my end product Xj :)

hey everyone, so a couple months ago I bought an 83 xj 650 and after headaches and trouble shooting and living on the forums... I'm finally on the road, here's the end product.

( new phone so I don't have stock photo)

New paint,
New tank,
Bike master tracker bars,
Bar end mirrors
Repainted exhaust system/forks
Repainted and plates Yamaha logos
Clean and shined and painted rims
Smoked turn signals
Painted fenders black
Double seater
Repainted engine
New air filter
New battery

 

That's a nice looking bike. I like the look of the flat black rear shocks n springs. Was the front fender always black, or was it chrome originally? Also, it looks as though you are missing the reflector on the frame ahead of the tank. Is that on purpose? Looks like you still have the original tool bag too! It's hard to believe something like that can last 32 years! Mine is loooong gone.

 

Hey Matti,
The front fender was originally chrome! The reactor was dented and broken so what did was bond the cracks and coat paint it, I like the way it looks honestly. And haha yep original tool bag still there! I was thinking on doing something about the sissy bar... I also would like the look of a one seat hard seat, but the gf enjoys riding with me.

EDIT: how do you think the engine would look black ?

 

Sissy bars are for sissies! I took mine off, and now I have a hard time getting it on the center stand, because my bar was aftermarket, and the standing handle was removed to put it on. Now who's a sissy? Me, that's who!

 

Hahahha! Well I've never actually looked, what actually holds the sissy bar on? Is it hard to get off?

 

Mine was an aftermarket bolt on for the 750 seca. Yours appears to be more complex, with the keyhole for the helmet lock through it... you'd have to ask someone with more experience on the 650s for a better answer. Here's how mine was attached, not that it helps you...

Double click to enlarge...

 

Ooh yeah yours is nice and simple! Sweet, let's see a full pic of your bike?

 

Ummmm... If I have to! She ain't as pretty as yours!

All I have is before pictures, and after pictures wouldn't make much of a difference. Try to visualize a side cover on there, a newer seat, and no sissy bar. And maybe a little bit cleaner. She needs help.

 

I love the red! Sweet bike I like it! And mine is nothing special! Was thinking about painting engine black but not sure, I also want to look for a louder exhaust,

 

She hasn't run in a few years now, and there is a lot of neglected maintenance to do, but it'll happen, Someday! Just have to convince the wife that money does grow on trees. I earn the stuff, I can spend it how I want! (yeah, right!)

 

Bahahhahha! That's funny! And you tell her!

 

I hope she doesn't check out this forum...

 

Aw lord! Delete delete haha

 

Valve clearances?
Brakes rebuilt with new lines?
Carbs taken to The Church of Clean?