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Outta curiousity...will they fit a 1970-73 side cover?

Thanks dude........and as for the mysterious vin......I don't know......unless someone can prove to me otherwise.....my bike is a 1970....seen a picture of a 69 and the speedometer was molded into the headlight bezel....similar to the older 60's Yamaha's so ...I don't know:banghead:....lmao

Hey guys....been a while.....was diagnosed with type 2 diabeties so have been very busy getting my sugars in check.....anyways ...been feeling better and the future is looking pretty good thanks to me finally starting my build....was reading a thred on here about vin numbers....now the way I had...

After much contemplation I have decided to save the frame.I am going to look into a custom frame for this project.Taking into consideration that I never put this in my budget for the rebuild,I will have to do some research.Been told by my friend that it is cheaper to build one than to buy a...

My thoughts exactly......but damn....will I kick my ass 20 years from now for not keeping the frame stock....:banghead:

oh yes ...guess I did had to think about that one:doh:

ya mean there's two sets of numbers

sweeeeeet

Well papers ...hate being the bearer of bad news but according to your vin its not a 1970....I have one which by the way I bought in Ontario,Canada....does the vin you gave come off the engine or the frame cause maybe its a 70 with a 74(I believe) engine...Peace

Wow...the XS 650 will never die according to all the awesome bikes I just looked at.Here is my sweet 70 and I will be posting updates on the rebuild.Awesome site...been checkin things out today and glad I found it.....Peace

Well it is mostly complete with a few exceptions speedo/tach were stolen while in storage,signals and reflectors are missing,no chain guard as well as a few other small parts and they can all be replaced with after market parts,but to find prestine NOS parts worthy of a restoration .....thats a...

How's it goin?Being the newbie here let me introduce myself...names Rob and been an XS fan since I was a kid.My father was one of the first Yamaha dealers in my area in 1971 and he had the XS in the showroom and I admired it often,jumping on it and pretending I was drivin it and of course the...