Mornin all, anyone heard of this bike?

[XJ750E-II]

Hi, just joined the forums & as well as introducing myself (Dan) and my bikes (in sig, will sort that in a second...) I have a question to throw out there...

Has anyone ever heard of/owned/seen etc a Yamaha XJ750E-II?
Yes, I know there's lots of XJ750's & 900's out there but specifically the 29R model E-II.

I just bought the bike recently as an "XJ750" and on doing a bit of research trying to get stuff like air filter, oil filter, carb parts & the like it turns out the bike is a JDM only model that was made only in 1983, and basically is an uprated 5N1 motor (bigger valves/lumpy cams/crank slightly different/749cc not 748cc) fitted to a 31A rolling chassis... Nobody seems to have heard of the bike let alone seen one before (apart from a couple of guys in NZ, who don't own one anymore).

So my question is, has anyone here got any other info. on this bike? Have I unwittingly bought the only one of these in the UK? Surely someone's heard of the bugger?

Cheers, Dan.
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1988 CB400 NC27, 25,000, 13k redline!
1995 CB500 PC26, 57,000, tatty ex-DAS bike & winter hack

[radicalrabit]

Hi just been reading your thread on the Yamaha forum. Its great when you buy a bike that is scarce as rocking horse shite .....

Look after it ...... I got a VF1000 a few weeks back and already been offered a thousand quid more than I paid for it. in fact been offered for the reg plate more than I paid for the bike .
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[oouche]

Well you learn something new every day , having owned Mazda eunos's for several years its finally clicked what JDM means .
after reading jdm this and jdm that like it was a expensive brand.
now I think its Japanese Domestic Market

[atonydins]

hi guys after it sitting in a garage for 6 six years, I find I'm the owner of said bike, a 750 in a 900 frame. only found out when xj750 forks seals dont fit?? anybody know the correct size, are they XJ900 size forks??
Tony

[atonydins]

sorted 37*49*8 xj 900 size. running sweet, only had to clean the jets and good to go
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[Nexus Icon]

Let's see some pics then.
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[atonydins]

trying to figure out how to ??
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[atonydins]

trying to figure out how to ??
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[Shaft]

Watch out for that fairing.

On the original 900, they retro fitted a frame mounted item and made it a standard fitment, after people complained about terminal high speed wobbles.
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[atonydins]

cheers for the heads up, only poottled about the garage forecourt so far, as not road legal yet
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[atonydins]

was painted this way when i bought it. looking to paint it in original colours. any ideas guys??
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[Nexus Icon]

My mate's dad had a 900 that shape, back in the day, and it was a dark, almost black, green. That looked cool.
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[atonydins]

was painted this way when i bought it. looking to paint it in original colours. any ideas guys??
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[atonydins]

[quote="Nexus Icon"]My mate's dad had a 900 that shape, back in the day, and it was a dark, almost black, green. That looked cool.[/quote
Like the sound of that, the guy who painted it, painted commercial air-planes, so it looks good from a distance.
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[stavros]

Ooops

when you say "air-planes" and "from a distance"


are we talking 40 thousand feet type of distance????

still looks nice,

but i don't have anything at the moment so they ALL look
nice..

shaft drive I presume.....

saw this if it helps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:XJ750E-II_photograph_of_bike.jpg
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[UnspeedySam]

Omnomnom!

I know someone who has done approximately 300,000 miles on their XJ900. They are truly bulletproof machines. She's not exactly tall so the bike has been heavily modified to fit her. I'll see if I can find a photo...

edit: Photo (not her...she's a bit camera shy):
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1238731_187431334769777_1065031808_n.jpg
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[Vincent]

That fairing looks very similar from this angle as the RD350 YPVS 31K one. If so, it'll be worth about 150 knicker

Welcome to BCF OP

BTW; you might want to try photobucket.com for uploading pics, they come straight up that way.
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[Vincent]

[UnspeedySam]

[Vincent]

No sweat....I'll have to see if I've got the reg No anywhere.

It's probably not it as mine went South, looks like it tho... same rack and chrome pannier frame
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[atonydins]

[atonydins]

[Shaft]

[bren_9311]

[atonydins]

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