HELP! Front forks, speedo unit ?

[hotrdd]

I need some help. I went to attach the Speedo drive unit today and I can't seem to get it to sit in the correct spot. If I rotate it so it points towards the back of the bike then the cable nut hits against the fork tube. And if I try to shim it over the brake rotor is hiting the side of the brake housing. This is the first time I've really tried to get the front fork pieces all put together. Are these even XS650 forks? Are they on the bike in the correct direction or do I need to switch the sides? Should the brake caliper be between the fork and bike frame or out front? Hope someone here can help.

 

[ReycleBill]

I just went out and looked at 4 different XS650s and none of mine have lower legs that look like yours. 74, 79 and two 1983s.

PS. On all of mine the brakes are on the right.

 

[ReycleBill]

I just went out and looked at 4 different XS650s and none of mine have lower legs that look like yours. 74, 79 and two 1983s.

PS. On all of mine the brakes are on the right.

PPS. That's also not an XS650 wheel.

 

[hotrdd]

The front and rear wheels match so I think they are stock, specially since the rear is the drum brake but I'm confused by the rest of it.

 

[Grinder]

I've never seen XS650 wheels with curved spokes like that, or forks like those.

 

[visimpact]

They def aren't xs 650 forks. Or wheels

 

[hotrdd]

Great now where do I go from here? I tell you the rear looks like a legitimate XS drum brake setup. Now that I'm at the final steps with this beast I'm wondering how much of a Frankenstein I have.

 

[highspeedhamish]

Looks like early 80s XJ 650 Series front end to me..

 

[hotrdd]

The forks are them already powder coated but would they be stamped somewhere that I could look? The top of these forks have a air valve for adding air to them.

 

[ReycleBill]

No XS had air valves when stock. Maybe you should look at speedo drives from an early XJ. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but don't most all Yamahas use the same ratio?

 

[ReycleBill]

Also. is it possible to switch speedo drive to the right side.

 

[meanstreakmark]

Yes, it looks like an XJ650 wheel... possibly 1981. That's the year I owned, and bobbed.

 

[visimpact]

I'm almost positive it's a yam maxim rim and fork

 

[hotrdd]

Here's a picture of the rear wheel. I did some google searching and it looks like this might be a Yamaha maxim rim and forks. Now need to figure out what year so that I can make sure that this is setup properly.

 

[mouser]

The front and rear wheels match so I think they are stock, specially since the rear is the drum brake but I'm confused by the rest of it.

They match each other perfectly and are probably stock...but not on a 650xs...

 

[ReycleBill]

Did you figure them out yet?

 

[hotrdd]

Looks like these are all maxim rims and forks. I'm trying to join the XJ site to see if there is a way to identify the year, etc.

 

[rpgoerlich]

Shoot a pm with pics to Chacal on XJBikes.com. He'll reply.

 

[hotrdd]

still trying to sign up for the XJBike site. Not as easy to navigate and register as here :-(

 

[Fatman]

still trying to sign up for the XJBike site. Not as easy to navigate and register as here :-(

post a pic of the whole bike