restoration

Hi im new to this site and I don't know much about Yamaha bikes and I have the opportunity to buy a 1973 Yamaha TX650 in decent shape. Its been sitting for 2 years and doesn't run right know. The seat has a few tears in it and on the odometer it says 6868.3 miles. the guy wants $350.00 for it...

What tires would look appropriate on my bike. I am keeping it stock looking. 1972 XS. I plan on making it a driver and want to put some miles on it but yet keep tires cool. Any suggestions?

I noticed this bike in a friends garage a few years back. After years of pestering him to sell with no luck,he finally broke down and sold it to me. I just picked the bike up on 6/20. They guy bought the bike used while he lived in CA. In 1976 he moved to Michigan and the bike has been sitting...

Hello, Up for grabs is my custom old school blue license plate that reads "650 XS2" , it is a California license plate that was on my older Yamaha 250. I would like to sell it because I need some dough to put on bike. Submit your offers and we will see if we can make a deal. I can send...

I have a 72 that I am looking for some guidance on. It was sitting for 37 years and has some nasty stuff in the master cylinder and the brake lines seem to be plugged. I have put both in an ultrasonic cleaner and it looks like the mc might be ok. The brake lines are just plugged up. What do...

Hey ya'll. My pops has a 1978 XS650 Special sitting in his garage. He bought it brand new in '78, rode it 'til about 2004, and then parked it. He keeps the registration current and says he'll get to restoring it "one of these days". He's given me permission to fiddle with it and try to get it...

Hello! First, I'll start with an into since this is my first post....my name is Rebecca, I'm from Michigan and I'm fairly new to motorcycles. Growing up I had a Honda XR and I currently have a Honda FatCat. So with the problem...my parents just bought a farmhouse and everything on the...

Anyone have engine parts aqua blasted? Pros/cons? Places you can ship parts to to have it done?

Hello there, I'm Chris from Amsterdam, and recently found a nice dismantled engine lying around in a barn. The PO had it from someone else, who broke a piston on it. The top end, as well as the clutch and the sides came off, and I collected it as in the photo. A bag of bolts and dirt. But I...

Hey everyone, I am making a street tracker (sort of) but with a seat like the pic that I have. This is not my bike but one that I want the back fender to look like. By looking at the pic, any ideas on how he mounted that fender or what he used? When you look towards the bottom part of the...

I'm ordering a replacement battery latch for my laptop and I want to reinforce a place on it so it doesn't break like the original one. That place is too thin to support the battery weight. I need to fill the inside a '7' shape that's molded in the plastic so that the top of the 7 doesn't...

Greetings all, I just came online after I found a 75 XS650 in a deplorable state of neediness. I have wanted an XS650 ever since 1975 when I first moved up from a DS7 but settled for a 500 due to lack of monitary bliss. Back then the 650 was king unless you were a Honda freak, I'm not. I've...

Project cost, a little more than expected. Was supposed to be a cheap low cost bike...:laugh: We're at 16k already, still not done. http://xs2ss.blogspot.ca/2012/09/start-with-one.html Anyone else sink this kind of coin into their XS?

New to forum. Bought a 650 special 2 new in 1980. Still got it been sitting in carport last 26 years. Pretty rough now. Put in new battery got spark when I kick her but nothing when I try starter button. Assume wires corroded. Stock carbs gone got another set of vacuum carbs but they're off and...

Ok, spent the day yesterday tearing this baby down. Need to get the engine out of the frame yet and the bolts are pretty tight---sprayed some penetrating oil on the bolts and will have a go at it again tonight. First question I need to get out of the way and because this is the first time...

I'm rolling along on my overhaul project and I'm looking through what fasteners are left. Can anyone identify these and where they could possibly go?? I have 2 of the longer bolts, 1 of the short bolt with the tapered end, and 4 small copper washer that I don't know where these go?

Went to replace my needles and needle jets. The old ones were pretty snug, a light tap and push and out they came. The new ones however, one of them fits soft snug the other is so loose it falls out unless held in by the main jet and washer. Is this gonna be a problem?

The warm weather is here, and the bike is running, so I thought I'd take it out for my first ride on an XS650, and see how she runs. The good: What a great engine! Grumbly down low, throaty on the throttle, torquey from a stop and sounds just awesome on both acceleration and decel! Of...

My other project, non Yamaha of course. I told myself before I started my XS650 I would finish this. The second picture is how I received it from the previous owner. This has been 3 years of searching for parts, getting thinks plated, chrome done, powder done, etc.

Wow so much info on this site, thanks to everybody so far that has helped me figure this engine stuff out, now next question, Where can I buy xs650 parts in CANADA?????? Closest to Alberta would be nice buy anywhere in Canada would work??