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Jerome is a neat little artsy-fartsy town up in the hills. Mostly old hippies with handmade craft shops and little eateries. Lot of nice stuff there...definitely not big box store. Southwest of Flagstaff.
And...you can always go "stand on a corner in Winslow, Arizona". Yes, THAT corner.
Dittos on warming the cold tire. A few weeks back, I changed out the front tire on my stock wheel. I put a cold tire on, in a cold garage. It was like trying to do a Vulcan Mind Meld with two 20lb blocks of granite.
Next time (if it's winter), the tire spends the night in the house sitting...
Doesn't seem to be in perfect condition...but here's a NOS seat cover just came up on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-XS-650-B-seat-cover-new-nos-motorcycle-parts-/120860827219?hash=item1c23ddde53&item=120860827219&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr
I'd want to see more pictures...
And, if you notice...the designer clearly states in his plans that you can't duplicate the design ("Duplication by any means prohibited/Do not duplicate"). Which means you can't print the plans off. If you do, the Copyright Swat Team will come and get you.
Gonna get mighty tiresome running...
It's my understanding there are plenty of containers sitting around because the US imports a lot more stuff than they export. Short of shipping empty containers BACK overseas, they apparently languish in US truck yards.
You might search on "shipping container home" or shelter, because there's...
Another ebay luggage rack find...not bad (1979).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAHA-XS-650-LUGGAGE-RACK-/190617933538?hash=item2c61b6d6e2&item=190617933538&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr
Is this the missing part? One's available (bid only) at ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170730197919?_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649&item=170730197919&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&vxp=mtr