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  1. lsc86

    For Sale - Vintage original 1979 XS-650 Special-II Chicago/Milwaukee

    Updated pics. Spring is finally here in the midwest!
  2. lsc86

    For Sale - 1980 XS 650

    Serious? UPS......stuff in smallest box possible, weigh, calculate cost, add to selling price, print label, drop off at UPS location. Another alternative, believe it or not for larger packages is Greyhound bus. they do freight depot to depot. Relatively cheap rates for oversize and/or...
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    For Sale - Vintage original 1979 XS-650 Special-II Chicago/Milwaukee

    1979 Yamaha XS-650 Special-II, currently sits at 13,800 original miles, all stock, unmolested and unmodified. Brand new tires, brand new tubes, new rim strips, new front/rear sprockets, new o-ring chain (maybe 350 miles tops on all parts). Runs out very nice, noticeably quicker than the 1980+...
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    17/32 gear & new tires = huge improvement

    New 530 O-Ring chain to go along with the new sprockets. JT 17 front and a Taiwan special 32 out back (from MikesXS). Turns around 3500 rpm @ 55 mph, most times. 33 year old tach & speedo aren't necessarily always consistent, but regardless of what the actual readings are, it's like having a...
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    17/32 gear & new tires = huge improvement

    Picked up a clean 1 owner '79 xs650-SP2 earlier this summer (even got the original bill of sale with it). Solid bike, around 13k miles, all stock, not hacked or altered. Not sure if the tires were stock or not, but they were quite old and hard/greasy. Not wanting to spend a fortune on tires...
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    For Sale - 1972 XS-650 XS2 vintage and complete in Chicago/Milwaukee

    SOLD Gone to a good home.
  7. lsc86

    XS650 Craigslist postings depository

    http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/mcy/2952057064.html It's mine. Price negotiable, but won't give it away- it can sit in the corner until I get around to restoring it myself, but would like to see someone else have the opportunity to restore it like it deserves. Very few complete early model...
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    XS650 Craigslist postings depository

    Anyone coming from MD to Chicagoland????? http://baltimore.craigslist.org/mcy/2874174453.html
  9. lsc86

    Trade - '71-72 XS wanted, '80 Special for trade/sale

    projected ended Project shelved.
  10. lsc86

    For Sale - 1973 TX650

    If its available still, any interested in trading for a solid 1980 XS650 Special that wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings if you chopped it?
  11. lsc86

    Bridgestone S11 Spitfires

    Never rode with them on a XS, but any other bike I've sampled them on- no thanks, wouldn't cross a street to put a set out if they were on fire on my own bike....
  12. lsc86

    Exhaust Question

    Interesting idea, just curious if you'll have any sound at all. HD mufflers are usually extremely quiet and restrictive.
  13. lsc86

    1972 XS2 survivor

    Convinced a good friend a two summers ago that the XS-650 was a great choice for an eclectic & unique bike with as much potential as your mind can conjure up. I'd never owned one, but having been around bikes since the early 1980s, I knew plenty about the venerable XS and helped him find a...
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