How did you get here?

I came across this site by searching google for "1983 Yamaha Maxim 750", and then sorting through the endless pages for some usefull information. Im glad i stumbled across this place too

 

I actually googled and found xjowners... made the switch when it happened. I like the crowd and will be hanging around.

I was a mailing list person - got dropped a few times from the list... they are great folks on the list and would still like to keep in touch with them. I just prefer the forum format better...

Best way to improve this forums search rating? Google page ranks based on the quality and number of web links INTO (not from) your website. If all the xjbikes members link to this webpage from their homepage our page rank will go up.

The best way to spread this website, however, is probably word of mouth. I often meet xj's on the road and I always mention this website as a great place to get model info and meet up with other riders.

Woot.

 

When I bought my Seca, the previous owner gave me a binder of all the info he could find about the bike and the link to XJ Owners was in there. I rejoined here after the switch. Couldn't be happier. This site is basically a dream come true for we XJers with limited mechanical skills (and that's being generous when describing me). Esp when it comes to troubleshooting.

Greg

 

I came in about the same way as woot. I was googling (is that a word? :lol: ) to find out more about my bike, probably used the search term "Yamaha Maxim 650" or something like that, since I didn't know at the time that it was an "XJ". Found the xjowners board about two weeks before the switch. I'm also on the XJ Micapeak list, but I rarely even read it. The mailing list format is just too time consuming for me to go through, especially since I'm on digest mode. I've always been a fan of forums.

Woot, didn't know that about the links deal, I'll definetly have to put a couple links to this page!

I've definetly told ever XJer I've seen about this site, but some people are just not the web forum type I guess.

 

On links - there is a huge business to be made of it - that is why wikis, forums and blogs are getting spammed by 'bots.

Google essentially looks at a page and looks to see what it is about. Then they look at how many people refer to it. If all net citizens were good, then more links to a page would suggest that it is more valuable or in high regard. The higher the page rank the higher it ranks in searches.

If you search for something and it only finds one page - then it's the top ranked. If you search for something and it finds 100 pages - then it combines the relavance ( how closely the found page matches the search terms) with the page rank - the highest combination of relavance and rank is the first page you'll get in a list.

Knowing this you can of course pick better search terms... and more importantly to us - as this page will have mention of nearly all XJ parts it's relevance to an XJ search will be pretty high. What we can do to improve it's page rank will move it significantly higher up the results page on google... we can improve it's page rank by all putting a link to xjbikes from our own personal webpages or in our profiles on other forums that don't mind.

Common small business tactics are to do link exchanges - I'll link to you if you link to me.

 

My riding buddy Sammowry told me about this place.

 

I searched in google xj750 and got the mailing list first. I signed up for that. But it was overly confusing and just plain annoying getting 12 new mails every 15 minutes, each its own bit of info but not really sure what its talking about.


To cluttered.

 

I was a member of the xj-owners mailing list for a short time, and made the switch when you took over.
Great site and people.

 

I had googled "Yamaha Maxim" about 4 years ago and found the XJ owners page but was unable to enter it. On a lark back in January, I revisited the bookmarked link I had and was redirected to this forum. Chance really, not much of a story.

 

Googled xj650 and sorted through junk. I think I bought the xjcd before I even found this forum, so I probably went through a couple of other sites first.... I'm not sure. cat keeps trying to type must go.

 

Google (/bows down before the great search engine).

I think i used xj750 owners group or such..

 

I kinda got chased to here...all my Harley buddies are ok as long as I'm ridin' my Custom 1200 Sportster...but if I get on the Seca...thay all snear at me...even as I pass them all in traffic.....
so I joined a few groups at Yahoo and there I found a link to here....this is a good site and the design is very much like a photography site I belong too..(potn)....so the Harley is in the garage and the seca is waitin' for me to go out.....in fact...I'm heading out now.....later...don

 

Was a member of the XJ Owners forum and got the news it was closing/merging into here.

Also meta tags and web search enabling works wonders for a forum.

Ours has been open for a tad over a year and we got 1600+ members now...

 

I have been a member of the XJlist off and on for about 6 years. Someone there mentioned the XJ forum and I joined it. Then joined here after SnoSheriff mentioned it on the XJlist. Stayed through the merger and am very pleased with the site now. Some very XJ savvy folks here. Photos are a big plus in explaining carb parts (and others) to people. I also like seeing other XJ's that have been restored and customized. Easy access to XJ pertinent stuff via the links & products forum.

 

I got here by spaceship , oop's thats the other lot , i think i was googling and found the link from another page , i recollect was the tci explanation page by? , then after not bookmarking this site it took me half a hour to find it via google as it twas buried deep even though i new it was there google could not find it and list it at the first page.

On a side note google now mostly lists payed links on its first few pages , anything to do with a payed link or a link to a payed link gets shown first , their new version of Ranking [is rank] . there is many a web page on that subject , some "hidden"...

Aye i am happy that i found here too , you peoples do ok ..

Internet is changing , Morphing into a $ sign , very unusual.

 

Googled many a moon ago and found xjowners. Moved here from there cos there was becoming here.

Tis a good bunch in here and I like the way this place runs. Unlike other bike forums I frequent, rarely do threads get derailed around here and the technical expertise is second to none.

This is of course a reflection on Sno's great work and the dedication of the members to keep the love of the XJ alive.

A suggestion Sno. May already exist but I haven't seen it. Lots of sites commonly have a "code" area. This is an area where you can cut linking info for XJbikes.com and paste straight into our own web pages. This info would contain logo links etc to make adding an XJbikes link very easy.

 

i'd just bought my bike and googled for four hours at work... this page came up like number 11. but, i searched about 10 different variations of my bike though... read some stuff, saw some pics, got hooked and havent regretted it since... thanks everyone!... oh btw, bikes running great....gimme two days and ill have some pics up of my head removal, and when i searched yahoo...couldnt find this site at all... funny

mike

 

I was with XJ owners and switched over like a lot of other blokes. Great place nice people, been a godsend.

My grandson likes Woots avatar, he looks like Darth Vader which is a plus apparently.

Faighaigh.

 

I'm in the same boat as everyone else, just gotten my first bike, and started to search around the net for sites dealing with it, not sure if this was found on MSN Search Results or from the old XJ owners Yahoo Group

 

LOL - I'm glad my avatar is well received... I'm trying to create a new generation of armoured bikers.

I'll have to dig up more pictures for my gallery... I'm sure I have some pretty classic ones from the long hair days.

 

i came from xjowners!

 

Another from xjowners, although I was only there a couple weeks.

 

When I finally decided the XJ650 was going to be my first bike, I googled and found the xjowners site...just in time to be told it was disappearing and jumped over here. I'm not sure I ever even registered over there...

 

I was looking for xj fotos in a yahoo search and actually stumbled onto this sites' photo archive. I didn't really use the forum part as it was relatively small at that time... until I needed a YICS tool diagram... found robert's link and I was sno-balling from there. Now ya might have a hard time getting rid of me.

Jeff

 

I was looking on Yahoo.com and searched XJ750 and this site was on the first page up.

 

Google - I don't recall what the search string was, but it was obviously a golden jackpot winner. I think I was initially looking up carb cleaning.

 

I've been a xj owner for just over a year now, but didn't start looking around for sites until I got my second bike last October. Googled for some pretty general terms like "yamaha xj750" and found a number of sites that gave me some very superficial info. Gave up on it until I decided I actually needed something like this list. Wierd thing is, I didn't think to use terms like forum, owners, list in my search, so I was still stumbling. Finally -- as in last week -- I tried to come up with something more specific that pertained to my bike. I googled "yamaha xj750 periodic maintenance oil" and one of the hits was for xjowners.com which brought me here.

 

I used Google search for " Yamaha Maxim 650". Was searching for some technical information, read a couple threads and joined as a member. I have found a lot of info regarding my bike. Ordered the XJCD for more info, very glad I found you guys!

 

I am currently doing some work on my 1982 Maxim 750 and googled XJ750 and got here from a link on the second page. It seems like a great site. I will definately be coming back. 8)

 

I believe I googled "XJ750RJ Seca" and first got a result for the XJ Owners page. From reading that, I believe someone made a plug about this site.

 

was looking for a wiring diagram to help me re-wire my headlight after taking the headlight fairing off. I did a search on yahoo for "seca750 wiring diagram" and somehow was directed to a forum here

 

I'd had my bike for a year or so and was bored at work. And Google was there...so i was trying to find some parts and i saw the link. Now that's I'm here I'm reading every bit of info i can on these great bikes.

When i picked up my bike ($650 and i rode it home) it had 17k original miles on it.

 

i was searching for my 81 seca 750 and looking at bikez.com for the picture to show someone, and i saw a forum like thing on the bottom, was looking there and found one of them was xjowners.com and it linked me here, glad I stumbled onto it. Saved me already.

 

i did a search on google 85 xj 700n maxim and stubbled across xjowners but didnt think of becoming a member until i e-mailed a guy about a problem with the bike, he was very knowledgable when i asked how he compiled so much info he told me xjowners club

i took me 30 seconds to decide to sign up and really glad i did the guys and gals are great and very very knowledgable.

 

just a pity about o you ate one too didid'nt you , right on the edge of insanity .

 

This will be a repeat of most of the posts I read, but you probably still want to know. I did a google search for "XJ700" and found the Maxim-X site. Herald told me about the owners group list, and when I googled "xj owners" this site popped up first, and here I am.

Like many of the others, I also joined the XJ list recently and find the forum format much easier to deal with since I can pick and choose what I am interested in reading and don't spend so much time deleting hundreds of messages. I only joined the forum a couple days ago, but have found it to be very helpful already.

 

After nearly a 20 year absence from Motorcycling (my ex-wife refused to let me ride anymore after a nearly fatal wreck racing some friends in the Berkely hills and the death of her brother while riding through the Austrian/Itallian Alps) I got the itch again and started doing research online before buying a bike.

I've previously owned many Yamahas. My first bike in high school was an RD250 then I stepped-up to an RD400 Daytona. While in college I rode an XJ550 then upon graduation I bought an FJ600. I later jumped-up to a FJ1100 which I rode untill I moved to San Francisco in '87. While out in CA I rode a '78 CB750F (a classic SOHC which I had totally tricked-out into an all out cafe racer and left many squids on their Ninja pocket rockets in my dust) until the above mentioned wreck.

Although the Honda was rock stready and reliable, I've always had a thing for Yamaha's styling especially the bikes from the mid-70's - mid-80's. The newer bikes from all the manufactures just don't do it for me. Rice rockets or full-on cruisers seem to be the only choices and they leave riders like me who like the old UJM's out in the cold.

So several months ago while searching for info before buying my bike I stumbled upon this site. I've been a lurker ever since and have found it to be an invaluable wealth of help and knowledge.

I finally decided to register so that I can help others as I have been helped by this community and so that I can post my own questions directly.

Ciao,
Rob

 

Googled "Yamaha XJ550 Seca" and found this link after about 5 0r 6 pages of worthless crap. I thought I was the only one who cared about these old classics any more- WRONG! Good to be among friends.......

 

I went to Texas for a week long training while I was gone my girlfriend bought a 82 xj650. We had been riding my brother's v-star so she thought we needed the bike. When I got home and checked it out the PO wasn't up front with all the things the bike needed, mainly the exhaust. I didn't want to disapoint her so broke down and bought a exhaust system. It was while looking for parts I ran into this site. I think its great and have been reading it everyday since. Thanks alot for sharing you wealth of information.
Marty

 

One day my father was walking down the street when something caught his eye. He crossed the street for a closer look.

In the storefront was the most beautiful of her kind he had ever seen.

He invited her out for coffee........

Then the stork brung me

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:
good one!

 

I found Dave's XJ Yamaha Page which had a link under Favorite Links which led me here.

Best place I ever stumbled onto, I really appreciate you folks and getting to be a part of this which seems to be bigger any other sites like it out there.
It's pertainate to me, everyone gives a darn about the others, an endless wealth of info and knowledge, and some pretty darn nice people!

 

I was on the mailing list when you made your announcement and I rushed over to be the 14th member. I recall some of the old boys cried out "how silly it was to have forums when the mailing list is so great", and some were rather rude about it. I encountered the same thing with the VFR mailing list so it didn't phase me at all.

XJ Owners was still running at the time, and was a good enough site, but this one is a little fresher and newer, IMO. I am glad to see the membership up as I have been lurking for a good part of the last year and have not contributed that much to the discussions.

I like both the mailing list and this forum and still belong to both, but it is a lot easier when you are travelling, or at work to hit a forum than to carry around your email list with you.

Thanks for keeping the lights on for us! :mrgreen:

 

No ne has posted to this link in a while, but since I'm a newb I will.

I googled "Yamaha XJ650 forward controls," this was the third or forth page that came up. I absolutely love it! My wife seems to think that I am some sort of freak now because I haven't been this excited about something on the internet since the original Napster days. The amount of information from people that love the XJ's is amazing. I am glad I found this site, and wish I had sooner.

 

I dont remember how I got here... ( It was probably google... thats how everyone finds everything on the internet right? ) All I know is at the time I was just browsing the internets trying to figure out what kinda starter bike to buy so I could learn to ride... long story short... I ended up here.

It was actually this site and all of it's wonderful members that made me start looking for xjs and ultimately settle on my XJ650. Now I'm in love with my Maxim and wonder why anyone would want any bike other than an XJ...

Thanks XJBikes.com! You changed my life forever! You're the greatest!

Hugs & Kisses...
Gremlin484

 

My wife seems to think I'm a bit off because I follow this site.

I really enjoy it and want to see it succeed


yes, I still need a spell checker.

 

I got here by following a link off Dave's NZ XJ site... I think i found that off Google or Kiwibiker

 

I found link here: http://members.tripod.com/dave_jack/id21.htm

 

I bought an '82 XJ650J Maxim about a month ago from Pigmouse, a member of this community. He told me all about the site and I've enjoyed visiting it so far.

As a newbie to motorcycles in general, I'd taken the Riders' Safety Course and got licensed in the state of Texas about 18 months ago, but put off getting a bike for lots of reasons. As my 50th birthday loomed, however, I decided I better get a bike pretty soon or I'd never be able to face my mid-life without going crazy. Best decision I made in a long time.

I looked and looked, and had considered several different makes in/around 600-800cc. When I saw Pigmouse's Craigs List ad for the bike, I called immediately and his enthusiasm and knowledge did a lot to convince me the Maxim was the best "first bike" I could get. He'd kept it in great shape and the friend I took along to look at the bike told me I'd better buy it or he would.

I've enjoyed riding my Maxim a lot and with every passing mile, I'm even gladder I got it. Pigmouse sold me an '81 Maxim parts bike that has most everything, except the seat and gas tank. A new friend of mine, who also happens to be in this community (Dell82) suggested that I should look at restoring the '81 instead of parting it out. I took one look at the '82 1100 he has restored beautifully and thought, "what a great idea," though I'm humble enough to know I have nowhere near the technical expertise nor well-equpped shop (his is great) to make such a commitment without thinking about it a lot more.

In the meantime, I'm enjoying riding my bike on those warm sunny December days in Houston (when we have them) and getting to know my bike much better. I love the posts I've read, especially those on repairs, modifications, etc., and hope that, one day, my experiences will add up to something valuable to share with others on this site who already seem so knowledgeable.

Incidentally, I posted a "Wanted" part on the site for a flasher stay, but now I don't need it. Dell was kind enough to help me straighten the old one out perfectly. If his is any indication of the sense of community my fellow Maxim and Seca owners share, I'm excited to be a part of the group.

Howie