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Hello all, new to XJ and new to the forum. To start, I just picked up a 95 XJ600S as a little project bike and so far I enjoy it! I'm from the southern us, north Mississippi to be exact. I've been on dirt bikes most of my life, had some quads, took a few crotch rockets out to the pavement but overall, I haven't owned my own motorcycle until this bike so I'm excited. I work at a place called Metal Impact South, we make a multitude of products for military, automotive, healthcare and more. We are mostly known for our high pressure aluminum cylinders (oxygen tanks). I get to setup the presses that make the products, not the best career but it pays the bills and helps my wife and I raise our 5 month old twin boys. I am still quite young I suppose, I'm only 26 and I love to learn. So getting back to this project I've picked up, I'm looking to take it into a street fighter path. I've been searching pictures and in and out of this forum the last few days looking for ideas and one thing is clear, my bike will need a lot of love before I go cutting into it. It started out with the wrong oil filter, so I changed that and put fresh oil in. Compression was good so I wasn't worried about that. I could hear the spark the day I got it; we jumped it enough to hear it turn over. After learning the fuel lines were completely wrong going from intake to petcock and pump, I fixed that only to run into another issue, not getting fuel. I believe I have that covered though with a new tank and petcock on the way. The old one not only had a hole in it but whoever put the liner in did not remove the petcock, so no fuel was flowing. Using a siphon pump and a gas can I pumped the carbs up, of course they leaked from sitting over time, jumped the bike again and she ran like a top. The day after I got to take it around the yard a minute before running out of fuel. I've since pulled the carbs to clean and sync...which proved to be a fairly simple job and well worth the time. Going forward, I need to rebuild or swap the forks, chain and sprockets need replaced. I do not have the correct seat but I have a plan for that. All lights and gauges have to be added. It's going to be a long journey but I'm looking forward to it with a little help from reading the pains you all have experienced with this platform. Thanks again for the welcome! Hope to chat with some of you soon!https://vimeo.com/197374146


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