Required maintenance

Hey everyone,
I recently purchased a 1982 yamaha seca xj650rj and I was curious as to what I definently need to have replaced or maintained. Any help is awesome!
Thank you!

 

Just dig through these forums and you will find everything you need. I can sum it up for you per everything I've learned from the wizards on these forums.

1) Check valve clearances
2) Clean carbs
3) Set float height then wet set
4) Bench sync carbs
5) Use YICS blocking tool to do a running vacuum sync
5) Tweak pilot screws (gas/air mix) as needed with or without colortune
6) Check drum brake for delamination and service
7) Service front brake

There may be more but this is a decent start. All of the tutorials you could possibly need are on these forums.

Good luck!

Edit: keep in mind this all depends on the current state of the bike.

 

No YICS on the 650 Seca but a good list nonetheless.

 

Thank you guys for the input I appreciate it! Are these all projects I can handle myself? I'm not excellent with mechanics but I restored a snowmobile once

 

If you can turn a wrench, you can fix just about anything on the Seca. Take a look at my build thread in my signature. All done without a ton of mech experience, most of it limited to working on MX bikes many moons ago.

 

Hey if Kaz can do it anybody can. (Sorry big guy, you left the door open on that one.)

Seriously, if you can read a service manual and turn a wrench, and have a good learning ability and a reasonable attention to detail (and aren't in a HURRY) we can make a motorcycle mechanic out of you. There's a lot of experience here.

You'll need a service manual or two, basic metric tools plus basic mechanic's tools, and understand that you're looking at between about $600 ~ $800 to pull this off, then hell yes. Let's get after this. Kaz has a 650 Seca, as do I, HogFiddles and Ecologito and except for Kaz (and a couple of our original owners) most of ours are still a work in progress. There are a lot more 650 Seca fanatics here, those are among the hard-core that come to mind.

If you really want to do this, jump right in. It's not all that difficult if you're "mechanically inclined" and can read a manual.

 

I really should pay attention to detail.

 

I had an old bike repair guy tell me once,,"if it looks like its broke and you think it needs adjusted, replace it or adjust it. Chances are your gut is right." never realized how right he was.