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My Project Is Nearing Completion !

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by illinoisxj650, May 5, 2010.

  1. illinoisxj650

    illinoisxj650 Member

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    Hi ! I thought I would post the pictures taken of my 1982 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim that sat in a garage for over 20 years neglected and half the roof on the garage was gone. This bike I originally purchased new in 1983 and sold to my brother in law and he rode it 500 miles before I acquired it again in 2008. The motorcycle has only 5,337 orginal miles on it but required a complete restoration. THANKS FOR LOOKING ! DON
     

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    schooter Active Member

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    wow, it looks new
     
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    gorgeous. With the rust on the fenders and all it looked in even rougher shape than most garage sitters. Nice work!
     
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    Dig it!
     
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    You sure got it lookin' NICE!!!

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    Take a bow Man. It looks Awesome. I know from experience what it takes to make them shiny again. Hope it runs as good as it looks.
     
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    awesome job man that looks like new
     
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    Hi , Thanks for the nice comments ! I wish you culd put a little larger picture in our attachments so it would show just how good the bike looks. I have only one issue that is keeping the bike from being completed. The issue is with one header pipe being slow to heat up like the rest but other than that its done ! THANKS AGAIN DON !
     
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    Get a photobucket account (free) copy and paste the "img" code to the text area of the message.
     
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