THE WAY WE WERE :
Before motorbikes had motors:
http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/auction/
- YOU'RE UNDER ARREST :
Many different models (XJ550, XJ650, XJ750's, even XJ900's) were factory-delivered for police use in a variety of different countries around the world.
http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/help-id-this-bike.96731/
http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/41435/
http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/28181
http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/29398
http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/38562
http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/29633
http://s1291.photobucket.com/user/camma2/library/?sort=3&page=1
http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=204426.html#204426
Here's a XJ900 Police bike in a museum:
https://ehive.com/account/3606#!prettyPhoto/0/
and
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/facilities/museum/default.htm
- XJ400 PROMOTIONAL PICTURES AND FACTORY SPECS :
Some of these look like "mini-XJ900" models! Too bad they never made them available in North America.....
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj400 80.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj400 83.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj400_maxim.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj400z 84.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj400z 83.htm
- XJ500 PROMOTIONAL PICTURES AND FACTORY SPECS :
http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/41435/
- XJ550 PROMOTIONAL PICTURES AND FACTORY SPECS :
XJ550 Euro version, note the dual front disc brakes:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj550 81.htm
XJ550 North American models:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj550_sega.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj550_maxim.htm
- XJ650 PROMOTIONAL PICTURES AND FACTORY SPECS :
1980 XJ650 Euro model:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj650_sega 81.htm
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/pdf/CycleGuideNovember1980-XJ650Eurobike.pdf
1980 XJ650 Asian model "Special":
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj650_special 80.htm
XJ650 North American models:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj650_maxim.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj650_midnight_maxim.htm
XJ650 Turbo models:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj650_turbo.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj650_turbo 83.htm
XJ650 Turbo cut-away:
https://collection.maas.museum/object/213058
The Forgotten 1980 XJ650 Turbo:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/tmi...on-this-bike-i-have-had-for-over-2-t2608.html
and the following article, which takes a lo-o-o-n-g time to access:
http://www.xj-forum.de/brochures/Circuit_8_1981_150dpi.pdf
XJ650 Turbo TV Advertisement:
VIDEO
- XJ700 PROMOTIONAL PICTURES AND FACTORY SPECS :
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj700s_maxim 85.htm
- XJ750 PROMOTIONAL PICTURES AND FACTORY SPECS :
XJ750 Maxim models:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750_maxim 82.htm
XJ750 Seca models:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750_sega 81.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750RH 81.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750rj 82.htm
XJ750 Seca TV Advertisement:
http://www.mymotovideo.com/view/280/1981-yamaha-tv-commercial/
XJ750 non-North American models, including the Turbo-look XJ750-D and the "900-look" XJ750-E models:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750d 82.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750d 83.htm
VIDEO
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750e 81.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750e II 83.htm
1984 XJ750RL model:
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj750r 81.htm
XJ750 chain drive:
If you have as much money as Yamaha does, then it’s a breeze!:
http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/the-ultimate-chain-drive-xj-bike-that-does-exist.48461/
- XJ900 PROMOTIONAL PICTURES AND FACTORY SPECS :
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj900r 83.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj900f 86.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj900f 90.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj900s_di 94.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj900s_di 96.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj900s_di 99.htm
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj900s_di 00.htm
XJ900 paint and color schemes:
http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/question-for-the-1983-xj900-gurus.84328/#post-502212
XJ900P Police Bike:
https://ehive.com/account/3606#!prettyPhoto/0/
and
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/facilities/museum/default.htm
- XJ1100 PROMOTIONAL PICTURES AND FACTORY SPECS :
http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xj1100_maxim.htm
XJ750 vs. XJ1100: Who's Yer Daddy?:
VIDEO
- MODERN XJ MUSCLE: XJR1300 :
http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/15616