Slightly altered 83 XJ750 Maxim

Not always a bad way to do it anyway. Gives you plenty of time to ride it and decide if there's any changes, big or small, that you end up wanting to make. A lot easier to do that if it's not painted up just how you want it first. Depending on the desired modification of course. Bike looks good. I would want to enjoy it asap also. That's exactly why I haven't finished my 650 and wont until the 750 is on the road so I still have something to ride hahaha

 

Finally got motivated and shortened my side stand to more appropriate 15* lean angle. On initial shortening I shortened it to the lean angle of 7* and ever since I was scared to leave it parked on side stand because on anything less than perfectly leveled ground it was getting tipped over by the wind.

Also... excuse my temporary solution to plate mounting. Lol

Oh, and you can see the mirror I mounted on the left side clip on.

 

Question here, I found a "swirl" pattern rear 3'' x 16" wheel that has a six bolt pattern disc brake mount. Is that a Virago wheel? The splines are the same size and number but the depth is different than my 82 750 Maxim. Does anyone know what this wheel is from?
Cheers, 50gary

 

I could be wrong here but I don’t believe any viragos came with rear disk brake. I personally will be going with XJ700 rear wheel. It’s same size & offset as our stock wheel but has 5 spikes which imo will better match style of my bike. But wheel won’t be mounted until final stage of the assembly as I want to powdercoat everything at the same time and don’t feel like paying twice for mounting new tire (will have matching to the front tire Michelin Commander 2).

 

xj700 wheels are super cheap and easy to find. i got mine for $50 + shipping. Near perfect condition.

mistermonkeyclaw on ebay is who i got mine from, he is cheap, honest, ships fast and answers questions.

 

Nice!
Do you by any chance have a picture of it on your bike with R6 front?

 

Not at the moment, i can take some pics this weekend. Bike is in New Jersey and i live in Brooklyn.

 

That would be great if you could. It sounds like you got an awesome project going on man!

 

Went for a ride to the lake Berryessa today. Bike performed flawlessly. I think I need to take some preload out of the rear shock, I went up a notch this morning and I think I prefer it the way it was before. Also speedo needs better calibration, shift light (set at 9000 RPM) came on in 5th and max speed was showing 99 mph, so something is not right.

 

I think you need a shorter clutch cable

 

Need shorter clutch and throttle cables. Clutch cable is from R1 since it was just tiny bit shorter than stock maxim one and throttle cable is stock maxim.

 

@chacal will make cables to your specified length.

 

No he won't! But we do have cables that are shorter (or longer) than stock, they are factory cables for other applications, but we no longer offer custom-length cables.

 

Oops. My bad.

 

Finally calibrated my speedo. Feels so nice to know the exact speed I am going. Checked it with GPS at 20,40,65,85 mph and it’s spot on!
Finally it won’t be showing 55-60 mph when cruising on highway. Lol

 

Just realized that I haven’t driven a car in 3 days, I guess Maxim is just that much fun to ride.

 

Thanks for the comment, I'm not knowledgeable about what bike this wheel came on, I would like to know for sure just to make it easier to buy new bearings. It is NOT a straight 5 spoke design, it's the traditional "swirl" pattern with a smaller 6 bolt (8mm) circle for the rotor. The spider for the drive spline is also 6 bolts with rubber cush drive, where as my original is 5 bolts without cush drive. I'll check out the XJ700 wheels.
Cheers, 50gary

 

cars are for when it is snowing

 

I beg to differ.
I am in California so no snow for me and my Vert is also plenty of fun to take for a cruise.

 

Went on the longest ride on XJ so far. Total of 105 miles.
Also tried to see how fast it will go but run out of room before I had to slow down for bend, 120 mph so far. They way the bike felt, I think it should do another 5-10 mph. It pulls very strong until 105 mph, which was verified few times.
And once again I am very impressed with handling of this bike, grippy, predictable, forgiving, stable. Love it!