, this means new shoes, pads, caliper and master cylinder rebuild and new hoses.
Rear Brakes
Brake Lines
Caliper

Valve clearances should be checked.
Valve Clearance

There are other people here with a massive amount of knowledge that are more than willing to help -
Ask questions!

 

Already took my motorcycle safety course

I was looking to order all those items from XJ4Ever but I am having some trouble navigating the product threads. It just looks like a wall of text. If anyone could let me know what I need to order to do a complete re-haul of the brakes front and back it would be greatly appreciated.

Also my bike came with the basic tool set but I was wondering what other tools I should get if I am planning on doing some serious work on this bike.

I don't mind going overboard. I rather get everything and do it right the first time then do it piece by piece.

 

Send a PM to Chacal/ Len and tell him what you want/ need to rebuild and he will break it down for you and provide some really good advice also! 8)

 

Great looking bike, I am rebuilding one myself. The cool thing is that you don't a bunch of tools, a metric set of sockets a 19mm, 27 or 28mm socket, a set of metric hex wrenches and the service manual would be a great start.

Don't forget the JIS screwdriver set and a big can of kroil.

Best wishes,

Pepe

 

If the issues that have developed are something like difficulty starting once warmed up, but starts OK cold then you need to get after the valve clearances immediately.

Your Seca looks to be in really nice original shape. Good decision to restore rather than cut up. Take good care of that stock exhaust system, they're getting harder and harder to find.

 

Hmmm. Nice looking bike.

I have one kind of like it.


There's loads and loads of information and good advice here. Welcome to the site!

 

This is a great post, everything you need with links!

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=43470.html

 

So glad you have reached out to this great community and that it exists! I too am benefitting from the wealth of knowledge here.

 

Welcome, and PULEEZE don't hack up that lovely original Seca! Glad you came to your senses, they are such pretty bikes, probably the best of the era.
Good luck with getting her totally in spec.

 

Nice looking SECA there guy! Welcome to the board. I am in the middle of building my first XJ as well so I am new to the forum but not new to bikes. These are great bikes no matter what anyone says, the atmosphere here is awesome as well.