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Thanks for all that info, much appreciated! I think the odd tower and the clocks are likely off another bike, I'll try and find out what they should be fitted to. The green clocks are correct for the 'C' then? I'll leave them on it then, as you point out the warning lamps would be duplicated..I...

Can you tell me which bike these fit please? :confused:

How about swapping round the clocks? Are the green ones correct for my 'D', if so I'll look into swapping over the internals from the speedo: I've got a few other clocks in my stash, I'll dig them out and have a look, never realised that even these have so many options! Thanks for all the input...

No probs mate, and I'll check out the links. These are the 'D' clocks, obviously for the US. never seen another set: yet another XS650 mix up!

My XS650D if anyone in the UK wants a fully rebuilt bike: every single upgrade, Hughs PMA, Boyer ignition, K&N air fikters, Heiden tuning Hilift cam and springs, 2" stainless headers , new rings, camchain, tensioners, oil filters, its like a brand new bike!

I agree, I said earlier that someone could have dropped the bike, then rebuilt it using parts from any model, but the carbs are original, as far as i can tell: why swap them? See the ebay link, another identical set of 34's. I've got a few sets of 38's so will use them, along with new inlet...

Here's my clocks...different again to the ebay bike: :wtf:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201522313473?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT This link shows a set of XS650 crbd, BS34, identical to the set fitted on my C.

I personally took the inlet stubs off the head, they are too small to fit 38's, the bike came with the engine and carbs still in one piece. The guy who stripped the bike had no other Yamahas never mind XS650's, and all the parts were stashed in a storeroom in his car repair garage, in one area...

As we say in Manchester...Sorted! [URL=http://s655.photobucket.com/user/jacksdad_01/media/Yamaha%20XS650C/DSCF3352.jpg.html][/URL

Okay guys, lets see if the photo link works:

I'm working on that, just need to set up a Photobucket library and then I get some pictures :thumbsup: as you say, will make things easier! I'm beginning to think that the bike was dropped sometime many years ago, as the headlamp bowl and 'ears' that hold it on are from a D bike, black bowl...

Re the forks/brake, my bike is identical to the full page French Blue bike: just been out to my shed at 11pm, in the snow, to check the forks! Just noticed something else: the side stand/kick stand on the bike in the picture is different to mine. The one shown looks like it has a complete...

I did, but didn't notice the French Blue insert. This bike is really odd, its like a bitsa, so many different models! I would expect this with the UK bikes, as they weren't a big seller here, and there were some mix ups during assembly, plus delays in sales, which caused some 'overlapping' of...

what neck sticker? do you mean the ID one, on the headstock? If so...its been removed! Only got the frame and engine numbers to work with.

Its very odd! Why would someone replace the inlet stubs, carbs and maybe the trottle and cables, for a single one? The bike wasn't very old when it was last used, and its not been altered since it arrived in the UK, in 1991 (the guy who imported it sold it to me, he never touched it after...

650skull, those pictures are a mix of models. The black paint is a 650 B. None of the pictures show the C French Blue. My bike is a C but has got the D Bountiful Blue paint! My restored D US bike, was the other D colour, Maxi Maroon.

Its a C, 1976, but has got BS34 carbs. I can't find any information on these, all the parts lists say BS38's were fitted! 38's won't even fit onto the inlet stubs, I've got loads of them, all the spares I've got are 38's but no 34's. My carbs are in a bad state, they are pretty much seized...

So its a C, with early BS34 carbs, and later D Bountiful Blue tank and side panels :wtf: The paintwork is an easy swap, it was about 15 years old when it left the US so thats ok, but I thought the smaller carbs were only fitted to earlier bikes? Theres a lot of confusion with carbs on all the...

My restored bike is a 1977 XS650 D in Maxi Maroon, matching numbers, all good. Now, my next project is confusing me :eek: Its Bountiful Blue, which is the other colour option to my first bike. BUT..I think its a C model. Obviously anything could have been swapped, it started life in Daytona...