oldtimer Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 i am looking at buying this bike a xj550 1981 with 46k on it mot and tax ,two spare wheels £595 what are your thoughts boys, have put in a bid of £495 but might give him full price as i like the older bikes, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 i am looking at buying this bike a xj550 1981 with 46k on it mot and tax ,two spare wheels £595 what are your thoughts boys, have put in a bid of £495 but might give him full price as i like the older bikes, Hi from the photo's the main stand is snafued (perhaps), you may need to insure that the frame is ok where the main stand fits. On a service point of view the motor is quite good as long as the oil has been changed at regular intervals. On inspection of the motor you may hear a knock from the cam area, this will be bad setup of the carbs and not an engine fault you will need some vaccum guages, yics tool and a small screwdriver to get around this problem, but if it knocks perhaps the price could be adjusted to compensate for the engine noise if you are short of the tools I have the lot ! Regards Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 thanks for the advice and the offer jim, as the bike is 240 miles from me i have a old mate who is going to have a look at it for me, held back on the offer till i hear from him, regards paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator YamaHead Posted January 21, 2009 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2009 Speaking from experience......hard to go wrong with an XJ550 OldTimer 46k on the clock is just getting warmed up......had well over 130k on mine when I sold it....& it ran like a champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Speaking from experience......hard to go wrong with an XJ550 OldTimer 46k on the clock is just getting warmed up......had well over 130k on mine when I sold it....& it ran like a champ. well its all irrelevant now as i got outbid pity i should have give him the money he wanted instead of being clever and knocking him down. nice bike you got there where was the river you took the picture? i lived over your side of the pond in the early seventies first in st francis and then moved to cedar rapids till i went back in the army,cold winters plenty of snow but got into baseball and followed the brewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator YamaHead Posted January 21, 2009 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2009 Shame about the 550...... Where I took the pic was in Oregon City (south of Portland Oregon)......where the Clackamas river (from the left) ends into the Willamette river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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