Tank Identification

eyewinder

XS650 Enthusiast
Messages
68
Reaction score
40
Points
18
Location
Toronto, Canada
Picked up a couple nice tanks this weekend at the Paris National Rally in Southern Ontario. A red & white one, which I believe can only be from a 1972 XS2, and an unidentified brown tank...

From my research, it looks like it may be a faded Cinnamon Brown tank from a 1974 TX650A, however the pinstriping is not the usual horizontal lines on either side of the Yamaha logo. Can anyone confirm?

tank1.jpg tank2.jpg tank3.jpg
 
That's right... they changed the cap for '76. Upon closer inspection, it looks like the original paint – with a white/silver metallic base coat below the brown. Perhaps they used a different pinstripe design for Canadian TX models in '74?
 
What is recognized as a 74TXA was sold as a 73TX in Japan. maybe the Tank graphics from the Japanese market was sold in some other countries out side of the US.
,
6501b.jpg
6501d.jpg
6501bd.jpg


Some YouTube Vids showing the tank as above


,
 
Last edited:
Back
Top