A deal too good to pass up... So I didn't. This gem was a solid little garage find from one of our fine serviceman at Ft. Bragg. (Thank God for him and all the other men and women defending and serving our country.) He wanted to sell it quickly and inexpensively because he was deploying and it had already been sitting for over two years. Of course, the bike had the normal problems from sitting, plus a few more. Gummed carbs, dead battery, non-working brakes, and a thick protective layer of dust. Besides slightly tweaked original handlebars, the bike was straight and cosmetically fine. The paint was hazed a bit and the chrome needed polishing, but all is to be expected. On a difficulty scale, from mothballed to road-ready, the middle-sized XJ looked to be about a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10.This was my first 650 4 cyl. from Yamaha of this era. I was curious how it would perform. The 1981 Yamaha XJ550 Seca I had was impressively quick and spirited. I'm not a big fan of the "psuedo-cruisers" that the big 4 started producing in the early-eighties style wise, but most of the time they still went down the road well.
More to come...
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