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Hi All, I am trying to post some pics up, but it does not seem to like photobucket links...... Can anyone tell me what links it does like?

Hi all, Things have been a bit busy with work so I have yet to actually get on with taking my test, but the bike has been coming along nicely...... I am just waiting for the panels to come back from paint (trusted a mate of mine to do the paint, the only bit of the bike I havent done). It is looking good (in my opinion!) and I think it is pretty tasteful, admittedly it is no show stopper, and doesnt do anything radical in the styling dept. but I will post a few pics up when she is built back up, as it think it will show nicely in the life of this bike, having now been saved twice from neglect/abandonment)...... Rob

Thanks Airhead!

Hi Everyone, I am new to the site, and to bike ownership! I am 32, and a race mechanic (cars) in Cheshire, and have finally decided I have got enough self preservation about me to trust myself on a bike. I first rode a little crosser when I was about 7 years old at a fair, and when my auntie asked me what the bike was, I proudly told her I had ridden a Yahamaha........... I have had a few plays on friends bikes, but finally bit the bullet and bought a rather unloved XJ600 pre diversion in Jan of this year..... Last week I had a look on Google for the Yamaha Owners Club, and the first link was to here, and in particular a thread from 2011, about an XJ600 that someone had bought.... which is in fact the bike I have just bought! Anyways, Sorry to ramble, Rob PS, not actually got my licence yet, if anyone could recommend somewhere good near warrington to do a direct access I would be really grateful!

I too was sorely tempted to respond, but thought it would be bad form for the new boy to behave like that.....

I dont know Airhead, I bought the bike from a bloke near Rugby, who I presume bought it from Willgree..... Thank you Yamahead, It will hopefully be presentable and not repulse anyone! The bike is progressing, and as the first round of our championship is now cancelled as of today, I may have more time than I expected to put into the bike..... :S

sounds very much like a faulty coil or possibly CDI unit. mine had a faulty coil. There are two coils, one runs cylinders 1 and 4, the other runs 2 and 3. that would be the first check I would make.........

Hi everyone! I had wanted a bike for years, and decided at 32 it was about time I did, I wanted something cheap, bit of a project, and something I can make my own, so in anuary of this year, I bought an old XJ600 pre diversion, to strip, rebuild, and put my own individual touch to....... I have trawled ebay for bits, stripped the bike, acid dipped and painted the frame, and I am in the process of building the bike back up, inbetween work and studying for my bike theory test...... Tonight I decided to see if there was an XJ 600 owners club, so typed it into google and clicked on the first link that came up, which turned out to me this thread..... My eyes were immediately drawn to the first pic, and in particular, the reg plate..... MY BIKE!!!! I am in fact, the proud owner of B680 SFA! Progress has been a little slow due to massive work commitments, (start of the season is looming) and because when I am not working I want to spend time with my lovely and very patient girlfriend, Kat, who has been very supportive of my career and petrol headed ways... I will try to show a few pics as things progress with the bike.... she was in pretty good order, despite having a pin hole or two in the tank, very badly set up carbs, a bad coil, and left in a yard that doubled as a small terrier's latrine....... I am not doing a "restoration" with her. I have chosen to remove the fairing, fit a single "crystal clear" headlight, and XJ600N clocks, and I am in the process of painting her in VW Candy White. I apologise profusely to any who may scream of sacrilidge, but I aimed to get a bike that was cheap, and was not a particularly "cherished example......!