Beautiful motorcycles

While I agree our XS650's area nice looking bike. Especially restored/maintained show room stock, or custom painted and modified. IMHO, it's no piece of rolling art like a Norton 750/850 Commando, Honda CB77, Ducati 750SS etc, etc,etc. I love my SG and kid we are to be cremated when the time comes, but it's no class winner other than maybe "Road Warrior".
 
I guess i should have talked about my 650 first. i saw a norton commando for the first time when i was 10... dreamed of one ever since. But what started it all with vintage bikes was an xs650... i was about 16, and loved it immediately. I've also lusted after a green 71 for a very long time, i just never see them come up for sale. i bought my first one, a 1980 special from a guy in oklahoma city for $125. intended it as a project to flip for some quick cash. At the time i was riding a 2006 vtx1300 as my rider, and just did the xs to make a buck. i fell in love with it. sold my running vtx, sold two shotguns, and sold a rem 700 to pay for the fixing my non-running yamaha. I pick up bikes whenever i see a deal, but there are only two that are not for sale... ever. my yamaha is still the best riding bike I've ever owned, and its still never really let me down. it will sit number one in the stable for a very long time I'm sure
 
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Yes, I found it strange that XS650s were not being posted, and yet this is an XS650 site. C'mon guys! If you don't think your XS650 is the most beautiful bike you have ever seen, why do you ride it?
I guess you all lust after a Norton, a Honda, a Ducati, or a Triumph, but have to settle for an XS650.
Well, that's not me. I think my 1978 XS650 is the most beautiful bike on any highway in the world. I was just out riding my bike today, in the great weather we are having. It starts perfect and runs perfect. A thoroughly reliable and enjoyable bike. Over the years, my bike just keeps getting better. I used to get 57 or 58 US MPG, but this year I'm getting 60 US MPG.
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I did not put a picture up, but my post had the 73 TX650 as 1st. Perfection.

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My everyday rider....this bike does miles and bloody lots of them, i really love riding the 75B it's everything i want in a bike, mostly reliable, I've rebuilt the engine and just about everything else, its been a bike i go everywhere on. Shit weather or shine, I don't care, last week saw over a 1000 kilometres put on the clock, yesterday a oil and filter change (i just clean the filters every 2000 miles and change the oil every 1000 miles).
It made the forum calendar which made me very proud (thanks for the votes too guys), for something old and somewhat worn the Jap's really made a cracker with the XS 650....:heart:. She ain't no dog thats for sure...

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resto: I totally agree, and if I ever win the lotto I'll buy up every Kawasaki 750 triple i can find within 200 miles !
LOL
....Bob..
 
Bob Kelly III said:
resto: I totally agree, and if I ever win the lotto I'll buy up every Kawasaki 750 triple i can find within 200 miles !
LOL
....Bob..
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Well, if we both won the lottery, you'd be bidding against me on eBay for the triples and 73 Z1's. Had one for about 6 years, sure miss that bike.
 
H2's, better looked at, than ridden, Had 2 back in the day....... nasty evil things they are.
Can't have beatiful Mc thread without one of these.
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Some idiot I know bought a racing, mag only Goldy for $75 got it running great, rode it for a year and sold it for $175! buyer didn't quibble price, circa 1971ish.
 
CB92R...and any single cylinder Ducati of the '60s...also of course is the '69-70 Bonne and Vetter's Hurricane triple
 

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Mr. B, are you forgetting the Bultaco Metralla? One of the most beautiful bikes of the period, rode as pretty as it looked.
 
yup...plus my current piece of 'furniture.' (I'm prejudiced of course)
 

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hay guys....what is this weird fad of the seat 2 feet above the rear tire and that is supposed to be the rear fender too ????
it makes absolutely no sense to me especially for a street bike .... people gravitated to that design for the Mono shock on dirt bikes .... did the designers think everyone Liked the LOOKS ???? UGH !!!! now all kinds of crotch rockets have that look.... I guess it's supposed to look KOOL but to me it's ugly and Ill conceived..... the mono shock is great but you don't have to have the seat 40" off the ground ! HAHAHAHHA!
...... I just thought of another law for california to pass...sense they seam to pass any law anyone can dream up... make a law that no motorcycle seat will be over 30" off the ground ! (due to safety reasons of course, everything is done for safety reasons!)lol.
when I got my XRL650 home and sat on it I damn near fell over !!!!! it took months to lower that stupid design ....but I did !
..... I guess the Japs think all americans are 6'11" tall and 280lbs or something ! and ware size 13 shoes because even the controls were stretched out !.... the funny thing was when I got it running it reminded me of my old Honda 90 ! HAHAHAHA ! only deeper gutted all the way through but the throttle response was almost identical ! ..... though I will admit it was easier to get the front wheel off the ground with the XRL650 than it was the 90 HAHAHAH ! not easy and you had to hit it just right on the 650 for a throttle only wheely !
one thing my 90 never did !
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Bob.......

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