Pete78
XS650 Addict
Hi everyone, my name is Peter.
I’ve been playing with the idea of getting back riding motorcycles for some time now. First a wanted to get an old Moto Guzzi, but they’re hard to find here in Canada and if so very expensive. Than I wanted to import an old Ural M72 from eastern Europe, where I'm from, but turn out to be too much hassle. Trying to find a good candidate for a café racer I came across the xs650, I loved the old English motorcycle look and discovering this site and the amazing support this community offers I figured this is the way to go.
I've been doing a lot of reading on this site since January, so finally I got the time and courage to post. I'm the proud owner of a 1978 xs650 special with 32k km for a month now, its really appropriate since 1978 is the year I'm born so I'm going to go with that ‘78 theme.
I'm in the process of getting my driver license now, I haven't ridden for almost 15 years now since I'm in Canada. I had my license but I had a year to change it which I didn’t know, I had other priorities so it got tossed aside, now I have to go through all the process.
I will surely need tons of help as I'm planning to build this bike so just please bear with me. I have over a year till I get my full license so that will give me plenty of time to get it done. I have some mechanical knowledge but limited mechanical tools and I'm good of figuring things out, by trade I’m a specialized contractor in construction, master of my domain, I own my own company, I still don’t know how will I fit this project in my tight schedule.
I’ve been playing with the idea of getting back riding motorcycles for some time now. First a wanted to get an old Moto Guzzi, but they’re hard to find here in Canada and if so very expensive. Than I wanted to import an old Ural M72 from eastern Europe, where I'm from, but turn out to be too much hassle. Trying to find a good candidate for a café racer I came across the xs650, I loved the old English motorcycle look and discovering this site and the amazing support this community offers I figured this is the way to go.
I've been doing a lot of reading on this site since January, so finally I got the time and courage to post. I'm the proud owner of a 1978 xs650 special with 32k km for a month now, its really appropriate since 1978 is the year I'm born so I'm going to go with that ‘78 theme.
I'm in the process of getting my driver license now, I haven't ridden for almost 15 years now since I'm in Canada. I had my license but I had a year to change it which I didn’t know, I had other priorities so it got tossed aside, now I have to go through all the process.
I will surely need tons of help as I'm planning to build this bike so just please bear with me. I have over a year till I get my full license so that will give me plenty of time to get it done. I have some mechanical knowledge but limited mechanical tools and I'm good of figuring things out, by trade I’m a specialized contractor in construction, master of my domain, I own my own company, I still don’t know how will I fit this project in my tight schedule.
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