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1982 XS 707. Self nomination.

Greetings. This is the first post in this thread - it pertains to a 1982 XS 650 Heritage Special that I acquired last Sunday. It had spent the past 25 years in a storage warehouse in Llano County, Texas, and is now residing in Wimberley, Texas. The bike has 13.2K miles on it and other than...

Last message on this thread. Thanks for your advice, I am taking the discussion on this new bike/project to the Build section of the forum. Thanks again for the nice welcome you've given me.

Cool. I'll be in Liberty Hill tomorrow for the area track meet, in which my niece will be participating. You'll be close to the Hill Country and great riding. Cheers, S.

Thank you all for the welcome and interest. I am going to follow the advice of my neighbour in Dripping Springs and just take the thing down piece by piece to acquire familiarity with it, and to build basic confidence in my limited skills. I'll put it back together more or less intact just...

Actually, what I have in mind can be seen in the inserted image.

Your son's bike is a big improvement. I will probably try to get this thing running as is, but I have no qualms about chopping it up. This is the 7th bike in my current stable (2003 BMW R1150RS, 1998 Guzzi Centauro, 2007 Triumph Thruxton, 2011 Royal Enfield C5 Chrome, 1941 Triumph 350, and...

I'm thinking that I'll make the original parts that I don't use available to restorers. This bike only has 13k miles on it, and I'd be unlikely to get another better suited to what I have in mind. I'm not at all fond of the aesthetics of the original Heritage Special layout, so it will...

Two pix - one when we loaded it on the trailer, it's first daylight in over 25 years, and the second after a healthy dose of Hill Country Rain on the trip from Llano to Wimberley, plus a healthy squirt of the hose and some S100.

Not any more it doesn't...

Wow, that was quick! And close! If you are interested in providing free advice (I have no experience with this bike or with building one up), please get in touch. norman dot sanders at gmail dot com, in Wimberley.

I just came home with a 1982 XS650 Heritage Special that has been sitting in my father's warehouse for the past 25 years. It will be the basis for my first "build from the ground up" MC project. With the dirt cleaned off of it, it is really one of those once in a lifetime garage finds. The...