Herper
XS650 Member
Greetings to All the Fine Folks at XS650.com,
I've been browsing and gleaning extremely helpful information from this site for many months now and figured it's time to introduce myself. I'm Ed from MA. Began riding two wheels on the street in 1967, some off-road before that. Had an itch for an XS650 when they first came out but was newly married and in the service at the time barely making enough to survive. Just one of those things that got lost by the wayside. By chance, heard of a guy who lives a few streets over was selling a couple XS's. So, at 62, I finally got my chance, and having never fully re-built a bike, figured what the hell, we'll give it a shot. I've been documenting my progress w/write-up and photos which you can view here if you have a notion... http://herper.zenfolio.com/my-xs650-build
Thanks to all who contribute to this site.
Ed (Herper)
p.s. Hope that link works...doesn't look right in the 'preview'.
I've been browsing and gleaning extremely helpful information from this site for many months now and figured it's time to introduce myself. I'm Ed from MA. Began riding two wheels on the street in 1967, some off-road before that. Had an itch for an XS650 when they first came out but was newly married and in the service at the time barely making enough to survive. Just one of those things that got lost by the wayside. By chance, heard of a guy who lives a few streets over was selling a couple XS's. So, at 62, I finally got my chance, and having never fully re-built a bike, figured what the hell, we'll give it a shot. I've been documenting my progress w/write-up and photos which you can view here if you have a notion... http://herper.zenfolio.com/my-xs650-build
Thanks to all who contribute to this site.
Ed (Herper)
p.s. Hope that link works...doesn't look right in the 'preview'.