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hi selling 1983 xj650 seca turbo have clear title, this bike had alot of fun on it but tank rusted out so i replace tank and sealed it
went thur carbs but could not get it running. it ran great turbo worked great first time i started when i got i started
it up it smoked for a couple minutes than smoke stop and it ran great here more about this at Vince's Seca Turbo Page.
tells you all about the bike. also has its own sound cause of the turbocharger.
TURBOCHARGED MOTORCYCLES ARE HOT NEWS THESE DAYS,
besides being the flashiest things on two wheels, not to mention expensive, and still fairly rare.
With the Suzuki XN85 waiting in the wings, today's potential turbo owner has to agonize over just two choices:
the Honda CX500TC, and Yamaha's new XJ650LJ, their makers' (and. the world's) first catalog-model Turbo bikes.
There being just the two, comparisons are inevitable and, as it happens, most interesting.
Both the Honda Turbo we tested last month and the Yamaha Turbo presented here have force-fed engines and high-tech styling.
But they really are not very similar at all.
In the real-world sense Yamaha's Turbo is a somewhat smarter effort than its rival precisely because fewer surges
of brain power were expended in its making. Honda built the CX500TC to hook all the hardware junkies, enhance the
prestige of its engineering staff, and to let everyone know what can be expected from a mere 500 cubic centimeters
displacement when the filling is done with a tamper. For such reasons, and because the CX500 V-twin only reluctantly
lends itself to tubocharging, Honda made its Turbo a fuel-injected, gadget-laden, technological tourde force.
By contrast, Yamaha seemingly borrowed from the Honda advertising slogan "We make it simple" for inspiration when
the XJ650LJ was being designed. They made it simple.
Yamaha XJ 650 Seca Turbo TV Advert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRmkOGSmtA8
Yamaha XJ650 Turbo Restoration
http://classic-motorbikes.net/wp/yamaha-xj650-turbo-restoration/
Vince's Seca Turbo Page
http://pw1.netcom.com/~rvtucker/Seca.html
Make Model Yamaha XJ 650 Turbo
Year 1983
Production '82: approx 6500, '83: approx 1500
Engine Four stroke transverse four cylinder. turbocharged. DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder,
Capacity 653
Bore x Stroke 63 ? 52.4 mm
Cooling System Air-cooled
Compression Ratio 8.2:1
Induction 4x 30mm pressurized Mikuni CVs
Ignition CDI
Starting Electric
Max Power 90 hp / 67.1 kW @ 9000 rpm
Max Torque 8.33 kgf-m @ 7000 rpm
Clutch Wet, multi-plate
Transmission 5 Speed
Final Drive Shaft
Front Suspension 36mm Showa 140mm wheel travel, adjustments for air pressure
Rear Suspension Dual Showa dampers, 79mm wheel travel, adjustments for air pressure, rebound damping
Front Brakes 2x 266mm discs
Rear Brakes Single 200mm drum
Front Tyre 3.25-19
Rear Tyre 120/90 V18
Dry Weight / Wet Weight 235 kg / 257 kg
Fuel Capacity 19.5 Litres / 5.02 gal
Consumption Average 43.2 mpg
Standing ¼ Mile 12.68 sec / 106.13 mph
Top Speed
