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This brings back great memories...the seca 650 was my first bike...bought one new in 1982...great bike very reliable, got many years and many miles of enjoyment from it...thanks for posting this!
I've spent the last year restoring mine. She just fired up tonight after a carb clean an sync. Great bike! My first bike was an 81 550 maxim. Very similar engines, but this ones way more powerful!
My FIRST streetbike I ever bought, new, in '82! I LOVED it!! This video warms my heart! I always think it would be great to get one again, as a second or third bike, for boppin' around town. I currently own a K1600GTL but before that I had a '05 FJR 1300 and before that ( second bike owned after the 650..) a '89 FJ 1200. Great first bike, I took it on semi-long tours, picked up chicks with it, etc. My friend was visiting Japan and sent me a pic of a XJ900 Seca that looked identical to the 650, THAT I would love to have! I did have one problem with mine, a fairly serious one. It wouldn't shift out of first, and this showed itself when I was out on a ride a with a bunch of friends a good distance from home. Somehow, with much time and effort I got it into second and ignored first for the rest of the ride home. Took it to the dealer where it stayed for about a month. Honestly can't remember if they fixed it under warranty but it was some design deficiency involving a...something in the gearbox. Apparently they modified it in later versions of this bike and Maxims etc. Loved the huge, bright headlight, loved that it came with dual fairly loud horns and I thought it was European sexy in style! Kinda slow until you got it above 4-5 grand then it was satisfyingly fast though no GPZ beater!
My God this video is painful to watch , I had one of these back in the day , I’m 50 now and this by far was the nicest bike I have ever owned , I so miss it , it’s almost like missing a child (don’t have any) the sound is something that can’t be mistaken but yeah this is tough to watch .. my 650 was identical to this one and it was very much looked after and babied , but it was stolen and never to be found ... any way good video and thanks ....from Canada
I had an 83, same paint, I put 80k miles on it and beat it to death, I absolutely loved it, looking at another right now 22 years later, they were an awesome machine
I live in Russia, in 2011 I bought a Yamaha xj 750e, this is the same motorcycle, only for the Japanese market. After 5 years I sold it to a friend, now I want to buy it back. During the summer season in 2012, I covered 7,500 km, and without any problems. Great bike!
I bought one new in late 1981 in Beaumont, Texas. It was my first motorcycle. I had it for three years and used it instead of my car in all kinds of weather. Wish I still had it. Rear fender on mine was silver and matched the front.
I bought mine brand new in 1984 (it was a leftover at PCP Yamaha in Sacramento) when I was stationed at Mather AFB...I rode it all over the U.S. over the next 16 years before selling it in 2000. I had 102,000 miles on the totally stock engine (although I replaced clutch plates around 80k) & it never left me stranded, ever. One of the best machines I've ever owned, bar none.
I bought the same color out of a neighbors backyard, sunk up to the sprocket, for $300. Dude said it didn’t work. Dropped in a battery, recovered the seat for about $12, reconnected the clutch cable, and put about 70,000 miles on it without a hitch.
@@brunovincent1969 Sure, yes...at the time I was struggling to get thru college and had picked up a very clean '82 R100RS. Couldn't afford upkeep on 2 bikes on part-time wages. That Seca was my 2nd road bike and sure served me well but I was ready for a larger displacement bike.
@@brunovincent1969 I missed one for sale within 4 hours of my location several years ago. It was immaculate...missed it by a day. If Yamaha still made them, I'd go buy one today lol 😆
I have one of these, an 82 Seca 650RJC in red. The 8 inch headlight, 5 gallon tank, oil cooler, shaft drive, rear set pegs and the low but comfortable bars make it a joy to ride all day. My mechanic keeps trying to buy it off of me. I love it. Love this channel too. What a great video!
Wow....TY so very much for this video. I am 56 years of age and this was my second motorcycle. It brings back so many memories. Had mine for 3 years and sold it to my friends brother who then had it stolen from him. That broke my heart as that bike had not a scratch on it. I had the exact same color scheme and the only thing i didnt care for on that machine was the shaft drive, less on maintenance but a lil harder to pull the front end up off the road...lol.
I had one of these when I was 19, it's pretty much what I learned to ride on, me and my stepdad didn't get on so I use to love riding it past the house just to annoy him, a bit naughty though because i didn't have a licence, but I have to say, i loved the time I spent on that bike! Greetings from England in the UK
Good lord, this is tough to watch. I bought one new in 1982 when I lived in Boston. I had Fox rear shocks fitted by the dealer which, by sheer coincidence, had blue springs that perfectly matched the accent color. I sold it a little over two years later when I bought a new FJ1100 (which was a great bike). To this day, I miss the Seca. It is, without a doubt, the prettiest of all the Japanese UJMs. It was great to hear it again, no other bike sounds like it.
I run an 82 650 Seca same paint job but with a matching ferring. this is a very reliable and faithful bike. it's really quick. has racing shocks and stainless steel brake lines. The number 2 carb is leaking gas. not sure why. Thank you for this well done video. LOVE THIS BIKE!
Just bought my first bike and it's a 1982 yamaha seca 650. The same bike you got there. I can't get over the look of it and the sound. I'm working on rebuilding it this fall and winter back to its original form
97,000 miles on mine. Bought it new in Sacramento and rode it on just about every highway in California with a trip in 1988 to Calgary and back. Still looks mint and ran great when I parked it (in my garage) several years ago. I'll probably need to go through the carbs and replace the shaft seals but I don't Anticipate any problems starting it up again.
Picked one up a couple months ago that sat for ~20 years in a garage with less than 5k miles on it. Could use a gooooood deep clean to look like this one: caliper and master cyl rebuild, all new fluids across the board, carb rebuild etc etc etc ... all OE minus the bar end mirrors ... can't wait to get new tires on it and get it on the road!
My first brand new roadbike purchase was indeed this bike,same paint everything. This bike looks just the same as when I rode it home with a paper plate.
I have one that I bought in Oregon in 1992. It still runs and I have 95,000 miles on it. Alas, it shows 30 years of wear and tear but it still runs good.
I just picked one up today, same color too. Not as nice as yours, but its in nice condition. My buddy told me about your video. I'm glad to hear that its a good bike. Nice video!
I bought one in 1989 in New Jersey that was sitting in a crate for 7 years in a Yamaha warehouse. So, it was under the original warranty, which was pretty cool. The only thing that ever broke was a voltage regulator, replaced under warranty. I regret selling it.
I owned one exactly the same as this in Australia back in the early eighties. Yes, the US version, not the Aussie version, possibly the only US one in Oz! Only issue I had with it was the coils, replaced them twice in 4 years.
That was my first bike, bought it used for $700, drove it in the snow first time, no license, no insurance nothing, never driven a motorcycle before in my whole life, just got on it and went!
One of the few models with an 8 inch headlight. Don't ever damage or lose that headlight or you may not find another one! I think I have a spare headlight bucket laying around somewhere come to think of it
@@gordvail9022 Hello Gord. My cell is 902.483.9132 text me and we should meet up. I'm in Bedford near the Petrocan by Sunnyside Mall my email is cardfun@yahoo.com
This is my first bike when I was 16 years old I lived in the Finger Lakes area of New York State and my friend Ben and I were the only two kids that road motorcycles to school and then everyone started riding motorcycles to school
One of the prettiest bikes I can think of with the biggest headlight of all time. I loved mine, the only change I would make would be slightly revalved fork (Stiffer) and new shocks. Anyone know what this sold for??
I have a garbage kept ATP turbo SECA xj750 American Turbo Pack race bike. Between a 79 and 82. She just started today with IV to the fuel pump and jumpered the starter relay. It's an angry one off. You'd be interested *not for sale
@po18guy thanks for the feedback, all of our time is precious... thanks... i wish i could respond with relevance but it was over a year ago when i drug my xj650rj out of storage of 4 years (19 year old tires that painfully taught me a lesson about rubber)... only to discover twin drops of gasoline coming out the exhausts... in the end; absolutely nothing to fix (pull the carbs and eye-ball the floats (grab a needle-nose))compared to the amount of effort of life, these bikes are dope, i held onto mine... but yours is(was?) literally a museum piece. perfect for sure. since then my main bike has been a Raider SCL. thank you.
Special bike, when going to buy bring tape measure to check for original 10”headlight. I can’t tell by looking if it’s the correct. It actually doesn’t look big enough to be original 10”
Wrong, UK/Europe got more of these than the US did, we imported them for 4 years, the European model wasn't called Seca, just XJ650 (4KO). We also got the XJ650 Maxim cruiser style bike, also XJ550 chain drive bike (had one of those too). Don't believe me? Take a look in my garage The XJ600 was a later bike, totally different
This brings back great memories...the seca 650 was my first bike...bought one new in 1982...great bike very reliable, got many years and many miles of enjoyment from it...thanks for posting this!
I've spent the last year restoring mine. She just fired up tonight after a carb clean an sync. Great bike! My first bike was an 81 550 maxim. Very similar engines, but this ones way more powerful!
My FIRST streetbike I ever bought, new, in '82! I LOVED it!! This video warms my heart! I always think it would be great to get one again, as a second or third bike, for boppin' around town. I currently own a K1600GTL but before that I had a '05 FJR 1300 and before that ( second bike owned after the 650..) a '89 FJ 1200. Great first bike, I took it on semi-long tours, picked up chicks with it, etc. My friend was visiting Japan and sent me a pic of a XJ900 Seca that looked identical to the 650, THAT I would love to have! I did have one problem with mine, a fairly serious one. It wouldn't shift out of first, and this showed itself when I was out on a ride a with a bunch of friends a good distance from home. Somehow, with much time and effort I got it into second and ignored first for the rest of the ride home. Took it to the dealer where it stayed for about a month. Honestly can't remember if they fixed it under warranty but it was some design deficiency involving a...something in the gearbox. Apparently they modified it in later versions of this bike and Maxims etc. Loved the huge, bright headlight, loved that it came with dual fairly loud horns and I thought it was European sexy in style! Kinda slow until you got it above 4-5 grand then it was satisfyingly fast though no GPZ beater!
My God this video is painful to watch , I had one of these back in the day , I’m 50 now and this by far was the nicest bike I have ever owned , I so miss it , it’s almost like missing a child (don’t have any) the sound is something that can’t be mistaken but yeah this is tough to watch .. my 650 was identical to this one and it was very much looked after and babied , but it was stolen and never to be found ... any way good video and thanks ....from Canada
I had an 83, same paint, I put 80k miles on it and beat it to death, I absolutely loved it, looking at another right now 22 years later, they were an awesome machine
I, too, had a 650 Seca back in the day, and share most his sentiments.
I live in Russia, in 2011 I bought a Yamaha xj 750e, this is the same motorcycle, only for the Japanese market. After 5 years I sold it to a friend, now I want to buy it back. During the summer season in 2012, I covered 7,500 km, and without any problems. Great bike!
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I bought one of these about two months ago, its my first ever bike, it needs a bit of work and some new parts but im really excited to get it running
Had the same bike, same color in 1982. Thanks for awakening the good memories.
Omg, when you say "back in the day " I feel old now. I had the red one, man its nice.
I bought one new in late 1981 in Beaumont, Texas. It was my first motorcycle. I had it for three years and used it instead of my car in all kinds of weather. Wish I still had it. Rear fender on mine was silver and matched the front.
My very first bike! Bought in Germany in 84 from a cool German gal who was as tall as I. (6 foot) rode it all over Europe. Miss it a LOT.
I bought mine brand new in 1984 (it was a leftover at PCP Yamaha in Sacramento) when I was stationed at Mather AFB...I rode it all over the U.S. over the next 16 years before selling it in 2000. I had 102,000 miles on the totally stock engine (although I replaced clutch plates around 80k) & it never left me stranded, ever. One of the best machines I've ever owned, bar none.
I bought the same color out of a neighbors backyard, sunk up to the sprocket, for $300. Dude said it didn’t work. Dropped in a battery, recovered the seat for about $12, reconnected the clutch cable, and put about 70,000 miles on it without a hitch.
Don't you regret selling it?
@@brunovincent1969 Sure, yes...at the time I was struggling to get thru college and had picked up a very clean '82 R100RS. Couldn't afford upkeep on 2 bikes on part-time wages. That Seca was my 2nd road bike and sure served me well but I was ready for a larger displacement bike.
That's fine then, you can buy another one later
@@brunovincent1969 I missed one for sale within 4 hours of my location several years ago. It was immaculate...missed it by a day. If Yamaha still made them, I'd go buy one today lol 😆
I have one of these, an 82 Seca 650RJC in red. The 8 inch headlight, 5 gallon tank, oil cooler, shaft drive, rear set pegs and the low but comfortable bars make it a joy to ride all day. My mechanic keeps trying to buy it off of me. I love it. Love this channel too. What a great video!
I rode mine from San Diego to Charleston South Carolina while station with the Navy.
Wow....TY so very much for this video. I am 56 years of age and this was my second motorcycle. It brings back so many memories. Had mine for 3 years and sold it to my friends brother who then had it stolen from him. That broke my heart as that bike had not a scratch on it. I had the exact same color scheme and the only thing i didnt care for on that machine was the shaft drive, less on maintenance but a lil harder to pull the front end up off the road...lol.
Did you manage to get some full wheelies with it? I never did!
@@brunovincent1969 I had it up only once perfectly and had a car slow down infront of me so I had to put her back on 2 wheels....lol
@@1964flyers I think we were just too yougn, rookies, a pro could make it lift i'm sure!
@@brunovincent1969 True that...lol.
Had this bike. I miss it terribly .
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I had one of these when I was 19, it's pretty much what I learned to ride on, me and my stepdad didn't get on so I use to love riding it past the house just to annoy him, a bit naughty though because i didn't have a licence, but I have to say, i loved the time I spent on that bike! Greetings from England in the UK
Good lord, this is tough to watch. I bought one new in 1982 when I lived in Boston. I had Fox rear shocks fitted by the dealer which, by sheer coincidence, had blue springs that perfectly matched the accent color. I sold it a little over two years later when I bought a new FJ1100 (which was a great bike). To this day, I miss the Seca. It is, without a doubt, the prettiest of all the Japanese UJMs. It was great to hear it again, no other bike sounds like it.
I run an 82 650 Seca same paint job but with a matching ferring. this is a very reliable and faithful bike. it's really quick. has racing shocks and stainless steel brake lines. The number 2 carb is leaking gas. not sure why. Thank you for this well done video. LOVE THIS BIKE!
Just bought my first bike and it's a 1982 yamaha seca 650. The same bike you got there. I can't get over the look of it and the sound. I'm working on rebuilding it this fall and winter back to its original form
97,000 miles on mine. Bought it new in Sacramento and rode it on just about every highway in California with a trip in 1988 to Calgary and back. Still looks mint and ran great when I parked it (in my garage) several years ago. I'll probably need to go through the carbs and replace the shaft seals but I don't Anticipate any problems starting it up again.
I love mine, still ride it all the time. They’re simple smooth fast bikes
What year?
@@brunovincent1969 1982 Yamaha seca 650.
Wish I had kept mine. It was a long time ago
I just bought one of these today, needs a bit of work but I'm ready for it
Picked one up a couple months ago that sat for ~20 years in a garage with less than 5k miles on it. Could use a gooooood deep clean to look like this one: caliper and master cyl rebuild, all new fluids across the board, carb rebuild etc etc etc ... all OE minus the bar end mirrors ... can't wait to get new tires on it and get it on the road!
My first brand new roadbike purchase was indeed this bike,same paint everything. This bike looks just the same as when I rode it home with a paper plate.
I have one that I bought in Oregon in 1992. It still runs and I have 95,000 miles on it. Alas, it shows 30 years of wear and tear but it still runs good.
Que precioso sonido, estoy por comprarme una, quedé enamorado, muy bonito paisaje tambien
I just picked one up today, same color too. Not as nice as yours, but its in nice condition. My buddy told me about your video. I'm glad to hear that its a good bike. Nice video!
This was my first street bike. I was 14 years old. It was 1986.
I almost died on that thing. I want another one.
Ken is just havin a ball on that Seca lol
No one beat Yamaha my all time fav forever👍😘
Mangesh Patil they were the ugliest back in the 80s
I bought one in 1989 in New Jersey that was sitting in a crate for 7 years in a Yamaha warehouse. So, it was under the original warranty, which was pretty cool. The only thing that ever broke was a voltage regulator, replaced under warranty. I regret selling it.
You should have kept it...
I bought one of these for my first bike. Its a great fun bike to ride.
I owned one exactly the same as this in Australia back in the early eighties. Yes, the US version, not the Aussie version, possibly the only US one in Oz! Only issue I had with it was the coils, replaced them twice in 4 years.
That was my first bike, bought it used for $700, drove it in the snow first time, no license, no insurance nothing, never driven a motorcycle before in my whole life, just got on it and went!
the seca 650 was the best of the seca's. although the 550 and 750 are good bikes too
One of the few models with an 8 inch headlight. Don't ever damage or lose that headlight or you may not find another one! I think I have a spare headlight bucket laying around somewhere come to think of it
Is that jet wining sound from the drive shaft system?
Looks just like mine 😀😎
Did you end up selling it? How much did it go for? Just repainted and rebuilt mine. Looks and still runs amazing!
I have the red version of this bike. 24,000km logged since new. Got mine in 1986. Starts and runs nice. I'd sell it if the price was right, someday.
Stephen I live in Hammonds Plains and have this bike in Silver. I’d like to connect at some point and see your bike
@@gordvail9022 Hello Gord. My cell is 902.483.9132 text me and we should meet up. I'm in Bedford near the Petrocan by Sunnyside Mall my email is cardfun@yahoo.com
This is my first bike when I was 16 years old I lived in the Finger Lakes area of New York State and my friend Ben and I were the only two kids that road motorcycles to school and then everyone started riding motorcycles to school
One of the prettiest bikes I can think of with the biggest headlight of all time. I loved mine, the only change I would make would be slightly revalved fork (Stiffer) and new shocks. Anyone know what this sold for??
This one looks immaculate. The most trouble-free bike I owned. Too bad it got stolen. That was in 1986.
When was this posted??
Picking up a Red one tomorrow. Why do they make the whirring noise?
Beautiful bike. Ken, what did this end up selling for?
Just bought one the other day ,1200 euros in red and running perfect, bought it due to the fact that they are money in the bank,
my 82 yamaha secca is fast and a headturner as the motor sounds
Girlfriends father has one of these before the accident. it was mint
When I think of motors, this is the sound I hear. Probably because my uncle used to ride Yamahas.
Hey I found one of these xj750 seca in fairly good condition for $900should I grab it?
Do u have it's parts
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I have a garbage kept ATP turbo SECA xj750 American Turbo Pack race bike. Between a 79 and 82. She just started today with IV to the fuel pump and jumpered the starter relay. It's an angry one off. You'd be interested *not for sale
Bring it to us for a video 860 454 7024
How about liter spend in 100km?
How is the gas not pouring out with the petcock on prime??
@po18guy thanks for the feedback, all of our time is precious... thanks... i wish i could respond with relevance but it was over a year ago when i drug my xj650rj out of storage of 4 years (19 year old tires that painfully taught me a lesson about rubber)... only to discover twin drops of gasoline coming out the exhausts... in the end; absolutely nothing to fix (pull the carbs and eye-ball the floats (grab a needle-nose))compared to the amount of effort of life, these bikes are dope, i held onto mine... but yours is(was?) literally a museum piece. perfect for sure. since then my main bike has been a Raider SCL. thank you.
whoops, sorry i meant the bike in the post is literally perfect. not good with names...
Special bike, when going to buy bring tape measure to check for original 10”headlight. I can’t tell by looking if it’s the correct. It actually doesn’t look big enough to be original 10”
How tall are you? I want to buy bike like this but I dont know am I to tall for it. 193cm..
A friend of mine had one exactly the same color apart from a 4in1 pipe
Shinier than mine lol
where does nice whistle sound come from
Buenas tardes me podrías decir cual es el precio actual de una motocicleta como esa
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Looks like a big rd 350
We didn't get them like that in the UK got xj600 but a bit different to that
Back in 1981 a dealer in Yeovil,Somerset used to import US Yamaha's and they had a 750 Seca brand new for sale as well as the 650 Maxim!
Wrong, UK/Europe got more of these than the US did, we imported them for 4 years, the European model wasn't called Seca, just XJ650 (4KO). We also got the XJ650 Maxim cruiser style bike, also XJ550 chain drive bike (had one of those too). Don't believe me? Take a look in my garage
The XJ600 was a later bike, totally different
Andy H The Yamaha Seca in 1979 to 1981 was a 750 not 650 and was never officially imported into the UK.
I sold mine and was lucky enough to buy it back. Basecamparizona on Instagram.
Conviertan esamotocicleta un corredor de cafe racer
Meine Herrn, das Motorrad läuft wie ein Sack Muscheln. Da müssen wir mal ran, hmm?