Topic: Source for parts for 1982 Yamaha XS400J Maxim (or is it a XJ400....)

[smccloud]

Ok.  My dad picked a 1982 Yamaha XS400J Maxim for my wife (for a whole $50, makes the $200 I spent on my '72 CB750 seem super expensive) and I need to know a good place to get carb kits for it as well as where to find the correct specs for the front & rear sprockets for it.  It sat for 10 years so it needs help, hence the need for carb kits, chain & sprockets, oil change, tires, etc....

[kirkn]

For carb kits, search ebay, or I like Siriusconinc.com.  Might even try Yamaha.

As for what it is, the earlier 360/400 twins (76 ~ 82) were XS models. 

In 1982, Yamaha came out with a whole new 400cc twin and put it in the XJ400 Seca and Maxim models.  The earlier models were SOHC and the later ones were DOHC.  The DOHC models also had the alternator up behind the cylinders below the carbs instead of on the end of the crankshaft. 

In 82, I think you could get leftover SOHCs dubbed 'Special' or 'Heritage Special' or the newer Secas and Maxims.

By 84, they had ALL disappeared in the aftermath of the Honda/Yamaha sales war and the US recession of that time.

Post some pictures of yer new toy, if you get the chance.

Kirk

[smccloud]

Finally got into my dad's shed to get a picture of it (had to work on my wife's car).

Here it is.

[kirkn]

Very nice.  Looks like a winner of a project.

And, it's the later XJ400 Maxim, with what looks like a Vetter Quicksilver fairing.

Enjoy!

Kirk

[smccloud]

Very nice.  Looks like a winner of a project.

And, it's the later XJ400 Maxim, with what looks like a Vetter Quicksilver fairing.

Enjoy!

Kirk

Yep, it is a Vetter Quicksilver fairing.  Wife isn't sure if she wants to keep the fairing though.  I said we can take it off while she gets used to the bike, but we are keeping it.

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[kirkn]

They're nice fairings.  Good wind protection and stylish enough, yet not as wide / bulky as the full-sized Windjammer.  I just sold off a Honda CX500C that had one.

Yes, they're removable, but then you've gotta scare up a headlight assembly and mounting brackets and the blinkers as well.  Not impossible at all, just a task to be done.

Kirk

[smccloud]

They're nice fairings.  Good wind protection and stylish enough, yet not as wide / bulky as the full-sized Windjammer.  I just sold off a Honda CX500C that had one.

Yes, they're removable, but then you've gotta scare up a headlight assembly and mounting brackets and the blinkers as well.  Not impossible at all, just a task to be done.

Kirk

I'll have to look next time I'm at my parents, thought it still had most of that stuff.  I have a Windjammer I'm gonna put on my '72 CB750K, want it for riding to work.