| JANUARY
2006 - SOLD
To Ken, who has a patient hand in bike restoration. Hopefully
he will have great success getting her back on the road and
back in great shape. Thus ends my XJ ownership. Now... what
else is out there :-):-):-) ???
Here's
what Ken Speights of Lantz did to her - WOW! (click to enlarge)
DECEMBER
28, 2005 - as-is for sale photos
CURRENT REPAIRS
- WINTER 2004
My
ride is a 1985 Yamaha Maxim X - XJ750XN - a watercooled 750cc
in-line 4 cylinder, 5 valve per cylinder sportbike. I bought
it in June 1998 and have been riding almost continuously since
then. (new paint job) Bar-b-que paint
- $4.99/can
The
XJ Global Relay involves two or three hundred XJ motorcycle
owners around the globe who are passing a canvas knapsack
from country to country. The bag is now an amazing collection
of personal mementos and funny little objects, letters and
photos. Friendships have been made and we've all been enriched
by the experience. Follow the link above for more information.
We
met on Friday evening the June 16th 2003, to look at the bag.
Mario Grenier, David Wooten, Rich Black, Peter Perry and John
van Gurp. What a blast. There is so much to see. It would
have been great to have a whole afternoon but we made the
most of a short evening to go through the amazing travelogue
presented by the personal effects and notes and souveniers
and some weird stuff that lives in the knapsack. photo
album
This
morning we got together again and added Guy Maugher and Ronnie
Norden, who rode in from PEI on Friday evening. He just missed
us for that evenings gathering. So we rode out to Peggy's
Cove for some photos. It was fun. You may have heard about
Peggy's Cove in relation to the SwissAir
Flight 111 disaster.
The
roads are twisty and turny and with the maniacs leading the
pack we had a good time. Who were they anyway? Rich? Ronnie?
On the way back David and I splintered away to go back home
for other obligations, while the rest of the gang carried
on the Stewiacke,
Nova Scotia at 45 degrees North latitude. From there at least,
Rich, Ronnie and Guy (?) are going on to PEI.
Photo
Album
Mario's
video page
See
the Canadian XJ Relay main page - Mike Winiarz
Oct
- 04
- She's in the shed for the winter being brought back to good
condition. The plan is to strip it down and paint the whole
thing in a nice colour scheme and to replace a lot of stuff;
shocks, coils, handlebars, lights, wheel and steering bearings,
check everything over and end up with a nice bike once again.
Here's
a page to follow the progress.
Oh
and by the way, it looks like the emulsified oil was caused
by water entering the air cleaner box through a dislodged
carb intake boot. The water then worked its way down through
the crankcase breather tube. Nothing major - phew!
(Update from December 2005)
I read up that short
stop city riding causes emulsified oil build up in crankcase
breather passages in left side engine cover. So I removed
it and cleaned them up.
Sept - 03 - after almost ending up under
a van a couple of days ago I added some colour. Also cut down
on the seating... moved rear pad to main seat area, held in
place with an old strap. My friend Norm said it was a stealth
bike, and that's why I've had a couple of close calls...
April
2003: The bag is on it's way to Mario Grenier in Dartmouth!
Here's the Canadian
XJ Relay page.
March
2003: Apparently a guy somewhere in Scandanavia has the
bag and isn't answering emails. What's to be done about that?
Update:
No news for over a year until September, 2002. It looks
like the relay is still alive and a gang is forming to transport
it through Nova Scotia to Brian Evans in New Brunswick. |
