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WANTED: XJ500 motor

Discussion in 'For Sale, Trade/Swap, Wanted' started by Wirehairs, Sep 5, 2021.

  1. Wirehairs

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    Looking for a motor with solid compression numbers to put into a complete bike. Doesn't need to have a starter.
     
    Wirehairs, Sep 5, 2021
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    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    Good luck with THAT!!!
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Hogfiddles is explaining that there is no such thing as an XJ 500 motor.
    There is a XJ550 engine though.
     
    k-moe, Sep 5, 2021
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    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    No he’s not…….he’s explaining that the xj500 is exceedingly rare, and you’re gonna have a really hard time finding an engine for an xj500. You may want to consider getting an engine for an Xj550rj, th0ugh……..it would be a LOT easier. Barring that, get one for the Xj550rj Maxim.
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Oh duh.....I forgot about the JDM only machines.
     
    k-moe, Sep 6, 2021
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    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    I don’t think it’s Japanese-market-only.... I think it’s Euro, too, and I believe it was a pretty popular model in the Euro market. Whatever the case, USA didn’t get it.
     
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    Sorry; simple typo. I meant a XJ550.
     
    Wirehairs, Sep 12, 2021
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    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    Geez. Here we were hoping to see something you don’t see every day……….what a letdown.:(

    alright…….are you looking for a 550 Maxim engine, or a 550 seca engine? Or doesn’t it matter to you?
     
    hogfiddles, Sep 12, 2021
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    And here I thought the Seca and Maxim motors were the same. They aren't?
     
    Wirehairs, Sep 14, 2021
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    Mostly the same.

    However - different cams and different carb innards to go with them.

    Seca is "more sporty".
     
    JPaganel, Sep 16, 2021
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    Well, I have the Seca carbs, so only need the motor itself.
     
    Wirehairs, Sep 21, 2021
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