XT500 Now those are sure popular and seem to be high in value. They sell fast.
Too bad most of the links in that wiki are broke. Could have made for some interesting reading. One link did work though. I threw it into the Road Test thread.
The original silencers were long gone when I got the bike. I experimented with several types, eventually fitted these, they are Triumph T140.Rasputin, those are real nice mufflers! What are they ?
-R
Yes, seen itThe Sportster mufflers fit the XS650 well and sound good plus, H-D chrome is very durable and nice.
It would have been a mistake to pass it up at that price.I just paid $150 for this. I realize that is a good deal even though the engine is seized.
However is there a good following with this bike? How does it compare value wise verses the xs650, and cb / cl 350s?
Is there anything that I should know before hand?
Also on a plus side as far as I’m concerned, they are quiet, noisy exhausts just drive me nuts these days.Yes, seen it
But just look at those long shiny T140 mufflers. Almost original looking.
We can only wonder what impression the four cylinder two stroke road bike would have made.
Ya, I like that sound the most !Here's a road test of a 79F by Cycle World.
An excerpt..."It’s the sound, as much as anything. Hit the starter button and the engine growls to life with a subdued roar, then settles into the loping gait of a large vertical Twin, the sound of an even series of cylinder explosions separated by flashes of silence.
It doesn’t purr or whine or mumble. It idles, the handlebars and front end moving with the engine pulsations, trembling in anticipation of the ride to come. It sounds like a motorcycle, not a two-wheeled Porsche; and feels like a motorcycle, not an electric golf cart. You can hear and feel the source of power, gasoline explosions encased in iron and aluminum and steel. The rider, like it or not, is involved in the reality of the machinery."
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