Bravo21
XS650 New Member
Hello,
Just joined the forum because I finally found and purchased XS650. It's a '78 Special with 9,100 miles on the clock. I found it at a local Union Gospel Mission Motors lot - people donate cars, boats, bikes (anything with a motor) to be fixed up and sold to help support the Mission. This one was going to be sold as a project. I saw it the day after they received it snapped it up for $200, complete with title. Frame and crank case numbers match. The only thing the bike is missing is the right side cover and a mirror. Unfortunately, it's been sitting for quite some time so, very little of what's left is usable, which doesn't really matter because I plan to rebuild the bike and change it considerably. Most importantly, I can turn the motor over with the kick starter - Motor is not seized.
Seems like there is a nearly bottomless wealth of info here. Being as this is my first build, I'm going to be coming here a lot for help and research. You've all no doubt seen hundreds of these of old barn-find bikes but here's mine anyway, in my garage, day one.
Dave
Just joined the forum because I finally found and purchased XS650. It's a '78 Special with 9,100 miles on the clock. I found it at a local Union Gospel Mission Motors lot - people donate cars, boats, bikes (anything with a motor) to be fixed up and sold to help support the Mission. This one was going to be sold as a project. I saw it the day after they received it snapped it up for $200, complete with title. Frame and crank case numbers match. The only thing the bike is missing is the right side cover and a mirror. Unfortunately, it's been sitting for quite some time so, very little of what's left is usable, which doesn't really matter because I plan to rebuild the bike and change it considerably. Most importantly, I can turn the motor over with the kick starter - Motor is not seized.
Seems like there is a nearly bottomless wealth of info here. Being as this is my first build, I'm going to be coming here a lot for help and research. You've all no doubt seen hundreds of these of old barn-find bikes but here's mine anyway, in my garage, day one.
Dave