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XS650 Junkie
Gentlemen-
Gather around, for I have an epic tale of my journey to acquire 11 XS's..... and yes, there are pictures.
It all started with a friend of a friend that I met at a local swap meet. I rolled up there on my little XS650 bobber rat bike. I pulled up to where one of my buddies had his junk and a couple people walked over to check out my bike (lovingly named "The Shitshow")and bullshit. One fella asked if it was an XS650. I told him yes, and that if he ever ran across someone looking to sell one to give me a shout. He said, "Well, it just so happens I have 12 of them in my backyard."
Me: "You've gotta be shitting me, you are a king among men." (ok, not really, that was more my inner dialog)
I was actually more like: "Well if you ever want to sell one I wold like to come over and see what you have."
He said that actually he was in some financial trouble and would like to probably sell all of them. I could already tell this guy was a wheeler dealer....... just my kinda guy..
My first thought: "Now what the hell am I going to do with 12 XS650's? I'm sure I can figure out something."
A couple days passed, and after talking with him over the phone a couple times I ventured over to his house. Sure as shit; it was like a XS graveyard. Bikes, tanks, motors, ect everywhere. Some stuff looked better than others. This guy had so much shit, his shit had shit..... XS's, shovel heads, evo motors, 1950 harley cop bikes, pan heads, I could go on for ever. He was quite the character. There wern't quite 12 bikes, but we struck a deal and here are some pics from yesterday:
At the gas station after loading everything. You may not be able to see everything, but we have wheels, exhaust, seats and everything else stuffed between the bikes. My bed had tanks in it. I needed to stop and pick up some beverages to rehydrate after loading everything.
Here's everything as we are getting to unload it.
After everything was unloaded.
Here is the results:
10 Rollers
11 Motors (I kicked all of them and 10 had compression and one was seized.)
7 Tanks (4 are perfect 3 have dents)
5 Titles
Every motor has at least one set of carbs
No, I don't mind telling everyone what I paid for it.
For $1,900 I figured I couldn't go wrong.
Some of the cooler stuff was a XS 1 motor with compression release, some custom exhaust, a cool king and queen seat, extra sets of carbs, and some boxes I haven't even had time to look through.
This brings my total to somewhere around 15 motors, 8 titles, 13 rollers, and the list goes on and on......
I'm sure you are all wondering what the hell I going to do with all of this. I'm not going to lie. I am going to sell most of it in attempt to make a profit but still give people a good deal. I'm not trying to make a fortune or anything like that. There will be a lot of work involved. I already have an ebay store. I am going to build a motor test stand, and get everything running that I can. My real goal is go get as many of these cool little bikes back on the road as possible for others to enjoy.
For the next few weeks my free time will be spent organizing/inventorying everything. XSdave, a fellow forum member that lives right down the street has contacted me and I'm sure with his help and some of my buddies we should be able to get everything up and going. I plan on setting up all of the motors with Pamcos for the test stand, and posting videos of the motors running when the bikes or motors alone go up for sale, eventually....
Anyway, that was the tale of my journey. After we loaded everything up and drove out of the drive my first words to my buddy were, "What the hell have I just done?" Ha!
Just another adventure in a series of adventures!
Gather around, for I have an epic tale of my journey to acquire 11 XS's..... and yes, there are pictures.
It all started with a friend of a friend that I met at a local swap meet. I rolled up there on my little XS650 bobber rat bike. I pulled up to where one of my buddies had his junk and a couple people walked over to check out my bike (lovingly named "The Shitshow")and bullshit. One fella asked if it was an XS650. I told him yes, and that if he ever ran across someone looking to sell one to give me a shout. He said, "Well, it just so happens I have 12 of them in my backyard."
Me: "You've gotta be shitting me, you are a king among men." (ok, not really, that was more my inner dialog)
I was actually more like: "Well if you ever want to sell one I wold like to come over and see what you have."
He said that actually he was in some financial trouble and would like to probably sell all of them. I could already tell this guy was a wheeler dealer....... just my kinda guy..
My first thought: "Now what the hell am I going to do with 12 XS650's? I'm sure I can figure out something."
A couple days passed, and after talking with him over the phone a couple times I ventured over to his house. Sure as shit; it was like a XS graveyard. Bikes, tanks, motors, ect everywhere. Some stuff looked better than others. This guy had so much shit, his shit had shit..... XS's, shovel heads, evo motors, 1950 harley cop bikes, pan heads, I could go on for ever. He was quite the character. There wern't quite 12 bikes, but we struck a deal and here are some pics from yesterday:
At the gas station after loading everything. You may not be able to see everything, but we have wheels, exhaust, seats and everything else stuffed between the bikes. My bed had tanks in it. I needed to stop and pick up some beverages to rehydrate after loading everything.
Here's everything as we are getting to unload it.
After everything was unloaded.
Here is the results:
10 Rollers
11 Motors (I kicked all of them and 10 had compression and one was seized.)
7 Tanks (4 are perfect 3 have dents)
5 Titles
Every motor has at least one set of carbs
No, I don't mind telling everyone what I paid for it.
For $1,900 I figured I couldn't go wrong.
Some of the cooler stuff was a XS 1 motor with compression release, some custom exhaust, a cool king and queen seat, extra sets of carbs, and some boxes I haven't even had time to look through.
This brings my total to somewhere around 15 motors, 8 titles, 13 rollers, and the list goes on and on......
I'm sure you are all wondering what the hell I going to do with all of this. I'm not going to lie. I am going to sell most of it in attempt to make a profit but still give people a good deal. I'm not trying to make a fortune or anything like that. There will be a lot of work involved. I already have an ebay store. I am going to build a motor test stand, and get everything running that I can. My real goal is go get as many of these cool little bikes back on the road as possible for others to enjoy.
For the next few weeks my free time will be spent organizing/inventorying everything. XSdave, a fellow forum member that lives right down the street has contacted me and I'm sure with his help and some of my buddies we should be able to get everything up and going. I plan on setting up all of the motors with Pamcos for the test stand, and posting videos of the motors running when the bikes or motors alone go up for sale, eventually....
Anyway, that was the tale of my journey. After we loaded everything up and drove out of the drive my first words to my buddy were, "What the hell have I just done?"
Ha!Just another adventure in a series of adventures!
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