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Need to figure out what my bike is.... looks like an early 80's Yamaha XJ650 / 750 but need to make sure for registering and insuring (and repairing) lol




Any help would be greatly appreciated....

I'll guess its an early 80's XZ550 "Vision", that is the best I can do after a quick search on Google images.

Looks like a v-twin so its not an XJ. Maybe a v-four? You sure it's a Yamaha?

Ok, I think Paul is right. Looks like a vision.

I'd probably name it "William" if it's a male bike, or "Christene" if it's a female.

Thanks for the input... it is a Yamaha, or atleast it has Yamaha tags on the bike and Yamaha YICS on the engine. Attached are pics that I pulled from google that led me to think it was the XJ650 as they are pics of an '82 XJ650rj Seca.




and I like Christene...lol

Looks like a Vision to me. Vision was the posterchild for the Japanese overproduction fiasco in the late 70s/early 80s when Yamaha foolishly declared war on Honda. Visions retailed for over $3,000 but could be had for as low as $1200 brand new as tons were sitting in warehouses still in their crates. There was nothing wrong with the Vision. It was a fine bike; but between Yamaha's overproduction and America not being ready for a liquid cooled V-Twin which cost more than an air cooled four and much slower, it was a sales disaster.

Looks more like an early 1980s Yamaha Seca 750 to me.

TrueFaith wrote:Looks more like an early 1980s Yamaha Seca 750 to me.

That Seca 750 was an air cooled, inline-4 engine. The "mystery" bike is clearly liquid cooled, and with a vee engine.

The mystery bike is a Yamaha Vision.

Yep, you're right. Too busy looking at the headlight & wheels & didn't notice the radiator