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Yamaha XJ650 Yamaha XJ650
  • Engine - 653cc, 4 stroke dohc
  • Power - 73bhp
  • Top Speed - 125mph
  • Produced - 1982-1985
  • MPG - 40mpg
  • weight - 195kg (430lb
  • 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Special Yamaha XJ650 Special  
    1981 Yamaha XJ650 Seca Yamaha XJ650 Seca
    • Air-cooled four stroke, transverse four cylinder, DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
    • 71bhp @ 9400rpm
    • 5 speed, shaft drive
    • 48mpg
    • 206kg
    1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim Yamaha XJ650 Maxim Yamaha builds a high-performance 650 motorcycle and gives it "special" styling. Although other makers had dabbled with the cruiser get-up laid over basic Japanese four-cylinder motorcycles, no other manufacturer had made the million-dollar commitment: design a brand-new four-cylinder, and build it specifically as a special. At Yamaha the special became the standard.
    1981 Yamaha XJ650 Midnight Maxim Yamaha XJ650 Midnight Maxim
    • Air-cooled four stroke, transverse four cylinder, DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
    • 71bhp @ 9400rpm
    • 5 speed
    • 47mpg
    • 120mph
    • 203kg
    1982 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo Yamaha XJ650 Turbo
    • Air-cooled, four stroke transverse four cylinder. turbocharged. DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
    • 90mph @ 9000rpm
    • 43mpg
    • 235kg
    1982 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo Yamaha XJ650 Turbo Turbocharging puts new life in the Yamaha 650cc engine; although the Turbo is just three-tenths of a second quicker than the standard 650 at the drag strip, that figure is deceiving. When the engine comes on the boost, the power surge is astonishing, and the Turbo tops out at speeds that standard Seca owners can reach only in Fantasyland.
    1983 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo 1983 Yamaha XJ650 Turbo  
    Yamaha XJ650 Turbo Yamaha XJ650 Turbo

    With its world’s first carburetor turbo system, the XJ650 Turbo was quick to draw attention at the 1981 Tokyo Motor Show. This, added to the introduction of the electronic fuel injection turbo system on the XJ1100 Turbo, focused much attention on Yamaha’s turbo technology. The aerodynamically designed full faring was the product of repeated wind-tunnel tests and employed much of the modeling technology and know-how from Yamaha’s marine division.

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