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XJ 500 -81 (super rare?)

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  1. sparvel

    sparvel New Member

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    Hi!
    Im new here and found this place when i tried to get more info of my new bike! Sorry it i post in wrong area! This is my first bike and I thought it was a good beginners bike though it was relatively cheap and what i could see in quite ok shape! Dose any of you know more about it since i find it super hard to get more info about the XJ500? Is it so that they only produced the XJ500 in a small batch or did they make some small changes of the bike so it got a new name but in general it is the same as a XJ550 or some similar bike?
    Thankful for answers! IMG_7433.JPG
     
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    chacal Moderator Moderator Supporting Vendor Premium Member

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    Very rare bike, almost identical to European XJ550 models.

    1981 XJ500 MODELS:

    COUNTRY: EUROPE

    MODEL NAME: XJ500
    STREET NAME: 1981 XJ500
    MODEL ID CODE: 5N4
    FRAME ID: 5N4
    SERIAL NUMBER STARTS AT: 000101


    1983 XJ500 MODELS:

    COUNTRY: EUROPE

    MODEL NAME: XJ500
    STREET NAME: 1983 XJ500
    MODEL ID CODE: 27E
    FRAME ID: 5N4
    SERIAL NUMBER STARTS AT: 005101
     
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  3. sparvel

    sparvel New Member

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    Ok! Thanks for the info!
    But if a want to buy spare parts, can i search for the XJ550 as well? Is it the same carburettor for example? The "rubber gasket/pipe" (don't know the english word) between the carburettor and the cylinder has a lot of cracks and need to be changed.....
     
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    a100man Well-Known Member

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    What size are your carbs? If they are Mikuni BS28s then the 550 ones will almost certainly fit. I have an odd feeling that the 500 was only sold in Austria or somewhere like that.. Len?
     
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    a100man Well-Known Member

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    BTW do you know the bore x stroke dims?
     
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    tabaka45 Well-Known Member

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    Nice looking bike!
     
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    Simmy Well-Known Member

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    Yes, I'm curious to. Did they just call the 528 a 500 for this model?
     
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    Stumplifter Well-Known Member

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    XJ550H Well-Known Member Premium Member

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    some of the countries have lic. restrictions based on size of bike could be it is just a little smaller piston or stroke change like the 700 vs 750
     
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    schmuckaholic Well-Known Member

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    Not quite. :) Was poking around on Reddit a few days ago, decided to search on XJs for whatever reason, saw a thread from a while back where someone had picked up a 650G and was asking for information. He promptly got referred over here.
     
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    sparvel New Member

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    Don't know any dimensions yet but I'm planing to start some restoring soon so I can measure it then!
     
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    factory service manuals have the specs see if you can find one.
     
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    Hi.
    I just find out that my bike must be rare.
    Xj500-81 idnr: 5N4000104
    If i get this right my bike must be the third one the made?
     
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    XJ550H Well-Known Member Premium Member

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    4th one made but still rare
     
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    Nice!
     
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    MattiThundrrr Not a guru

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    Hmm. I'm not too familiar with 550s, so I could be wrong here, but I'd say that yamaha dug into the 650 Seca parts bin for that model.
     
  18. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    More likely the 550 Seca parts bin
     
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    MattiThundrrr Not a guru

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    I thought the tank and side covers looked 650, but I own zero of either model. "Not a guru" guru!
     
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    XJ550H Well-Known Member Premium Member

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    the controls on 500,550 and 650 are the same
    seca 550 and photo euro xj500 have rectangle blinkers .it is nice looking for its age
    the euro xj500 and 550 got the swirlly wheels that are on maxims in North America much nicer rims

    My big question is does he have the right side cover?

    also notice the shifter not at all like US model Seca more like the 650 and 750 secas
     

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