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xj chain drive. Did they make a 650 chain drive?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by no$4bike, May 1, 2010.

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    no$4bike New Member

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    Hello all!! Im brand new to this site and new to the XJ Yamaha. my buddy is giving me a bike he has had lying around for years. He said he thinks its a 650, but not a 100% sure. I know that it is chain driven not shaft. Did they make a chain driven 650? the build date is 10/81 and im pretty sure it has a YICS marking on the side of the motor. I havent been over there to see or pick it up yet. All the decals have been removed.
    Thanks and i look forward to hanging around this site!
     
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    RickCoMatic Well-Known Member

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    Is it a 2-Cylinder or a 4-Cylinder?
     
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    no$4bike New Member

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    4 cylinder
     
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    Most likely an XJ550
     
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    no$4bike New Member

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    so....did they make a 650 chain drive?
     
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    No, but the FJ600 is chain drive.
     
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    No. The chain-driven XJs were the original XJs, and started life as the Japanese home-market 398cc XJ400.

    There was a (Seca-styled) XJ500 for other parts of the world; then the 550s which we got (Seca and Maxim.)

    The 550s led to the XJ600 and FJ600, and that was it. I believe there WAS a 700cc Radian in the late '90s, which had the 550 Maxim frame and was chain driven.

    The FJR1300 is chain driven but MamaYama won't bring them here.
     
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    FJR1300 is a shaftie. The XJR1300 is a chainie


    just sayin


    oh and we get the XJR1300 and it's predecessor the XJR1200 here.
    Apart from the handlebars being a bit narrow, they are great bikes.
     
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    Sorry, XJR1300.

    Yeah, and they get them in Australia and New Zealand too. Pretty much everywhere except the USA.
     
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