Hello all, new XS650 owner!

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Hey everybody!

New owner, this is technically the third bike I've own, definitely not the third bike I've ever ridden, but by all means I'd still consider myself a newbie to the the XS650 and the world of motorcycles in general. Was originally looking for a hot little sportbike, but I decided to give myself a very aggressive budget and this was one of the only bikes that fit into it. After going to see it, and taking it for a test ride, I bought it then and there. Cleanliness and reliability were the two things I was looking for, and that's what I got: rode it two hundred miles immediately after purchasing it without a single hitch (besides nearly running out of gas, of course). ((Had to ride it home, hence the instant miles.))

Already planning on putting on some cafe racer bars to fit in a bit better with my bike buds, and took off the saddlebags and sissybar till I find them necessary.

So here's what I got for under $700 with under 17k original miles on it:
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Hell of a deal.

That's what I thought. Glad to know I didn't overpay like I did for my first bike. :p

EDIT:

And forgot to ask- dunno if anybody noticed, but the PO built himself some chopper-esque footpegs and elongated the brake lever and built himself a new shift lever to match. He included the original footpegs and shift lever, but I'm thinking the brake pedal needs to be replaced as I have no shop to fix it myself. Any suggestions on where to get one?
 
Good deal they are really nice bikes with a lot of support in the aftermarket and from fellow owners. I've owned 6 of these rascles and having a ball doing a build on one right now.

You'll find a brake lever on eBay. I recall seeing a few listed. Plus check our classified section fellow XSers may have one. I just sold one myself went with rearsets.

Enjoy
 
Thanks gentlemanjim, I'll do that soon as I build up a bit extra cash to where I won't feel as bad spending yet more just so soon. :D
 
Welcome to the XS and the forum! Nice looking new toy. Definitely fits the "good deal" catagory.
 
haha Thanks all. :D

And Pumps, you're spot-on... my first bike cost me $49/mo for insurance. On the 650 I went for the prepaid year... 77 bux. haha that really can't be beat!
 
Shoot!!! That's even better! I've still for a few years till the next big insurance drop for me... :/
 
id say you did better than i did, i paid 700 for this one,
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it had 10,000 on the odo when i bought it, and we didnt even know if it ran, 20 minutes after getting it home, we got tired of waiting for the battery to charge, gave it a kick, and next thing i knew my friend was trying to get the front wheel off the ground! and i paid 122 a year for insurance on mine, of course then again im only 24, i guess that had a lot to do with the price, but after all was said and done, im riding her happily like this
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id say you did better than i did, i paid 700 for this one,
it had 10,000 on the odo when i bought it, and we didnt even know if it ran, 20 minutes after getting it home, we got tired of waiting for the battery to charge, gave it a kick, and next thing i knew my friend was trying to get the front wheel off the ground! and i paid 122 a year for insurance on mine, of course then again im only 24, i guess that had a lot to do with the price, but after all was said and done, im riding her happily like this

haha Maybe... I suppose I didn't have to kick-start mine either. Then again, when I was about 10 miles into the just-over hundred mile final leg home, and the darned thing was was stuttering on the highway and wanted to nearly stall every time I'd stop with a slight uphill... I definitely had a :wtf: moment. That's when I remembered the reserve lever... haven't ever ridden a bike before this where the "feel" is all the indicator you get once on the road of an almost empty tank. I consider myself lucky since I the bike didn't actually shut of and refuse to start again until I had just turned into a gas station. Full tank of gas and a nice chat with the pump attendant (I'm in Oregon, we have those guys) and I was on my way problem free. :bike:
 
yeah, ive had that happen a few times, i know on mine i get right at about 100 miles before i get a spit or a sputter and need to start thinkin about switching to reserve, total i can get about 130-140 miles out of a tank just depending on how i ride, but down here in south louisiana theres no such thing as pump attendent, i can remember when i was a little boy they had a shell station near where i grew up had a little mechanic shop built on to it, but that went the way of the cassette tape, now your lucky if you can find someone actually working in the gas station itself

i tell you what though, i have found that kick starter a life saver more than once! trying to start a cold motor and running the battery down, a good hard kick and we had ignition!
 
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