XJ_750E-II

Wow, only tried to get the guy some more supporters. Don't worry blackhat I'm gone, your buddies club is safe.

Didn't you notice the sarcasm? the "so well looked after by previous owners" bit.... Soooo many blocked carbs & hacked looms! hmmm Anyway, just suggesting the guy tries there, it is for charity after all

Nah, we just spend more time helping newbies out since our bikes are so reliable and well looked after by their p/o's lol

Hi, this forum's a bit quiet, you might find more eyes, so to speak, if you were to post on www.xjbikes.com Forums

I'm lucky enough to have a beautiful original system anyhow, (it looks as good as in the pics, even the collector is nice) or else I'd have one at that price!

Daft question time, it does have an air filter right? (an original type with the air box, not pod filter/s). As above, check basics first, fresh clean fuel, filter not blocked, new spark plug (keep the old one and post a picture or describe exactly the colour & condition). Also, (don't ride too much as you may have badly lean mixture) when riding & it starts to die, does putting the "choke" (cold start lever) on help or make it worse?

Cool that's a good price, not gonna argue with that!

Nice, I like the look a lot Why the 4-1, cost/availability? personally I think the 4-2 makes the bike from a rear view You have a drum rear brake though, BE SURE when you remove the wheel to not just check but change the rear brake shoes, they can delaminate without warning and lock the wheel up BRAKE DELAMINATION PICS

Couldn't find the pics no, will have another look. Don't know if the list I saw had a 5C on it, possibly a D-II if they made one? Just had a quick spin round the block on mine & wow are those tyres shot! felt like steering a barge through soup! Now it's not so far off engine-wise I'd better get some rubber sorted, what tyres do you have? Been told contis are pretty good but I've always liked either Michelin, or Heidenau on smaller bikes!

lol yeah, we'll move the model ID discussion to the classics thread since I've just posted some details that may help you to definitively ID your bike.

I can't remember what the post was now tbh. I think if yours was fuel injected that'd make it a D but will have a look, probably less of those then E-II I would guess. If you look at the frame number on the r/h side of the headstock & the engine number on a flat bit above the clutch cover, I should be able to tell you more accurate info on it. The 29R 750E-II like mine is basically a 900 pre-div frame with uprated 750 engine. I'm going to say that your frame number is something like 5G8020xxx and engine number 5G8 also? Here's some ID for the JDM '83 model year COUNTRY: JAPAN MODEL NAME: XJ750E-II STREET NAME: 1983 XJ750 MODEL ID CODE: 29R FRAME ID: 29R SERIAL NUMBER STARTS AT: 000101 NOTE: this model had a 750 engine in the XJ900 frame. MODEL NAME: XJ750D STREET NAME: 1983 XJ750 MODEL ID CODE: 5G8 FRAME ID: 5G8 SERIAL NUMBER STARTS AT: 020101 NOTE: this model features fuel injection. MODEL NAME: XJ750 STREET NAME: 1983 XJ750 Police Special MODEL ID CODE: 33V FRAME ID: 33V SERIAL NUMBER STARTS AT: 103001 NOTE: this model is a Police Special. MODEL NAME: XJ750P STREET NAME: 1983 XJ750 Police Special MODEL ID CODE: 39Y FRAME ID: 33V SERIAL NUMBER STARTS AT: 110101 NOTE: this model is a Police Special. EDIT-: Also, if you post a pic of the carbs with the pods off, pictured from the pod end (like you're trying to photo the slides) I may be able to identify which cars you have

Don't think bad of anyone, if they want to delete a reply that's their prerogative, just saying shame it's quiet here, 38,000 members and the loudest thing's the church mouse lol compared to another forum with 12,000 members where there must have been 500 threads this week... And the knowledge base is purely XJ there too, just think I'm going to be able to answer questions about a less than common bike a bit quicker/easier there than here

Ok you deleted your reply, thanks. I wasn't trying to "smart off" or anything you know.# Well anyhoo, this forum's quieter than the grave, shame.

Preload, wasn't planning on throwing the original bodywork on something like this was just thinking if I find it iffy at all I may swap. You're right I like the look too, it grabbed my attention on ebay & when it was only 5 miles away well... you know the rest lol Davie, your engine number is just 29R with no other numbers? & frame number is 29R0001xx as well? If so you may have same bike wow! What frame number you got? EII started at 29R000101 I've got 29R000169... Will try find your pics

Correct, 29R model is "basically" a 31A frame (though obviously stamped 29R) with modified 750 motor (bigger valves, lumpy cam, stroked 0.1mm to make 749cc, bigger carbs) If that's right about the bikini then I'll look into getting the later fairing for it maybe, was thinking of adding the bellypan anyhow as it looks nice IMO. I got a yics tool with the bike