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« on: January 11, 2010, 04:50:21 PM » |
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1983 Yamaha XJ900RK Seca. I owned 7 of these over a 35 year period and sold this one last year in absolute mint condition. Had an orginal 3000 miles on it
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2010, 06:57:44 PM » |
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Amazing. Beautiful bike!
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2010, 07:14:33 PM » |
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Mambo you obviously take great pride and care for your machines.
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2010, 09:32:39 PM » |
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3000 miles??? Why would you make her spend her life sitting in the garage? She was born for the road!
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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2010, 06:28:37 AM » |
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Don't remember this model - she was a bute. What is the grey triangular part in front of the tank?  |
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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2010, 07:06:49 AM » |
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It's an air scoop pulls in fresh air and directs it to the motor. On used ones, both sides are almost always missing or broken and they are the hardest 2 parts to find on the entire bike.
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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2010, 07:17:26 AM » |
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This was a one year bike for the USA. It went to Europe and Canada for several years afterwards. It's actually 883cc.
This is the only color scheme available to USA. Canadian models were all white with Blue & red striping.
Approximately 3,000 came to the USA. They are far and few between at this point and bring top dollar.
This one was the last one I acquired. I had another in the garage at the time and rode it most of the time, so that's why this one was well preserved.
I bought one new off the showroom floor in 1983. The price was $3395 back then.
Sold it about 4 years later and bought a 1982 Honda CBX, I then spent a lot of years looking for other Yamahas that might be out there. .I found 6 of them over a 35 year period making a total of 7 over the years.
I sold this one and the other that was in the garage about 1 1/2 years ago when health issues almost forced me to give up motorcycling - both went to the same fellow in upstate NY with a parcel of parts large enough to probably build another complete bike. They were rare in the US so whenever I saw spare parts, I picked them up. The Yamaha Seca line of bikes could use a lot of the same interchangeable parts.
The 900 was actually developed from spare parts of other earlier Yamaha Secas.
I actually helped Yamaha rewrite a small portion of the Factory service manual where they had made some errors in what goes and fits in certain areas.
It wasn't a great machine but it did everything well. It is my all time favorite.
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« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2010, 07:25:48 AM » |
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Amazing. Beautiful bike!
Thank You
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2010, 07:47:16 AM » |
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Wow! Beautiful!! Sounds like you'd like another?!  |
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« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2010, 11:42:05 AM » |
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looks good but why the nighthawk over the seca, just had to have a 700sc
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« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2010, 12:04:25 PM » |
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looks good but why the nighthawk over the seca, just had to have a 700sc
Always wanted a 700sc and had the opportunity recently to get one close to home so I went for it. After spending 35 years with all of the Yamaha XJ900's I just felt it was time to move on. |
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« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2010, 12:08:38 PM » |
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Wow! Beautiful!! Sounds like you'd like another?! Sure, If I could find one in half way decent shape, I wouldn't hesitate to pick it up. |
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« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2010, 12:09:01 PM » |
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Mambo you obviously take great pride and care for your machines.
Thanks for the kind words. |
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« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2010, 12:17:02 PM » |
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Actually the Seca was on my list of bikes I was looking at for my first. Could never find one though.
Great looking bike though!
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« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2010, 03:29:23 PM » |
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Beautiful! They just don't make them like that anymore.
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I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6
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« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2010, 05:03:32 PM » |
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That Yamaha is drop dead gorgeous!
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