The FZ600 exhaust should fit your XJ550, the Fazer exhaust definitely won't.
No. Completely unrelated. The Fazer is a 1998 to 2003 standard, whilst the FZ600 is an 80's sportsbike with an XJ600 / FJ600 (depending on where...
You'll be fine even if you took twice as long! 24 hours is about right for cure time.
The FZ600's biggest drawback power wise is the carbs. They're the same size as the FZ400's because the XJ600's wouldn't fit in the frame. I can't...
Thrasher on here has an XJ550 that he used to race and his bike definitely has an alloy arm. It's in this thread:...
Really nice find and a good read there. The chain drive conversion is very interesting. Cheers!
Got any pictures? XJ650 Maxims only have one brake disc too, but it's on the left. On the left side fork slider, is there any provision for...
Looks like it's back to regular posts now. Thank you.
Ads are necessary but this eBay trick is ridiculous. I click on new posts and it's just pages of crap. Half of it isn't even for our era of XJ.
They can be a swine. Keep trying, Polock's advice sounds good, ten times better than what I ended up doing to get mine off.
That extra drop on the headlight looks mean. I need to get back in the garage!
I put a similar bar on mine, but with a lower 1.5" rise. They didn't touch the tank, but I did need shorter cables and a shorter brake hose. I...
That's pretty much what I was getting at. It's probably easier to just put the Maxim tank and panels etc. on the turbo bike
With a 650 Maxim I'd be upgrading the brakes a long time before I made it go any faster. The stock brakes, no matter how new or well maintained,...
Looks good, I've been waiting to see how this one turned out and it looks like you've done a great job on it. And ready just in time for winter!
What bike? Because if it's one with the italic wheels then the YZF600 (Euro spec Thundercat) disc bolts right in, as does the earlier FZR600 and...
Looks like a good day out, it's freezing over here.
Maybe? Depends what the PCD is on the mounting bolts. You could always just buy one and send it back if it doesn't fit.
Erm... Pretty sure it's an XJ750E, like this one: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/mashey6464/33431878.html, or...
[IMG] And another one! Looks like a Honda NC30 rear wheel, (chain driven), but I can still see the pumpkin? Oh what a lathe can do!
I found this picture whilst doing a bit of research: [IMG] Unfortunately I can't read Japanese, but here's the original link for anyone who...
For the front fender, what if you cut off the front and rear parts, leaving essentially the brace, then remade the cut off sections out of...
You could you use pre-preg carbon fibre, fine for pretty much anything that isn't structural and no need for an autoclave, just regular epoxy.
You want a stud extractor like one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teng-Tools-Drive-Extractor-Service/dp/B00CYLV5YS They've got a self...
I don't bother with them anymore, one decided it was going to seize itself and I ended up having to remove it with a grinder. Turns out that a...
A member on here got R1 calipers to fit his bike. Probably not the world's easiest conversion, but it is possible:...
I had this happen on my FZR, that was down to pressure plate bolts too. Lessons learnt the hard way tend to stick!
Heat and an impact driver.
Single sided swinging arms were popular in the late eighties / nineties as a result of popularity the TTF1 class and endurance racing....
What you have there is a rising rate linkage, typical of just about every modern mono-shock system. The benefits in these systems are numerous:...
Sometimes it's easier to search the forum through Google, if you use "site:xjbikes.com " (minus the quote marks) and then your search. You should...
The last vacuum tap I rebuilt ('93 GSX-R 750), had a small hole manufactured into the diaphragm, it lined up with another hole in one of the...
Plastigauge for measuring the shells. You'll need to join the crank cases together with with the crank and shells installed and a piece of...
It would be great if we could hide signatures. Some of them are about 20 lines long or more and basically as tall as my screen. Failing that...
Quality.
Has anyone ever tried adapting the cable system out of another bike to fit the XJs? That adjuster is awfully hard to get to, especially with...
£500 to £600 if it does actually work. Otherwise £450 tops.
Synthetic designed for cars or bikes? If it's for cars, get rid of it. You can't use car oil in a bike with a wet clutch. If it's bike oil, it's...
Right hand side for me (UK).
That's the bloke who invented RiderScan, 550 Maxim. This video shows the whole bike: RiderScan
It'll be fine.
Plastic-weld and a re-spray.
They work very well on the FZR, lots of bite, good feel and great stopping power. If it's the same compound for the XJs then they should be spot on.
Is that the standard rev-counter?
No I didn't actually, I just took a random guess... :roll: What was your contribution again?
Get some cheap DOT4 and flush it through the system until it comes out clean. Or, if you've already got the caliper in bits, take the piston out...
Benelli according to the article.
I'm going to guess it can't be done, or at least isn't a straight swap; the 750 has 56.4mm stroke, 650 has 52.4mm. It would be possible to swap...
Barnett clutch springs - eBay Would you like some rusty Barnett clutch springs for your XJ? Better pony up!
Cool pics!