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    For Sale - 1977 XS650D

    1977 Yamaha XS-650D - FOR SALE @ $2,500 Purchased January 2014 Mileage indeterminate (Bike had mini chrome gauges when purchased; Reinstalled stock gauges which show 16,900 miles) Modifications/Purchases made by me: · Overall corrosion removal and polishing · Tank and side covers painted...
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    How do I check and change oil on an XS650? Oil recommendations?

    Shell Rotella T6. Full synthetic 5W30. JASO MA certified (Japanese equivalent of SAE) to be good for motorcycles with wet clutches-no friction modifiers. Designed for diesels and their very harsh operational parameters, so don't worry about viscosity being lower than 20W50. I use it in all my...
  3. '77 XS 650, post restoration/cleanup

    '77 XS 650, post restoration/cleanup

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    How do I check and change oil on an XS650? Oil recommendations?

    Great article gggGary- fully supports notions that: 1. Synthetic is better and longer lasting than non synthetic 2. Motorcycle specific oils are merely an expensive marketing gimmick and typically are based on technology older than ever advancing automotive oils (and thus do not perform as...
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    Let's See The XS's

    Say "Hi" to god for me!
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    For Sale - Brand New wire harness for a '77 XS650D

    Purchased from Mike's XS in February 2015 "Wire Loom 77D eng # 704001 & up" I purchased it because a previous owner had hacked up the wiring to remove the stock tach/speedo/instrument cluster, replacing it with those mini chrome instruments (both of which became undamped oscillators). I...
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    May 1970 Road Test of the XS-1

    A friend scanned and sent me this article. Some funny colloquialisms here!
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    Let's See The XS's

    Nice looking skunk machine!
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    Let's See The XS's

    gggGary, The current one seems 7/8ths scale. That must have taken a lot of work! LOL
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    Let's See The XS's

    There's something about your bike that I find attractive: :) PS. I highly recommend bar-end mirrors. Great visibility.
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    long trips on your xs's

    Conclusion: Tour de Midwest part deux: After a nice one night visit it was time for a two day ride up to Mid-Ohio for the vintage bike show. Loved the countryside cruise along route 60 east of Springfield through some scenic Ozark byways ending up at Central City for the evening, then connected...
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    long trips on your xs's

    At the request of the club, I wrote an article for the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club (VJMC) about my "Tour de Midwest" last summer on my '77 XS650D. Here it is below: When I was 16 years old in the summer of 1970, my friend Jeff got access to a Fox mini-bike for us to ride in the local...
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    How do I check and change oil on an XS650? Oil recommendations?

    "this oil is 5W-40......? am I missing something?" Here's my logic for using the synthetic Rotella T6, but I don't profess to be an expert in any way: 1. Synthetic oil is supposed to maintain its lubrication properties better and longer than non-synthetic oils. The long chain molecules...
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    Am in the middle of a "Tour de Midwest"

    Greased advance rod-didn't solve high pitched squeal which only arises when engine is warm and revved. Oh well.
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    Am in the middle of a "Tour de Midwest"

    Great idea about the advance rod-that's about where the noise seems to be emanating from! Grease time! The odometer on the Dime City speedometer is suspect (both gauges started oscillating madly during the trip, and the speedo is now toast), but I'll guestimate low to mid 40s MPG (depending...
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    Am in the middle of a "Tour de Midwest"

    Update: upon returning home, redid the tune-up (adjusting cam chain, valves, ignition timing). Did some reading and found that these bikes had a propensity to spit oil out the breather tubes if overfilled, and there was a service bulletin indicating that the dipstick should be modified to induce...
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