New guy, intro to the group.

Hello all bikers!

I want to introduce myself to the group. I recently found this website and had to join. I am a first time bike owner, been riding for 3 years. I received my motorcycle endorsement through the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Foundation. I have not laid my bike down and no accidents so far (cross fingers). I own a 1982 XJ650 Maxim. It is very clean with 15,000 miles. I am in love with this bike. It’s stylish, affordable, easy to work on and very powerful.

Back in 2003, I purchased it from the 2nd owner that could care less for the thing. After purchasing it, I replaced an ignition coil, fork oil seals, fuel filter, both tires, lubed up the kickstand safety switch, replaced the clutch cable, changed the oil / filter and also changed the drive shaft oil. The carbs were also cleaned up.

Well, that’s my short intro. I plan on posting and participating in a lot of the forums. I will be posting pictures of my bike soon.

See you in the forums,

- DIYMechanic

 

Welcome Fellow Biker. I hope you're stay is pleasant and look forward to seeing some pics (even though we have the same type of bike, so i have a pretty good idea what it looks like). It's good to have someone who's got experience working on these bikes.

 

Welcome!! 8)

 

Glad you've joined the gang. Looking forward to your photos.