My toasty winter project

As suggested in my original thread, I'm starting a new one in here. Got an XJ from a friend that's been burned badly (the bike, not the friend).

Here's some pics I snapped from my cell phone while stripping it down. Finally got all the wires/electric parts/cables/UBO's off just before it started raining.





Ignore the toys. My wife threw them out earlier in the day and they hadn't made their way to the garbage bin yet.

 

did we ever determine what model this is?

 

Going off the frame number (4H7-103692) it's an XJ650-H Maxim. It's dark and wet outside right now, so I'll have to wait until morning to check the engine size.

 

Single front disc.

Shaft drive.

Not a YICS engine.

XJ650G or XJ650H. 80 or 81 650 Maxim.

 

holy crap man... good luck with that one!!

 

Its toast

 

Put a bullet in her and bury it.

 

May I suggest a "flame" paint scheme!? You are a braver man than I to take on such a big project. I would personally take Gamuru's advice (though I might just conserve the bullet). But I am also not real patient. Good luck!

 

Maybe this'll help. Contact SHAGS81 and buy his bike for $200. He is next door to you in California. Did you know that the engine has to come out of the frame to correctly install the airbox? 25 year old wire harnesses can crack and break during removal and installation.

just hit the "easy" button

 

Next door? He's half the country away.

I've already got the engine out and the frame is almost bare now. I just lack the swing arm/driveshaft assembly.

As far as the wiring harness goes... cracking an break isn't a problem for it anymore.

 

Dude that thing is in bad shape! Are you seriously going to try to fix it? The motor needs to be opened up I'm sure the fire melted or dried the internal seals...

 

Yes, if all else fails, it'll be a learning experience for me. And a complete engine overhaul is in the plan.

 

It should be a fun project... I'm going to be detailing when she comes apart for paint later this month. Good luck and take pictures! I want to see pics of the progress.

 

well if you really carry this through, it will be amazing to see the end product of a running bike.

 

I've been taking pics with my cell phone, but at $0.99 per multimeida message it'll get quite expensive to keep transferring them. So I'll need to get a data cable or a digital camera pretty quickly.

 

digital camera should be budgeted in for the project.

 

budget? what's that?

 

well in that case... buy buy buy!!!

 

I really meant that in ther other sense. Getting this bike kinda threw any budgets out the window. I'll definately order a digital camera on payday though. It'll make things in project a lot easier to track.

 

what provider do you use ryan? i found that i can email myself picture messeges and it doesnt cost me anything extra. does that work for you?