Spotted this on FB marketplace, it is in NZ so I'm not sure if he'd post it but he lives not far from me so I could always do it if someone wanted...
https://rmdmotors.com/bike/1983-ish-moriwaki-yoshimura-yamaha-xj400-team-works/ POA, that means I can't afford it anyway :( [IMG]
This is what brand new unused cases for the Xj550 look like, [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Bought then ages ago and pretty much forgot I had them...
It's a bitsa, registered as a 500cc sometime in it's life it had a 650cc transplant, Dad's owned it 20 odd years but for most of that time it was...
I'm the passenger with Gordy riding(and looking for the camera) [img] Ran fifths and sixths at a track Gordy hadn't ridden before on a bike I...
Except they weren't ever called a Seca over here, cost $360NZ My little Bro actually bought this intending to put the motor in his XJ600 which...
Made up out of bits from 4 different bikes, pretty stock except for the cut down seat, 18 inch LC front wheel, 4-1 exhaust and 1.5mm overbore, it...
Does anyone have any pictures of XJ550 bikes that were raced in the early eighties? especially if they have sponsors decals and non standard paint...
XJ550 : 50.00 HP (36.5 kW)) @ 9000 RPM 528cc XJ600 : 72.00 HP (52.6 kW) at 10000 RPM 599cc The 600 has bigger carbs and supposedly bigger...
Has anyone done a 520 chain conversion on their 550 Or can anyone tell me what sprockets to use, I can't find a decent online catalouge to...
Are these all basically the same motor? ( I dont care about the rest of the bike)
Does anybody know the piston to valve clearance on a stock 550 Seca or how much you can safely surface grind the head to bump up the compression?
Can anyone tell me whether the conrod length for the XJ/FJ600 is longer than the XJ550 and whether the exhaust/inlet valves are bigger?