ALL- You've been incredibly helpful on this sight for my few years of 1981 XJ 550 Maxim ownership I recently (last 5 months) was recovering from...
Hello! Recently got the bike and finally got the battery in the mail today. When going to install the battery I have 3 wires. Negative, Positive...
I recently bought a 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim. Seems to be in ok condition. Changing out the starter solenoid and battery. Was able to get it to...
So I have a 1983 xj650 Maxim and it’s been sitting for two years so I cleaned them and got the butterfly valves moving with the throttle because...
Hello all. New here. And new to the motorcycle arena. Looking to start this cafe racer project. Will have lots of questions going forward. If...
Hi, I have an 82 maxim that just recently wont start. I've been having battery problems, where I would need to get a jumper pack to start it. It...
I'm new here, recently bought a 80 XJ650 Maxim project bike and I've been searching for a new battery. The manual says to use a 12NI2A-4A, but I...
I have a 1982 Yamaha xj750 café racer build that had been working great for the month and a half that I've had it, but I went to the gas station...
Hi everyone, I have a 1982 XJ650RJ. I replaced the original lead-acid battery for a lithium ion battery Shorai (model: LFX14L2-BS12). I was...
Hi everyone, I have a 1982 XJ650RJ. I replaced the original lead-acid battery for a lithium ion battery from Shorai (model: LFX14L2-BS12). I was...
I have an 81 XJ550 Seca that I have fighting to make run for a while now. I cleaned and soaked the carbs and replaced the seals for the throttle...
Hi, I'm new to the forum, just recently picked up a xj650 on trade. And I was wondering... has anyone here tried to put a fuel pump on one of these?
posting here after my local garage burned down—-I’ve been having intermittent troubles with my bike starting that I had been attributing to the...
Ok, so I have a 1983 xj750 maxim. I have replaced the starter bushings and the starter was like new. Had no issues starting. Fre months later the...
Hi ya'll. I replaced the old, deader-than-a-doornail battery with a new, sealed battery for my '81 750 Seca. The bike, when new, had a...
I've noticed while scouring for parts that many bikes are missing their right side battery cover panel. I have just recently bought a 1982 XJ650J...
XJ650, I just got this bike yesterday, put in a new charged battery of 165 CCA (as specified for this bike) and it takes forever to start, if it...
Hi fellow riders, currently im customizing my XJ650 '82. I am wondering if a smaller battery will work. The less visible, the better. Like a...
I Pulled the acid battery from my good 1981 xj650 to temporarily use on my exact same model 1981 xj650 project bike. After cleaning the carbs and...
Hey everyone, I just got the XJ650 81' on Sunday and immediately began working on it. It was my fathers before and he had not ridden it in about...
[ATTACH] Let me just say, honored to finally be a motorcycle owner and be apart of your forum! I just bought an 82 XJ7 Seca (That's what the...
So I had a failure to chooch at 3am last night downtown. Luckily I was able to bribe a construction worker to let me put my XJ750 on their site...
Finally got it "done" still needs a couple little odds and ends but its running.
So I re wired my Xj550 RH to a basic hard wiring diagram off the diagram there are 3- 10amp accessories add fuse blocks. my motorcycle ran and...
So i have been working on my brat build for a while now and i want to have the naked look so i need to get a smaller battery or one that will be...
Hi all.... new to this site, as i have only recently purchased my '85 maxim. it was a spur of the moment buy. I couldnt really say no to...
I have had a nagging intermittent problem with starting my bike. The bike is a XJ900RL. I bought it Oct 2015 and the guy told me that the battery...
So this winter my 82 750 Seca has been having cold start trouble. When the weather gets down real low the starter will crank and the engine will...