Damned shame - I would have liked one of those... with Porsche bits, too
http://www.classicyams.com/4-stroke/4-stroke/yamaha-tx750-story.html
http://www.classicyams.com/4-stroke/4-stroke/yamaha-tx750-story.html
Back about 1976, a riding buddy of mine had a TX750. He told me it had problems and he was glad to get rid of it. He replaced it with a new 1976 RD400................he loved that bike.
I bought a new 1976 XS500C in 1976. I had it for 13 years, and it was a great motorcycle. I remember looking at the 1976 XS650 at the dealer, but I thought the XS500C was technically more advanced, and it really was.
What could have been......................if Yamaha had engineered the XS650 with a separate
balance shaft and 180 degree crank (as done in the XS500), they may have had the perfect motorcycle
blech. 180 cranks are awful. I hate the high frequency on my 400. The torque of 277 and 360 are sooo much better.
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I can tell you've never driven an XS500. Mine was as smooth as silk, made good power (would do the Ton) and no vibration at all.
Damned shame - I would have liked one of those... with Porsche bits, too
http://www.classicyams.com/4-stroke/4-stroke/yamaha-tx750-story.html
Ah, the TX750. What a disappointment in more ways than one.
The TX750 had so many good ideas on paper that didn't work out in practice. Really rare that Japanese engineering was so far off the mark.
The figure he gave for total sales of the various models of the 650, around 300,000, makes me think we won't be running out of used spares any time soon.
I have. And the vibration and sound of the 360 is what makes this bike what it is. If it was a 180 id rather just buy a big inline 4. 360 and 277 just sound proper. 180 is sooo....soulless.
I have. And the vibration and sound of the 360 is what makes this bike what it is. If it was a 180 id rather just buy a big inline 4. 360 and 277 just sound proper. 180 is sooo....soulless.
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Ask suzuki how well the re5 experiment went...