I am a veteran motorcycle rider (of 59 years) that has owned and rode many makes of motor bikes over my motorcycling career. The motorcycle that I have now and intend keeping is a Yamaha XJ650 Seca. This bike is with out a doubt the best motorcycle that I have ever owned. It is almost maintainance free. I just change the oil and keep riding. With this model of bike Yamaha tried to make a maintainance free motorcycle with a fine motor and shaft drive. It is 32 years old now and going like a charm. I was lucky to get it with only 56,910Kms showing on the speedo. It had been stored for 15 years before I bought it. I will be keeping this motorcycle until I can no longer ride I am so happy with it. There is nothing that I do not like about this motorcycle it is just a great ride. This bike was manufactured in 1980.