1982 YAMAHA xj550 CAFE RACER

Me and my dad built this 82 Yamaha Maxim xj550 that we bought. We did a bunch of custom work here in our two car garage. The list of things done to the bike is quite long so I'm not gonna get in too much detail but if you have a question about the bike let me know and I'll try to get to you and answer it. Enjoy and thank you much for watching

Jorge jr


Music by: mi6
Song: Stupid Little Things

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1982
• Yamaha
• XJ550
• SECA
• CAFE
• RACER
• sick
• blue
• bike
• motorcycle
• fast
• loud
• open
• header
• straight
• pipes
• custom
• one
• of
• kind

[coloricanking]

Beautiful. Taking a cruiser and making it into a racer shows great craftsmanship. How did you guys lift the tank? I'm trying to do it to my 750 maxim.

[JorgeHurtadoJr82]

@coloricanking Tank came from a 77-78 KZ650, it is not the original gas tank on XJ550s.

[coloricanking]

@JorgeHurtadoJr82 Oh it looks very similar to the original. How much fab work was required if any to get it on?

[danm7289]

Hey man I have the same bike and I wanted to convert it into a cafe racer bike as well. Was wondering did you need to buy a completely new cafe style frame our did you fabricate your old frame. Thanks

[bilalvoh]

Stunner piece man, Ever plan to sell this???



[Darkfloyd73]

Sweet Bike!! i have a 550xj maxim i plan on making a cafe bike in the future. does this sweet ride have a dry sump oil system?? and where did you get those sweet velocity stacks from?? i want to get rid of my stock air cleaner for something like that, but i dont want to mess anything up. id really like to know. thanks for showing us this awesome Motorcycle!!!

[linocentes777]

sweet ride!!! good job!

[arturolozareyes]

the rear shock got my attention! really nice!!

[jordanherrmann]

Cool bike dude. Looks real clean cut and sounds awesome.