Yamaha 1983 XJ 650 Seca TURBOCHARGED MOTORCYCLE

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 on youtube Yamaha XJ650 Turbo Restoration goggle it Vince's Seca Turbo Page goggle it 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