I am working for the german website www.xj650.de since17/06/2001. Because the XJ650 and XJ700 are very similar, but also have got a lot of difference, I startet at summer 2002 the english version of the XJ650 fansite, the website xj650.com. If somebody is interested to see his own XJ in the galery of this webside, he would do me a big favour with sending a picture of his XJ or Maxim. The red Maxim was sold from Wade a few months ago. I also added the red XJ to the galery. This beautiful and costomized Yamaha belongs to Steve. I also found another great website with lots of XJ pitures, take a look at their website here.

I am working on a german Yamaha XJ 650 Turbo since a couple of months and I am interested in getting in contact and share information about this great bike. So if you also own the XJ650 Turbo, I am looking to get in contact with other drivers from all over the world to share information. Because I did not have so many information about the XJ650 at the web, I am greatful for any information. Dave from Colorado send me the following links to Turbo related information at the web:

I also bought the bike magazine from november '82 with a 6 page bike test with the Yamaha XJ650 Turbo. This article will be online during the next days. I am alos looking for the information how many of the XJ 650 Yamaha are wourld wide sold, I did not found any information during my research. I do have only the number for germany, the where sold round about 250 units, but there are only still round abou 120 units on the road.

During the early 80s Yamaha was not the only company, which built Turbo Motorcycles, also Suzuki was dealing with Turbo Motorcycles, the Turbo Motorcycle form Suzuki was the XN85, for more information take a look at the great website www.XN85turbo.com

We have installed a disscussion-board, so feel free to use it for all the questions you have. If you don't find the information you are looking for, leave a message at the board. I also added a drawing how to find the starter switch assy. I also bought at eBay a few weeks ago a three page add from the states, which shoes the XJ650 Maxim. Today I uploaded also the article about the XJ650 out of the Cycle Guide from November 1980. If you want to read the full article, which is 7 pages in the pdf-format, you only need to klick the picture with the cover of the cycle magazine at the top of this webside or you follow the link before. This article is very big, round about 4 megabyte. If i should split the article, please write a messsage in the forum. If somebody has got more articles and also a scanner, he can send me the scans and I put them on the webside. I started my work on this part with a add from Yamaha from 1982 which explains the technical details of the XJ650 and especialy the YICS - Yamaha Induction Control System. Per from Norway send me this scan and have have to thank him again for his work. I also scaned to Yamaha brochure from '82 I bought at eBay from Canada, recived this with airmail, scanned the whole broschure and uploaded the contact sheet.

If you are interested in the parts catalogue, there is one about the XJ650 Seca online aviable at the moment, if you are interested in other XJ or Maxim catalogue, please send me an e-mail. You can also have this parts catalogue and a lot of others in a better resolution on cdrom, just ask.

I have also a few articles about other Yamahas from german motorcycle magazines online, if you are interested just follow the Link. The first two uploads are about the XZ550 from '82 and the Yamaha RD 350 YPVS from '83.

Links to other motorcycle and Yamaha related websites:

Riders of Vision - Jeff's new Yamaha XZ550's website - with updated URL
www.cycletrader.com - This website will be helpful, if you are looking for a used motorcycle
www.xj650.de - the german website about the XJ650