bought turbo streetbike *PICS*
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bought turbo streetbike *PICS*
1982 Yamaha Seca 650 Turbo
bought the bike for $250. Had sat for a long time.
So far ive spent:
$20 front calibers off ebay
$60 front brake pads
$60 clutch and throttle cable
$10 new taillights
when i got it, the guy thought the throttle cable was seized, but it turns out it was one of the throttle shafts on one of the carbs. I messed around with it and got all the shafts working correctly again, and also 3 out of 4 of the needle valves were stuck closed, got those working again also. Lots of the parts are discontinued for this bike, and all the others have to be ordered fast and the furious style from japan.
All the exhaust was rusted out, i broke both the mufflers off. one muffler is for exhaust exahust, and the other is for gated exhaust out of the wastegate, so now im going to have just a bend and about 3" of pipe for the exhaust and the wastegate is just going to dump lol there was a ton of ugly nasty rusted peices of exhaust pipe all in the turbo, so i got out the hose and set her for super narrow spray and blasted that ---- out of there, it spins like a ------- top and has no play at all. at first the turbo looked like a huge grimey blob of ----, but once i took off the air inlet tube it looked like a gem inside the compressor!
the funny thing is this turbo is so small with the vacuum line off the wastegate actuator it can only make 14psi. the stock hp output is 97hp at the crank, and at 14psi i saw a dyno that said 87 wheel hp. pretty good for a 80s bike! This is one of the badest bikes from the 80s.
i rode my buddies suzuki gs550 a couple days ago, first time ive ridden in about 3 years, can't wait to get my bike running and driving!
still needs new tires, and battery for sure. might need other things along the way. the good thing is that all the plastics are in great shape and it doesnt look like the bike had be dropped before.
ENGINE
Type Air-cooled transverse turbocharged four-stroke in-line four
Valve arrangement DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder, adjusting shims on top of buckets
Carburetion Four 30mm pressurized Mikuni CVs
Displacement 653cc
DRIVE TRAIN
Clutch Wet, multi-plate, 5-speed
Final Drive Shaft. 4.179:1
CHASSIS
Front suspension 36mm Showa ('83: 37mm), 5.5 in. travel, adjustments for air pressure
Rear suspension Dual Showa dampers, 3.1 in wheel travel, adjustments for air pressure, rebound damping
Front tire 3.25 V19 Bridgestone Mag. Mopus L3030
Rear tire 120/90 V18, Bridgestone Mag. Mopus G508
Wet weight 565 lbs. (257 kg)
Fuel capacity 4.2 gal. (15.75 L), '83: 5.2 gal. (19.5 L)
PERFORMANCE
Average touring range 198 miles ('83: 246 miles)
Best 1/4 mile acceleration 12.68 sec., 106.13 mph ( Cycle World , June 1982) 12.06 sec. 109.89 mph with wastegate deactivated ( Cycle World , July 1983)
200 yd. top-gear accel. from 50 mph 74.5 mph terminal speed
Total production '82: approx 6500, '83: approx 1500
Total imported into U.S. ?
here is what they look like brand meow:
[img width=800]http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/epic_mcy/500/82_seca650turbo_3_600.jpg[/img]
Going to take off that homo gay sticker, its some tire company i guess.
turbo!
turbo!
been sittin' for a while
the couplers that come inbetween the head and the carbs are trashed. going to ask beau to weld a tiny bit of pipe on these guys so i can use a regular hose coupler.
sweet boost gauge, reminds me of a conquest. where is the TURBO BOOST button.
a bend and about 3" of pipe, or maybe no pipe at all straight out of the turbo baller style. going to sound sick hearing a turbo spoolin' with a bike comin up fast
turbo is very cute
TC03. looks like a mitsu turbo
i was going to try out the T70 on it but decided the bike would be too fast and Mike's R1 would be embarressed
four 30mm Mikuni pressure sealed carb's
hotrex is jealous of this bike, flame away
bought the bike for $250. Had sat for a long time.
So far ive spent:
$20 front calibers off ebay
$60 front brake pads
$60 clutch and throttle cable
$10 new taillights
when i got it, the guy thought the throttle cable was seized, but it turns out it was one of the throttle shafts on one of the carbs. I messed around with it and got all the shafts working correctly again, and also 3 out of 4 of the needle valves were stuck closed, got those working again also. Lots of the parts are discontinued for this bike, and all the others have to be ordered fast and the furious style from japan.
All the exhaust was rusted out, i broke both the mufflers off. one muffler is for exhaust exahust, and the other is for gated exhaust out of the wastegate, so now im going to have just a bend and about 3" of pipe for the exhaust and the wastegate is just going to dump lol there was a ton of ugly nasty rusted peices of exhaust pipe all in the turbo, so i got out the hose and set her for super narrow spray and blasted that ---- out of there, it spins like a ------- top and has no play at all. at first the turbo looked like a huge grimey blob of ----, but once i took off the air inlet tube it looked like a gem inside the compressor!
the funny thing is this turbo is so small with the vacuum line off the wastegate actuator it can only make 14psi. the stock hp output is 97hp at the crank, and at 14psi i saw a dyno that said 87 wheel hp. pretty good for a 80s bike! This is one of the badest bikes from the 80s.
i rode my buddies suzuki gs550 a couple days ago, first time ive ridden in about 3 years, can't wait to get my bike running and driving!
still needs new tires, and battery for sure. might need other things along the way. the good thing is that all the plastics are in great shape and it doesnt look like the bike had be dropped before.
ENGINE
Type Air-cooled transverse turbocharged four-stroke in-line four
Valve arrangement DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder, adjusting shims on top of buckets
Carburetion Four 30mm pressurized Mikuni CVs
Displacement 653cc
DRIVE TRAIN
Clutch Wet, multi-plate, 5-speed
Final Drive Shaft. 4.179:1
CHASSIS
Front suspension 36mm Showa ('83: 37mm), 5.5 in. travel, adjustments for air pressure
Rear suspension Dual Showa dampers, 3.1 in wheel travel, adjustments for air pressure, rebound damping
Front tire 3.25 V19 Bridgestone Mag. Mopus L3030
Rear tire 120/90 V18, Bridgestone Mag. Mopus G508
Wet weight 565 lbs. (257 kg)
Fuel capacity 4.2 gal. (15.75 L), '83: 5.2 gal. (19.5 L)
PERFORMANCE
Average touring range 198 miles ('83: 246 miles)
Best 1/4 mile acceleration 12.68 sec., 106.13 mph ( Cycle World , June 1982) 12.06 sec. 109.89 mph with wastegate deactivated ( Cycle World , July 1983)
200 yd. top-gear accel. from 50 mph 74.5 mph terminal speed
Total production '82: approx 6500, '83: approx 1500
Total imported into U.S. ?
here is what they look like brand meow:
[img width=800]http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/epic_mcy/500/82_seca650turbo_3_600.jpg[/img]
Going to take off that homo gay sticker, its some tire company i guess.
turbo!
turbo!
been sittin' for a while
the couplers that come inbetween the head and the carbs are trashed. going to ask beau to weld a tiny bit of pipe on these guys so i can use a regular hose coupler.
sweet boost gauge, reminds me of a conquest. where is the TURBO BOOST button.
a bend and about 3" of pipe, or maybe no pipe at all straight out of the turbo baller style. going to sound sick hearing a turbo spoolin' with a bike comin up fast
turbo is very cute
TC03. looks like a mitsu turbo
i was going to try out the T70 on it but decided the bike would be too fast and Mike's R1 would be embarressed
four 30mm Mikuni pressure sealed carb's
hotrex is jealous of this bike, flame away