Beautiful bike and a very nice restoration. I had a brand new '82 from the dealer in white and got the fairing for it as well. Put 80 000 km on it until marriage and kids intervened. One of the prettiest UJM bikes ever, before the manufacturers hid their sport machines behind lots of plastic. Thanks for the memories, wish I still had mine.
Still my dream to come true. I was 15yr old when I red about it and fell totally in love for it. Love it also for the drive axle, very neat Yamaha job back in those days. Thanks for sharing nice job.
My first bike ever was a barn find 1981 XJ750 SECA RH. Spent two years rebuilding it in a chicken coop my buddy owned just to get it running, this brought tears to my eyes watching some of the cleanup parts and remembering doing almost the exact same things to mine. Thank you
watching this vid brought tears to my eyes my father had this same bike back in the day i always wanted to get one my self but never did yet but i did find a 82 yahama maxum xj 1100 in westchester pa i got it running and on the road and it runs good but it needs some love i want to restore it and ride it as much as possible and one day maby god will bless me with a seca but i want to say thank you to the bike owner for putting this vid out thier for us to see as van halen one said were have all the good days gone thank you and god bless
I had a Yamaha 750 Seca in 1981. Road her to Paris, Switzerland, and all over England. Lovely bike and that distinctive turbine sounding engine! Loved seeing this. Brought back great memories. Great video guys. Thanks, from Great Britain.
Thanks so much "Gandalf606" I appreciate your feed back, and I had forgotten the sound this bike made till i got her started, and took a ride down the road ... first thing i said was ,, what a great sound! ...like a jet taking off ,, it was also very comfortable and turned on a dime .... very cool Bike!! you were very lucky to have had rides like that !! Paris, Switzerland, and all over England . Thanks again Tony
That's great. I had one that same red color with a 4 into 1 Supertramp exhaust. Got for $750 used and 88,000 miles later I gave it to my buddies GF for free. Yrs later I married her so the bike for a time stayed in the family. I'd love to find it again or one like it. I miss it. That's awesome seeing the red fully restored one. Great job.
Friend of mine had one, I had a KZ750. I could get him out of the hole, but then here he'd come lol. 1985, good times. First shaft bike I'd been around. To see it rise instead of squat was strange at the time.
Quite a labor of love Tony, well done. I recently got a well used (90,000 miles) 81 XJ-750 from a guy's back 40 for $100.00, where it had been for many years. Very rough, but all there. Including the factory Yamaha larger touring fairing with leg extensions. It was the fairing that caught my eye, never saw one like it before and no reference in the books. After much searching and inquiries I finally found an older salesman at the Yamaha dealer in Oakland CA. He remembered the bike and told me it was a $1,300.00 touring package option in '81 and very few were sold because of the high price. The July 1981 Motorcyclist magazine has this bike on the cover and a write up inside. The front forks, LCD display/ electronics package and YICS engine were very cutting edge in '81, but not without issues. The starter can have issues that require major PITA work to repair. Some bloggers advise replacing the forks with a better set as well. Looks like I have my hobby work cut out for the next long while bringing her back close to as nice as this one.
This video got me excited! Just got my 82 XJ750 Seca running again after it had been sitting forever. About the same amount of miles as this one. I am not going so far as repainting everything, but I have the fairing and windscreen option on mine. It is faded, so I probably will repaint eventually. Only thing left is a new set of tires and she will be road worthy again!
After the Rebuild I rode it around a good bit and feel in love with the whole bike it rode fantastic super smooth and that cool sound ! .Great Bike ! Best of Luck with your SECA Keep Your Eyes open out there, and Enjoy The Ride!!
My first motorcycle when I was 18 in 1989. It was an '83. Same color. No fairing. Funny how the engine sound brings back the memories. Only mod it had was a black 4 into 1 pipe. I may consider restoring one if I find one. Thanks. Great vid.
Nice First bike Loren!! Thank You., I hope you do find and restore one, its good for the soul and at the end you get Beautiful vintage ride-able Bike!!
geeez ,when I bought my seca 750 it was two years old and both mufflers had a dime size rust hole ,new cost 208.00 each from yamaha so I got a chrome four into one header ,still on it today too .
a 4 into 1 looks Great, I am Now Building a 1979 Suzuki GS750 with a 4 into 1, KERKER on her....LOVE IT!! you have had her for a long time! good for you keeping her!!!
I was in a pinch and sold mine to a young guy and made him take my helmet with it. Good thing, he only had it a few days till he wiped out at an intersection.
I had one back in 83, it was a 81 same color paid 3200. 4 into one header and it would do 10.6 quarter mile. When i road it on a track i could lay it down so low around corners the magnesium engine graurds would scrape and throw up a 25 to 50 foot sparklers behind me. It was the fastest production bike in 81 for a 750 Good times! Sweet restoration!
Great Memories for you, I had the Suzuki GS 750 And my friend had a 76 KZ100 and Mike had this SECA 750, We had great times riding and that is why I insisted this bike got restored we all sold are bikes except this one, it is his original .. and thanks it did come out exceptionally NICE!
I owned 2 of these way back when, sold them both after they had been not used for some years , was delighted to see one of them last summer, on the road, looked exactly like it did when I sold it, great memories . In the process of putting a Vmax ( the bike I brought in 1999 to replace them) back on the road , sourcing obscure parts is taking ages. The XJ in the UK never had a fairing, but was a great bike.
Nice work dude. Looks really good. Thumbs up!. My bike had a lower mini faring which I've not seen on any other 750 seca only on the 900. I bought it like that so possibly a mod by the previous owner. No idea. Loved it and was sorry to let it go.
I had one just like that, I bought it for $800 from a used car dealer in 1994. In February 1995 some asshole pulled out in front of me in a big truck and I hit the side of his truck doing 35mph. I came out of it banged up but ok. I loved that bike, it was quite the cruiser.
Hi there, I bought a Red 82 new front the dealer, loved the bike, loved the sound of the engine and the exhaust note. I have found another one in pretty good condition and may pick it up but it has some oxidation on the engine fins etc. How did you clean your up so nicely and what product did you use? Thanks
Hola Tony saludos, soy de Venezuela ! Tengo una moto 750 seca igual a la de tu vídeo de restauración . Era de mi padre el cual por problemas de salud perdí recientemente en los días de Navidad . Tome la decisión de hacerle una restauración a la moto ya que lleva muchos años guardada sin uso . Me gustaría conversar contigo para ver donde puedo conseguir los repuestos que necesito .
So So Sorry for your lost Jesus, it would be nice to restore his bike for him and you. ... to your question I looked for months and found a 2nd "donor" bike same year with no title, to source some of the parts, and ebay for the rest, however the bike i restored had almost all the parts still on the bike and they all can be restored ...plated painted polished anodized or powder coded to new condition. Good Luck and Enjoy the process! and enjoy the ride.
My first scooter was a 1981 750 Seca. They stole it in 83. It had 26000 miles and looked as good and ran as good as the one you show here. I ended up getting and FJ1200, but I never liked it as much as this one. Seca 750 was the sweetest motorcycle I've ever seen. Question if you're still monitoring this, where on earth did you get the parts (forks and so forth). I was under the impression the parts were no longer available. Also, if you dont' have one, get the steering damper for the fork. That fairing is NASTY when you get wash off of a passing car. I found out the hard way as I rolled onto a steel grate bridge. Really nice job on that 83!
I have the opportunity to purchase a bike like this one. Only, it's a 1980 model. Seems to be in good condition. It has hard bags and a trunk. The owner is ask ing $2,000 USD. I Offered $1,700. What do you think? 23'670 miles on it.
Hey Stanley Hard to say with out seeing it, that is a good number of miles, but not if it has been cared for. $1700 is a lot if she is not running and looks beat up and neglected, If she is inspected and ready to ride with no dents in the tank then it may be a good buy, best of luck on your decision.
Great video and great job on the bike. I am restoring a 1982 xj 750 as a little quarantine project. I have a question, maybe you can help me? I am missing a half inch or so vacuum line on the left hand side of the bike behind the crank. I see you have it connected and I can’t tell where it goes. Does it run into the air box?
wow that depends on what it needs, a guess is from 500 to 3000 hope that helps to restore is more like 3000 to 6000 ... if that is not for you ...they are easy to sell!
Original cost for mine was $3400 brand new from Libby's in New Haven. I added the handlebar fairing which was great, and a damper after I almost lost it on the highway. Those small fairings caught the slightest wind and flipped the front end around so you couldn't control it. Don't recall how much the fairing was, but the damper was $50 and worth it. Everywhere I went people would stop me and comment on how good it looked. Mine was black with all the original stuff until they stole it. I never recovered. From 81 to 83 I clocked 26000 miles. Loved every second. You won''t find a more enjoyable scooter anywhere. Super narrow motor so you could really lay it over & real power. 52MPG and nimble as hell. Oh, I ran with a buddy on a 650 Turbo back from Placid for about an hour. He tells me his speedometer read 154 at points along the way. So yeah, it was pretty fast. Whole different world after nine grand. ;-)
Agreed!, and it was a real blast to ride. I had forgotten the cool sound that the 80's bikes made till I rode this SECA, a total flash back! and it rides so smooth and turns so easy. thanks for watching! Enjoy The Ride!
Bought this bike in 1987 when I was in college. First bike. Love to see this. TY
Thank You!!
Beautiful bike and a very nice restoration. I had a brand new '82 from the dealer in white and got the fairing for it as well. Put 80 000 km on it until marriage and kids intervened. One of the prettiest UJM bikes ever, before the manufacturers hid their sport machines behind lots of plastic. Thanks for the memories, wish I still had mine.
Still my dream to come true. I was 15yr old when I red about it and fell totally in love for it. Love it also for the drive axle, very neat Yamaha job back in those days. Thanks for sharing nice job.
My first new bike, sport fairing and all. Ah, memories...
My first bike ever was a barn find 1981 XJ750 SECA RH. Spent two years rebuilding it in a chicken coop my buddy owned just to get it running, this brought tears to my eyes watching some of the cleanup parts and remembering doing almost the exact same things to mine. Thank you
watching this vid brought tears to my eyes my father had this same bike back in the day i always wanted to get one my self but never did yet but i did find a 82 yahama maxum xj 1100 in westchester pa i got it running and on the road and it runs good but it needs some love i want to restore it and ride it as much as possible and one day maby god will bless me with a seca but i want to say thank you to the bike owner for putting this vid out thier for us to see as van halen one said were have all the good days gone thank you and god bless
Sounds like Great memories Tim, Thanks for sharing, and GOD Bless you Tim, I sure hope you enjoy your bike and I Hope you get your SECA !!! Tony
I had a Yamaha 750 Seca in 1981. Road her to Paris, Switzerland, and all over England. Lovely bike and that distinctive turbine sounding engine! Loved seeing this. Brought back great memories. Great video guys. Thanks, from Great Britain.
Thanks so much "Gandalf606" I appreciate your feed back, and I had forgotten the sound this bike made till i got her started, and took a ride down the road ... first thing i said was ,, what a great sound! ...like a jet taking off ,, it was also very comfortable and turned on a dime .... very cool Bike!! you were very lucky to have had rides like that !! Paris, Switzerland, and all over England .
Thanks again Tony
What a fantastic Video!! I stand up in tears! .. that is really pure true Love!! Great!!!
That's great. I had one that same red color with a 4 into 1 Supertramp exhaust. Got for $750 used and 88,000 miles later I gave it to my buddies GF for free. Yrs later I married her so the bike for a time stayed in the family. I'd love to find it again or one like it. I miss it. That's awesome seeing the red fully restored one. Great job.
Thank you so much man, thats crazy you gave it a way and got it back with a girl included.... their out there best of luck!! and Thanks again Ronert
I had one with 4 into one Supertrapps as well. I sold it for $750 in 1999! Coincidence???
@@sctrini99 Cool. I bought mine used in 1988 in Ft Walton Bch, Fl. Was a great motorcycle. Never broke down. Just loved that bike.
Great to see a nice resto and not yet another bike butchered for a Harley imitation. Well done.
Thanks Man, Merry Christmas!
Friend of mine had one, I had a KZ750. I could get him out of the hole, but then here he'd come lol. 1985, good times. First shaft bike I'd been around. To see it rise instead of squat was strange at the time.
agreed back in the day shaft seemed strange, but now seems kinda cool.
Quite a labor of love Tony, well done.
I recently got a well used (90,000 miles) 81 XJ-750 from a guy's back 40 for $100.00, where it had been for many years. Very rough, but all there. Including the factory Yamaha larger touring fairing with leg extensions. It was the fairing that caught my eye, never saw one like it before and no reference in the books. After much searching and inquiries I finally found an older salesman at the Yamaha dealer in Oakland CA. He remembered the bike and told me it was a $1,300.00 touring package option in '81 and very few were sold because of the high price.
The July 1981 Motorcyclist magazine has this bike on the cover and a write up inside. The front forks, LCD display/ electronics package and YICS engine were very cutting edge in '81, but not without issues. The starter can have issues that require major PITA work to repair. Some bloggers advise replacing the forks with a better set as well. Looks like I have my hobby work cut out for the next long while bringing her back close to as nice as this one.
Thanks man and so correct "labor of love" i wanted to see this bike survive ! at the end it was worth it. thanks again!
This video got me excited! Just got my 82 XJ750 Seca running again after it had been sitting forever. About the same amount of miles as this one. I am not going so far as repainting everything, but I have the fairing and windscreen option on mine. It is faded, so I probably will repaint eventually. Only thing left is a new set of tires and she will be road worthy again!
After the Rebuild I rode it around a good bit and feel in love with the whole bike it rode fantastic super smooth and that cool sound ! .Great Bike ! Best of Luck with your SECA Keep Your Eyes open out there, and Enjoy The Ride!!
Love this bike drove one in SA loved it ... 😀
should i get one some friend of mine has restored it and selling, I'm in SA
My first motorcycle when I was 18 in 1989. It was an '83. Same color. No fairing. Funny how the engine sound brings back the memories. Only mod it had was a black 4 into 1 pipe. I may consider restoring one if I find one. Thanks. Great vid.
Nice First bike Loren!! Thank You., I hope you do find and restore one, its good for the soul and at the end you get Beautiful vintage ride-able Bike!!
WOW AWESOME MOTORCYCLE....👍👍
Agreed!!
geeez ,when I bought my seca 750 it was two years old and both mufflers had a dime size rust hole ,new cost 208.00 each from yamaha so I got a chrome four into one header ,still on it today too .
a 4 into 1 looks Great, I am Now Building a 1979 Suzuki GS750 with a 4 into 1, KERKER on her....LOVE IT!! you have had her for a long time! good for you keeping her!!!
I'm trying to rebuild or sell my 81 XJ750. This video puts mine in a new light. NICE WORK, DAMN NICE WORK
been a while not on here much ..but THANKS !!
I was in a pinch and sold mine to a young guy and made him take my helmet with it. Good thing, he only had it a few days till he wiped out at an intersection.
OUCH! ........... Glad he had your HELMET!
I would love to find one of these again!
keep looking they show up every once in a while!
Got one yesterday. $1250. Runs, needs help. But imma gonna do it…….
I had one back in 83, it was a 81 same color paid 3200. 4 into one header and it would do 10.6 quarter mile. When i road it on a track i could lay it down so low around corners the magnesium engine graurds would scrape and throw up a 25 to 50 foot sparklers behind me. It was the fastest production bike in 81 for a 750 Good times! Sweet restoration!
Great Memories for you, I had the Suzuki GS 750 And my friend had a 76 KZ100 and Mike had this SECA 750, We had great times riding and that is why I insisted this bike got restored we all sold are bikes except this one, it is his original .. and thanks it did come out exceptionally NICE!
The best part was that dude getting his bike at the end!
Ya Chuck its now in his man cave! thanks for watching
I owned 2 of these way back when, sold them both after they had been not used for some years , was delighted to see one of them last summer, on the road, looked exactly like it did when I sold it, great memories . In the process of putting a Vmax ( the bike I brought in 1999 to replace them) back on the road , sourcing obscure parts is taking ages. The XJ in the UK never had a fairing, but was a great bike.
Best to find a donor bike for parts, Have fun with the build with that rocket, and enjoy the ride Mick!!
Nice work dude. Looks really good. Thumbs up!. My bike had a lower mini faring which I've not seen on any other 750 seca only on the 900. I bought it like that so possibly a mod by the previous owner. No idea. Loved it and was sorry to let it go.
Thanks Man, Wish I was able to keep this one!
Wonderful.
Thank You!
Just bought an ‘83. Sticky right front caliper, might need a card rebuild when my new battery charges ……..
Oh I can’t wait!
You are going to love it !! have a blast be careful and ENJOY THE RIDE !!!
My brother and I were chatting, about liberating space in his Garage, but donating a pair of Seca 750's. I will post when I run it. Cheers
I had one just like that, I bought it for $800 from a used car dealer in 1994. In February 1995 some asshole pulled out in front of me in a big truck and I hit the side of his truck doing 35mph. I came out of it banged up but ok. I loved that bike, it was quite the cruiser.
That is very nice!
Thanks Erkki
Sweet
Thank You!
Hopefully I will get around to restoring my '81 Seca as well.
I hope you do to. it was enjoyable to do at your own pace.. have fun with it and ...Enjoy!
Hi there, I bought a Red 82 new front the dealer, loved the bike, loved the sound of the engine and the exhaust note. I have found another one in pretty good condition and may pick it up but it has some oxidation on the engine fins etc. How did you clean your up so nicely and what product did you use? Thanks
Hola Tony saludos, soy de Venezuela ! Tengo una moto 750 seca igual a la de tu vídeo de restauración . Era de mi padre el cual por problemas de salud perdí recientemente en los días de Navidad . Tome la decisión de hacerle una restauración a la moto ya que lleva muchos años guardada sin uso . Me gustaría conversar contigo para ver donde puedo conseguir los repuestos que necesito .
So So Sorry for your lost Jesus, it would be nice to restore his bike for him and you. ... to your question I looked for months and found a 2nd "donor" bike same year with no title, to source some of the parts, and ebay for the rest, however the bike i restored had almost all the parts still on the bike and they all can be restored ...plated painted polished anodized or powder coded to new condition. Good Luck and Enjoy the process! and enjoy the ride.
Did you have master cylinder problems. I saw it in you have looked in bad shape. Did you replace the seals? if so where
The original was beat but the one on the extra parts bike that was a runner was in good shape!!
My first scooter was a 1981 750 Seca. They stole it in 83. It had 26000 miles and looked as good and ran as good as the one you show here. I ended up getting and FJ1200, but I never liked it as much as this one. Seca 750 was the sweetest motorcycle I've ever seen. Question if you're still monitoring this, where on earth did you get the parts (forks and so forth). I was under the impression the parts were no longer available. Also, if you dont' have one, get the steering damper for the fork. That fairing is NASTY when you get wash off of a passing car. I found out the hard way as I rolled onto a steel grate bridge. Really nice job on that 83!
Chicago ridge
I have the opportunity to purchase a bike like this one. Only, it's a 1980 model. Seems to be in good condition. It has hard bags and a trunk. The owner is ask ing $2,000 USD. I Offered $1,700. What do you think? 23'670 miles on it.
Hey Stanley Hard to say with out seeing it, that is a good number of miles, but not if it has been cared for. $1700 is a lot if she is not running and looks beat up and neglected, If she is inspected and ready to ride with no dents in the tank then it may be a good buy, best of luck on your decision.
Great video and great job on the bike. I am restoring a 1982 xj 750 as a little quarantine project. I have a question, maybe you can help me? I am missing a half inch or so vacuum line on the left hand side of the bike behind the crank. I see you have it connected and I can’t tell where it goes. Does it run into the air box?
I really don't remember sorry I hope you resolved the issue.
i have one in my back yard,Is there since 5 years ago.How much do you think could cost get running again?
wow that depends on what it needs, a guess is from 500 to 3000 hope that helps to restore is more like 3000 to 6000 ... if that is not for you ...they are easy to sell!
What’s the name of the color?
hi Tony,How much was the total cost?thanks I just bought one.
Original cost for mine was $3400 brand new from Libby's in New Haven. I added the handlebar fairing which was great, and a damper after I almost lost it on the highway. Those small fairings caught the slightest wind and flipped the front end around so you couldn't control it. Don't recall how much the fairing was, but the damper was $50 and worth it. Everywhere I went people would stop me and comment on how good it looked. Mine was black with all the original stuff until they stole it. I never recovered. From 81 to 83 I clocked 26000 miles. Loved every second. You won''t find a more enjoyable scooter anywhere. Super narrow motor so you could really lay it over & real power. 52MPG and nimble as hell. Oh, I ran with a buddy on a 650 Turbo back from Placid for about an hour. He tells me his speedometer read 154 at points along the way. So yeah, it was pretty fast. Whole different world after nine grand. ;-)
4 letters ... SEXY
Agreed!, and it was a real blast to ride. I had forgotten the cool sound that the 80's bikes made till I rode this SECA, a total flash back! and it rides so smooth and turns so easy. thanks for watching! Enjoy The Ride!
Ямаха,ддя меня лучший мотоцикл Соответственно владею xj 600 51j