Recent content by TheRepairMan

And I just thought I had some stuff.

Moved a bunch of shit that had accumulated along side of the 78 XS to make room for my new XS... 2022 XS R 900.

Well, for me, it's been exactly 20 years since I rode my XS, but at least I'm back to planning on it once again. Deciding where to start has occupied a lot of my time since I sold my 06 Yamaha a month ago. So much work to do over the winter. I guess I'll start a journal. -Roger

Sign me up, too, please! Thanks!!! -Roger

I really need this so I can put my extra engine to use. I'm in!

I'll need two new calipers to put mine together! :) -R

Yeah, but how many truck drivers and mechanics ever get to be a photographer for Playboy? I'm yet another one who didn't! :banghead: :laugh:

I can relate to all this, although I never spent all that long in a road tractor ...I cut my teeth working as a mechanic at my dad's gas station, and then I went back to school to become certified by the state of Virginia to work on heavy equipment ...but what I really wanted to do was drive...

Hmmmm... Yamaha FZ1 owners think XS owners are pretty cool. We also just pull off and leave Harley riders in the dust! Hahahaha! And, I don't have to stop at every Yamaha dealership along my ride either ...oh, and I wear a full face helmut and real gloves and boots... not flip flops and a...

I never ever got any decent mileage with mine either ...not even when brand new! I had owned a few Volkswagens that got almost as good, and I wasn't a big guy either. I do recall some here saying the foam pods would mess with the jetting, though. -R

I'm sorry to hear the bad news here, also. I guess we have all lost friends or known someone that has been badly injured in a bike accident, but all of life is a gamble. Ironically, I just came off another Yamaha forum where my take on the topic was that a guy proclaimed that he just totaled...

Exactly! Even the bikes with linked brakes still leave you the option of applying more front brake when needed. I still find a LOT of cruiser riders that think you are never to use the front brakes, while in fact about 75 to 90% of your braking power IS in the front. Conversely, probably most...

I pulled the FZ1 out of its stall this afternoon. Ran it a while and went down the drive way and back one time. It won't be long now, but there's always so many projects calling me away from having fun. I'm still a long way from building a fire in the XS due to all the other stuff waiting to be...

Nice engineering job. It's looking good! -R

Hey, it's not the way some of us would do it, but like you said, "It's your bike", and not really any of our business what we think of what you do. I don't really have the luxury of making a decision of where things are going to end up on my own bike. Due to financial constraints it's going...