Thinkin that if i had that problem with my cables being to long with drag bars, i'd look into some dogbone risers, something to think about :idea:
Yeah the cafe racer idea was somthing i was throw'in around, but i really wanted to go the hardtail route with this project from the get-go. But...
Yeah your probly right thanx for the input. I've got my bike all torn apart trying to figure which direction to go with this project, that is when...
Yeah man i dig like the pipes that came on the bike, look nice with it lowered like that.
Of course im still in commin up with new idea's mode with my 80 XJ650, and i believe the cafe racer idea is starting to loose what life form it...
Where can i get those rear sets? I dont think that the maxim tank would look all that bad with a set up like yours, which is what im goin with.
Anybody know if there are differnces between the seca, and the maxim frames. because im thinkin about heading the Cafe racer direction with my...
I would if i knew how, not exactly the computer guru of the yr here :oops:
I here ya :roll: yeah me and this bikes got, what they would call a love hate relationship thing go'in on. Because i tried to get ridd of her...
Cool i guess i can find the torque specs in the book.
Since the head bolts i have can be reused, will i then have to apply the black sheathing that needs heat shrunk'en to the head studs, if so will i...
Stopped by the mechine shop that usually go to, and had the cylinder block and pistons checked out, and it looks like i can get by with a cylinder...
Yeah not knowing much about about one of thiese bikes myself, i did a compression test on my 650 motor while it was on the floor just to see what...
See i told ya, did'nt take but minutes for the pod gods to jump on the band wagon. he he he :roll:
Oh boy have you done it now :roll: the pod gods lay low on here and waite for someone to ask a pod? and they suck the life right out of the post,...
Guys put straight pipes on bikes like Harleys every day, and never have a problem with it. Why would an XJ be any different? I think if you cut...
Point well taken there Mr RickCoMatic. but how cool would it be to have some brand new slugs in a 30yr old motor? I know it'll give ME a worm and...
yeah there was no ridge at the top of either of the cylinder bores, so i feel a new cross hatch with a quick hone, and a new set of rings should...
Not shore what another engine wood cost me, but if i were a bett'in man, i'd say that the way the cylinder bore looks on this motor. I bet that i...
I took a compression test on all four cylinders, which where roughly 90psi cross the board. I did this test with the motor out of the frame,...
Yeap a 180I Maxim 650, and i reside in Uniontown, PA.
The Haynes Yamaha XJ650 & 750 Fours manual that i orderd from Chacal
Could anyone tell me whats all involved in redo'in the top end of a 1980 650, as far as a ring job on a motor that has over 40K+ on it. My motor...
got my motor sitting on the gerage floor while i do a few things to the frame, but today i decided to do a compresson test on the 650 and got...
I've gotta say, that this looks pretty cool man, nice touch :wink:
I was look'in at a set of those risers for my project, now i can see what they look like on the XJ, cool :idea:
Yeah man the bobber look, what about it. Man mine is driving me nuts try'in to figure out if i should go ridgid, or just put 10.5 drop shocks on...
? if i may, still in the process of my 80 XJ650 hardtail build. I kinda faver the velosity stacks over the pods myself, just curious if my stocker...
WOW thats way cool, could i get you to build me, a set up like that for my 80 650 maxim?
That front tire set up would look killer on a hard tail bobber. :wink:
What would it hurt to do the compresson test, and replace the rings if need be, cant be that much to it, what gives. :idea:
Point well taken guy's :idea:
PainterD said that he cut an inch out of his shocks, which dropped his bike 2", but i prob would'nt cut anymore than that from a 25 to 30 yr old...
They look to close together to me.
Yeah for sure, the mechine shop i go to has one of those mechines that makes alluminum come out looking like new, plus i plan on replacing every...
Great stuff there (Alive) thanx
Hey there (PainterD) how's your bike com'in along, thought it looked real sweet with that back fender, and the springs seat. Plann'in on the same...
Email address sent :wink:
Thanx (TIMEtoRIDE) pretty much what i needed to help me out, yeah im deff, no big computer guru by no stretch. But thanx
Oh sorry bout that, dont know what i was think'in. What i've got is an 1980 XJ650I with the hitachi carb pac, Yeah just thought someone would'nt...
I've had mine down awile sitting in a boxes waiting for me to get around to them. I've got everything seperated for each carb, so i'll know just...
What about a pvc system with a pod on each end, plus one or two between the second and third carb, which would make the pvc tubing the same as a...
Looks like it was ment to be that color, nice job, i like it. :wink:
IMHO, It is what it is man, the shafty was'nt designed for a fatter tire, you'll just have to build around the skinny tire. Personally i like the...
Yeah, im thinkin about that color for my tank aswell, how bout some pic's with it on the bike. :idea:
Well i got the bike just for the reason of bobbing it. This is my very first bike ever, but not my last. Infact i plan to get a sporster as my...
Thanks for helping me cut to the chase, you lead me right to it. Yeah the oil tank look is the bomb. :idea:
I was bobbin around the idea of a PVC intake system with possibly a single pod sticking out of each side.
Since im back and forth with what to do with my 80 XJ650, thought i'd go back threw some of the post's on the site, and i guess im gonna bob my...
