Chrome Swaps

[Wet Rock]

I 'll be looking for chrome to replace the headlight,ears,turn signals,tree cover for my 80sg. They have some on ebay from a 79 xs750.can that stuff be swapped?

[John]

The XS850 uses the same head light bucket/ring as the XS11, and the fork ears will fit, but I don't know if they are the same part number. I have the both of them on my 80 Special. The 750SF bucket is shaped diferently, not as deep as the 850SG. I'm sure it will fit, but there is less room inside the bucket for all of the connectors. The turn signals are pretty much the same for all models of XS (400, 650 etc) The 750-850 special tree cover (the chrome one with the Yamaha logo, that covers the lower t-clamp?) has a different P/N than that of an xs11, so I don't know if that will swap whith out actually trying it myself.

[Wet Rock]

John , that helps thanks. I dont know how useful the part # is for matching up accessories. It may be for engine parts, but to what degree of confidence I have read a post that the most important number is after the model code(the five # one) but not even that is totally reliable.

I remember a song ..Johnny Cash?.. where this guy worked at an oldsmobile factory and snuck out one piece of a car in his Kit bag every day over a few years. Song mentioned all the year he had been doing it till he had his car

"It was a 61, 62, 63, 64, automobile!"

[John]

Actually

The first three digits of the P/N are the important ones. The prefix will tell you what model the part first appeared on. The part may be used on different years and models, but if it remains unchanged, it retains the same prefix. Here's a good example...the crank bearings from an XS11 are also used on the FJ1100, but they retain the the XS prefix of 2H7, because that is what the part was first used on. The connecting rod bearings on the XS11 are the same as the XS750, but they retain the 750 prefix because they were first issued to the 750. That would be a 1J7 prefix. The main, five digit number should be the same for all plain bearings, and the last groups of two digits are color, and modifications, or something like that. Lamric has a web site that cross references the part numbers, and he can explain Yamaha's P/N system better than I can. Look him up, and you'll be able to find his site.
The Johnny Cash song was about a Caddy. He worked in an auto assembly plant, and smuggled out enough parts over the years to build a car.

[xs650mike]

Originally posted by John
The XS850 uses the same head light bucket/ring as the XS11, and the fork ears will fit, but I don't know if they are the same part number. I have the both of them on my 80 Special. The 750SF bucket is shaped diferently, not as deep as the 850SG. I'm sure it will fit, but there is less room inside the bucket for all of the connectors. The turn signals are pretty much the same for all models of XS (400, 650 etc) The 750-850 special tree cover (the chrome one with the Yamaha logo, that covers the lower t-clamp?) has a different P/N than that of an xs11, so I don't know if that will swap whith out actually trying it myself.

Additionally the XS11SF bucket is the same as an XS650 bucket so those would work, it is really tight getting all the plugs in those suckers though. The buckets from the XS650SJ and XS650H are black instead of chrome though the headlight rings are chromed.

[chevy45412001]

cash

i got it one piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime,it was a 61,62 63 64 automobile. dont write em like that any more

[LoserShoes]

Would like to see how he snuck the frame out?

Steve