About to pick up a 1982 Seca XJ650 --->J ???

Hi guys ! thank the motorcycle gods i found your forums!!!! I was wondering if anyone can get an idea of what model this one is? I was also wondering if this bike would be able to do 75mph easily on freeway without screaming? My average cruising speed on the freeway/highway is 65-75mph.Would it be able to do 85mph if needed(i swear i only go that fast when i want to see how fast the bike can go) Here are some pictures

 

Looks like an RJ

 

He did say it was an 82 Seca. That by definition would make it an RJ.

Define "screaming". 65mph should get you about 5000rpm or so; redline is 9500, IIRC.

 

the screaming = high revving. I am afraid that it will rev high and vibrate alot. I am hoping for a pretty comfy ride for 75mph. I know for sure it will have some vibrations, but just wanted to see if it will be ok at those speeds.

 

Vibration shouldn't be a problem, but it's hard for us to speculate whether you will think 5000+ rpm is revving too high. Best suggestion I can come up with is try it and find out.

 

75-80 no problem. Stock low handlebars do get a little tiring after a while.
How many miles and how much$?

 

It's 13,000 miles for $1200.The seller says it's clean and there is only rust on carbs(oh man i forgot where exactly, but he said carbs something has a little rust) I am going to go check it out this sunday. To me 8-9k rmps is high. Five to 7k is good.

 

At 6,000 rpm ... the Bike will be Cruising with plenty of room left on the tach before you get to the red line.

70-75 Miles per hour is designed in.
That's where the Bike LIKE to be.
Make sure you have a supply of rubber cooling fin dampers to cut-down on harmonics and you can ride like that all day long.

There's not too much on the Carbs that can rust.
The Hats get pitted and rusty.
The enrichment circuit activating rod gets rusty.
The Idle Adjustment Rod gets rusty, too.

They all clean-up very nicely after getting refinished by chucking them in a drill and high-speed sanding them back to bare metal and shining them with 800 Grit.

If the Carbs are clean and tuned you should be able to let the bike Idle on its own and have no hesitation or delay coming out-of-the-hole.

You SHOULD do a Compression Test before buying the bike.
It would be prudent to know that the engine is going to give you some trouble-free miles before laying-out the 12-Hundred.

 

man that looks like a seca 650, the colors match up and so do the exaust and side covers

 

Re: About to pick up a 1982 Seca XJ650 --->J ???

Up there. The subject line. Let me show you it.

 

My Seca 650 did 5.5k at around 75 and I never redlined it and got up to 105, according to my gps. I think that was somewhere around 8k. You'll have no problem going 75-80.

 

hiya guys thankyou so much for the input and helping me with the questions. I do not know how to do a compression test. I am going to go look today. Hopefully it is as clean as he says it is. The price sounds really really almost too good for the condition and miles that it is in.Hope for the best!!

 

where are you located? If you don't want it, I will SO jump on it!

 

If the bike is running as it should, it'll tach around 5600-5800 rpm at 75 mph on a flat road, depending on atmospheric conditions. Rick is spot-on when he says that this range is exactly where these bikes like to be. Seca 650s are remarkably fluid, but they do tend to buzz a little just around 5000 rpm. Once you get above 5500, they smooth right out again. They are perfectly happy cruising at 75-80 all day long.