XJ 750 A Restoration Project Finally finished!

In the UK its a complete nightmare to get a set of 4 into 2 pipes for an XJ 750, the only ones I could get were imported from the states and they were for a R model and not a A model (edited as I called it an RJ by mistake), nobody I have found do a set for an A model. So with a lot of swearing and making up some brackets I finally got the set to fit. Here is a link to my project Link and there is a short vid of what she sounds and looks like on the page to.

 

Re: XJ 750 RJ Restoration Project Finally finished!

The "R" means "Seca" the "J" just means 1982.

Although your bike is a 750, your tins, seat, fork trim, etc; are all screaming "650," in relation to the USA-market bikes. Our 750R was a different bike. An exhaust system intended for an American XJ650R would probably have been a better fit.

Looks like it worked out well though.

 

Re: XJ 750 RJ Restoration Project Finally finished!

oops I meant 750 A not RJ my mistake, my bike is a 750 engine dropped into a XJ 65O RJ frame, I done a lot of research and thats how Yamaha produced the 1981 XJ750A... And that exhaust is for the R model.

 

Gotcha. We never saw that "cycle frame" as anything but the XJ650RJ, which was an '82 model.

Sharp bike.

 

can you tell the year of a bike by the engine number? mine just says 5G8, same on the frame..

 

Oh it was imported from Japan, maybe its a prototype LOL it also states 1981 on the V5 and the only way we can get a V5 for an imported bike is information from the manufacturer of the year it was made.

 

Here you go:

COUNTRY: JAPAN

MODEL NAME: XJ750A
STREET NAME: 1981 XJ750
MODEL ID CODE: 5G8
FRAME ID: 5G8
SERIAL NUMBER STARTS AT: 000101
NOTE: uses the XJ650RJ Seca frame, but has the 750 engine.

From the XJ4Ever Model ID and VIN thread.

 

Ahh cool so I was right it being a Seca RJ 1981 and not an 82, nice one fitz, so the 650 Seca model number RJ is kinda confusing to say the least.

Went out on it today and it handled like a pig, I got back to the garage and replaced the rear shocks, now it handles as sweet as, the old shocks had more or less packed up and you can hardly compress them at all. Surprising how much difference shocks make on a bike, I just replaced the monoshock on the Divi 900 s and that cost an arm and a leg jeez

is it me or does everything I touch break? LOOOOOL

 

I got a bargin last weekend, I come across a breaking 650 and managed to get hold of the 8 inch headlight, master cylinder, clutch lever bracket and a set of clocks for £80 not bad huh?

Oh these are the bars that will be going on soon as I get em..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT

 

I love your bike... It's perfect.

What bars do you have, I read the resto but it just saying Triumph style risers.

 

Sure is purrty!

 

You done a good job, there, Bandit, you got some good deals, they look like pre-war prices. Did you do the whole thing without dropping the mill out of the frame ? Love the 'Mary Poppins'Tank. Wiz.
Have you pics of your 900 ?