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Hey Sonny Nice bike.
Kinda looks like an 81 with VM type carbs, sportster mufflers, and possibly an early gas tank.
Kinda looks like an 81 with VM type carbs, sportster mufflers, and possibly an early gas tank.
sbulla
XS650 Member
The PO installed PWK carbs and the HD mufflers. It also had a Vetter fairing and saddle bags that I removed just before this pic.
Sonny
Welcome.
westonboege
XS650 Addict
Welcome bike looks good!
Ever go to johnson city? I entertained moving there for a while... still might visit this summer and see if im still interested...
Ever go to johnson city? I entertained moving there for a while... still might visit this summer and see if im still interested...
Ahso That splains the black disc in the headlight shell..
arod_1
XS650 Fan
MIghty fine motorcycle country in East Tenessee. Should be fun place to ride it!
YL82
Perpetual Restorationist
Hello from Church Hill and Welcome Aboard.
Johnson City is nice area for sure, but my Mother-In Law lives there, so I try to avoid it - although that's the closest Harbor Freight.
Johnson City is nice area for sure, but my Mother-In Law lives there, so I try to avoid it - although that's the closest Harbor Freight.
sbulla
XS650 Member
Been through there a few times when hwy40 was closed due to a rock slide and I needed to get to NC but, never stopped. The VA hospital is there but, thankfully, I haven't had to go yet!
Sonny
sbulla
XS650 Member
Do you have a 19" mag front wheel? I hear that's the way to go for a rear wheel using an adaptor kit for a street tracker.
Sonny
Sonny, there are two problems with that modification. The more serious one is that you wind up with a 1.85" rim in back that's a bit too narrow for any tire that fits the style you're trying for. Sure, you can mount a 110 or 120 tire, but its profile will be deformed by the narrow rim; probably not enough to be unsafe, but enough to compromise handling, and since you live in some of the world's finest riding country, you may not want that. Second, there's no magnesium in those "mags;" they're cast aluminum, and they're heavy. This is just one guy's opinion, but they're really kind of silly on a bike that's supposed to look like a flat tracker.
racerdave
^ Gone not forgotten ^
Not agreeing or disagreeing with griz, just a pic comparo. Both tires mounted on a 19x1.85 Yammie front mag. Actual dirttrack 27x7x19 on left, 110/80x19 on right. I have other tire pics if you want them.
Those tires can be mounted on 1.85's, Dave, no doubt about that. How hard you'd want to pitch a bike over, especially on pavement, with those tires pinched in at the bead by a 1.85 is another question. But each to his own; if the rider isn't interested in lively cornering, the fat tire and skinny rim will work just fine.
sbulla
XS650 Member
Well aware of that as we've been calling them "mags" for years and old habits are hard to break.
Come to think of it, the only true mags I have ever worked with were probably the wheels on the airplanes I worked on in the Navy back in 68-72.
Thanks for your input!
Sonny
