SCORE! 1983 XJ750RK Seca with Touring Package

My latest score. 1983 XJ750RK Seca with the touring package. Top case and side bags are not on in the picture, but I have them. Excellent condition - 14,xxx miles.

 

Nice looking bike. Haven't seen anything close to that nice for sale in a long time, enjoy

 

Oh man.....
Those things are dangerous.
Lucky for you that I'm a certified Seca750 de-dangerfier.
Since you ae a forum member I can give you a very discounted rate on the service. All you need to do is deliver it to my garage. The process usually takes around a year, but can take up to ten years if it's in it's original super-dangerous state.

 

That's an awfully kind offer, @k-moe. The real danger I'm facing is the wrath of the family who is upset that I rescued another bike.

 

WOW beautiful bike congrats Dan

 

I haven't torn into this bike much yet, so I haven't been able to discover this bit of information for myself. So I thought I would ask because it is kind of driving me nuts. But what the heck is this thing in the middle of the fairing for???

 

I think there is supposed to be a knob that goes down into the headlight to adjust the beam height. Yep, you got yourself a pretty bike, Congrats. I had one for awhile (traded for a Turbo). I found it to be comfortable but the fairing was not as effective as it is stylish and swoopy looking. Have fun!

 

Too bad it wont go faster than 85 mph

 

Certainly not.

True dat. I put a little extension on the top, that helps. But it's still no GoldWing.

That makes perfect sense. Seems like something that may be on the spectrum of Unobtainium. @chacal do you have these bits? Anybody have a picture of what it should look like??

 

Seek and ye shall find, I suppose. I found this photo from eBay. Good look at what the knob should look like. I don't know if I want to fork out $200 for the whole fairing just to get that knob though.

 

Make your own. Find the correct metric thread, get a suitable length socket cap screw and a press on knob. Assuming all it does is press down, which means the headlight would need to be spring loaded upward. There has got to be a way to figure it out.

 

Worst case Ontario, that's what the 3D printer is for.

 

Ontario = scenario? Danged computers.

 

Sorry, bad Trailer Park Boys reference.

 

I got the fairing dismantled. I found the original spring and square nut for the headlight adjustment knob rolling around inside. Also a couple shards of glass from the original headlight cover.

The nuts and bolts mounting the fairing was a hodge-podge of random stuff people had laying around their garage over the years. I would appreciate it if anybody knows what the mounting nuts and bolts are supposed to be. (I can't even tell if they are supposed to be SAE or Metric at this point)

A fun fact for people playing along at home is that the tiny hex socket head screws that attach the headlight trim to the fairing and the headlight mounting screws are NOT metric. Grab your SAE hex keys for these.

One of the two headlight mounting screws (see catalog #HCP16999) appeared to be a screw that one would use to attach an outlet cover to a receptacle. That's some creative problem solving right there.

I'm going to bite the bullet and buy an original headlight adjuster knob assembly off of eBay. Maybe I will work on reproducing one just for fun.

Turns out that @chacal has some bits of the headlight adjuster listed in the catalog:
HCP17018 Aftermarket headlight adjuster knob-to-shaft SET SCREW, used to mount adjuster knob to the adjuster shaft.
HCP16990 Aftermarket headlight adjuster knob-to-shaft C-CLIP, used to retain the adjuster knob to the adjuster shaft.
HCP16703 Aftermarket headlight adjuster shaft spring FLAT WASHER, fitted at the base of the spring at the bottom of the adjuster shaft.
HCP16994 Aftermarket headlight adjuster shaft spring SQUARE NUT, fitted at the bottom of the adjuster shaft.
HCP16991 Aftermarket headlight adjuster shaft nut C-CLIP, fitted at the bottom of the adjuster shaft, within the threaded area.

 

That’s easy to fix……. You just say, “it’s just one more bike…….at least it’s not like Dave’s garage———“

 

Got the hard bags mounted tonight

 

Nice score!!

In 1986 I extrapolated (using the tach) and got it to do 125 just like it said it would in the Hot Rod magazine article but then I hit high speed wobble and crashed. I spent 4 days in hospital. The stuffed animal made the stay bearable.

Here's my 3rd 750 Seca.

 

That sounds awful @Andrew Nichols

if you go 100+ and crash, you’re gonna have a bad time

 

Read in Counselor Mackey's voice (m'kay).