menkenmadness
XS650 New Member
So here is the deal. My name is Aaron and I am brand new to this site.
I bought this 1972 XS650 last night and got online to find some information before I started into the project. Stumbled upon this site and thought I would see what the folks on this site had for advice. I am a noob with motorcycles and this will be my first project. I am REALLY wanting to learn how to work on my own bike and I am totally up for the challenges it throws at me.
To start out I will just post some pictures and I would like some advice as to where I should start and the order in which I should go about fixing her up. Like I said I just bought her last night and have not done anything but take pictures.
I bought it from a guy that was kinda the middle man. All he knows about the bike is there were two owners and the guy he bought it from said it last ran in 2006 and then started having some problems with it. He gave up and bought a Harley, lol. Carbs came with it in a box, but I am not sure if they are from this bike? And I am not sure if they are all there.
Any help to get started on this bike would be awesome! I have not decided yet what I want to end bike to look like but for I just want to get it running strong and go from there.
Thanks ahead of time
I have added a link so that you can see the pictures at full size. I am not sure how to post larger images on this site.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronboy384/sets/72157624197450044/with/4666609695/
I bought this 1972 XS650 last night and got online to find some information before I started into the project. Stumbled upon this site and thought I would see what the folks on this site had for advice. I am a noob with motorcycles and this will be my first project. I am REALLY wanting to learn how to work on my own bike and I am totally up for the challenges it throws at me.
To start out I will just post some pictures and I would like some advice as to where I should start and the order in which I should go about fixing her up. Like I said I just bought her last night and have not done anything but take pictures.
I bought it from a guy that was kinda the middle man. All he knows about the bike is there were two owners and the guy he bought it from said it last ran in 2006 and then started having some problems with it. He gave up and bought a Harley, lol. Carbs came with it in a box, but I am not sure if they are from this bike? And I am not sure if they are all there.
Any help to get started on this bike would be awesome! I have not decided yet what I want to end bike to look like but for I just want to get it running strong and go from there.
Thanks ahead of time
I have added a link so that you can see the pictures at full size. I am not sure how to post larger images on this site.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronboy384/sets/72157624197450044/with/4666609695/