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Hi All, Just wondered how many other UK members there are on here? The reason I ask is to try and find out where people are buying there parts from in the UK. Is there any members from the north west? :bike:

Hello, I am new to the 650 world. I recently received a 650 for free. I fixed it up to the point that it runs great and all the lights did work. My flasher relay was taking a dump on me so I unplugged it and accidentally shorted out the wires that go to it. After shorting out those wires, no...

Hey guys, been on here about a year and bought my first xs in 2014. Here's how she sits now and I'm pretty close to getting her back on the road. Couple of things I've worked on: Exhaust is dual under tail Swing arm is stretched and running a Firestone airbag Front wheel is an xs400...

Hello everyone. Been a lurker on the site for a while, still don't have an XS yet, but I have been keeping my eyes out looking for the right bike. Seems like the popularity of these bikes has increased over the past couple of years. They don't last long on Craigslist and when a decent runner...

Hi everyone im the Dirt Doctor its great to be here on your forum hope you like my project thank you guys ......

Hello everyone. I just picked up a new to me 82 XS650 Heritage Special and figured I'd stop and say hi. I've been reading a lot on the forum for the past few days and figured I'd go ahead and register.

Happy to be here, bought a nice unmolested 1983 Heritage Special yesterday, it's been in storage for several years, took it to my friend Keiths house (Geezer Garage guy) and he called late today to say it's running and sounds fine. Have been dealing with old motorcycles my entire life but this...

Hi all, In a few weeks I'm looking at doing my first road trip to pick up a newly purchased '77 650D in Chicago and ride it back to my home in Brooklyn. I have an '80 XSG (Special II), my first XS but not my first bike. Still, I'm a newbie. I've been riding it for a couple of years but...

Ill admit I'm new to the XS world but not new to bikes, or bobbers for that matter. Went and looked at this bike the other day... http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/mcy/4954213197.html I love the look of it, but the electrical issues worry me because I have never rewired a bike, nor do I...

Hey Guys, newbie here who just acquired my first XS. It's a 1980 Special. I'm entertaining thoughts of building it into a Street Tracker so, I'll be watching y'all for ideas and where to find parts I need. Sonny

Yes, you read it correctly. This was no barn find. My NTM XS1b was found uncovered in an open field in central Texas. I've been a fan of these vintage bikes for a while but never made any moves until this one came along. I bought both bikes pictured; the other, a KZ400 was promptly sold for the...

Hello Everyone! Intro and Build Thread Hello everyone, my name is Jeremy (nick name Wally) and from North Dakota. My son had bought a 1980 gs55o Suzuki this winter and have spent the last many weeks getting it running. That sparked my interest in riding again and so when i came across a 1980...

As the title states, I'm new around here. My names Ian and Im from NYC. I've been looking to buy and XS for years and am hopefully picking up one this weekend. I've ridden before and worked on a pre-unit triumph and my buddies aermacchi sprint, but this will be my first bike. So I do have...

Sonicseb, "Bratstyle" a la Japan, Malaysian and Indonesian inspiration.

And hello! We've had this old '81 650 for pretty close to 30 years now. It was always sound mechanically, and I had close to 200,000 miles on it. Drove it all over San Diego for years, then up in Seattle and all over Eastern Washington. Then we shipped it over to Hawaii and drove it until it...

Just got a barn find 1973 TX650 almost complete. I found this bike while out tooling around North Dakota back in June on my VTX. Bought it for $100 and had no way of hauling it 1,700 miles home on the VTX. Just last week my bro-inlaw and sister decided to come home and they brought my TX650 with...

Been reading on here for the past few weeks now and I've found a real head scratcher for even the veterans. My title says I have a 1977 XS650. The Vin # is 447-709xxx. However, the bike is a special which wasn't produced until 1978. Supposedly. From what I have found it has not been altered in...

Spockwerks calling, nice to see you. New to the list, been riding my '83 XS650 "Namazu the Earthquake Fish" for 30 years. Time for a change. Just ordered a Monstercraftsman Brat Kit and am thinking 750cc kits. Turning things inside out kinda like graffiti style and that means paint. Seeing...

Hey my name is Ben..I've ben referring to this site to find info on the xs 650..today I finally was able to buy the one that I've been looking at for some time..it's been a garage bike for the last 7 years..looking forward to getting it home after work and appreciating my new obsession. .

Hi Folks I just picked up my first bike ever. You could call it a barn score (minus the barn), A 1977 xs650d! The owner didn't have much memory as to the bikes running conditions, where its keys were, or why he hadn't ridden it since 1988 (a year after I was born)... but the price was right...