Darin Jordan
XS650 Member
Hello, everyone!
I'm new here and just picked up a 1979 XS650 Special II from a lady here at work whose husband GAVE it to me! (See attached pic with my son testing out the fit!) It's been sitting in their garage for 17-years, last registered in '94. Bike was put away in really nice condition... unfortunately, it was also put away with about 3/4 of a tank of fuel, so the inside of the tank is atrocious! From brake master cylinder isn't much better!
However, I just finished a nice restoration/hop-up on a 1980 Suzuki GS850 GT (see attached pic, prepped for a trip to Idaho), which I ride all the time and LOVE, and I'm confident that once I get the tank and a few other issues sorted, this Yamaha will be a nice bike again!
I've already searched through your threads here on tank de-rusting, and am delighted at the amount of detailed information available here. I'll post some pics of the process as I go.
It's wonderful having such detailed resources when undertaking a project like this site. the www.gsresources.com site made my Suzuki clean-up/resto/hop-up possible, and I'm looking forward to enjoying this site to help with this Yamaha project over the coming year.
Anyhow, Hello and I look forward to interacting with you in the future!
Thanks,
Darin Jordan
Renton, WA
I'm new here and just picked up a 1979 XS650 Special II from a lady here at work whose husband GAVE it to me! (See attached pic with my son testing out the fit!) It's been sitting in their garage for 17-years, last registered in '94. Bike was put away in really nice condition... unfortunately, it was also put away with about 3/4 of a tank of fuel, so the inside of the tank is atrocious! From brake master cylinder isn't much better!
However, I just finished a nice restoration/hop-up on a 1980 Suzuki GS850 GT (see attached pic, prepped for a trip to Idaho), which I ride all the time and LOVE, and I'm confident that once I get the tank and a few other issues sorted, this Yamaha will be a nice bike again!
I've already searched through your threads here on tank de-rusting, and am delighted at the amount of detailed information available here. I'll post some pics of the process as I go.
It's wonderful having such detailed resources when undertaking a project like this site. the www.gsresources.com site made my Suzuki clean-up/resto/hop-up possible, and I'm looking forward to enjoying this site to help with this Yamaha project over the coming year.
Anyhow, Hello and I look forward to interacting with you in the future!
Thanks,
Darin Jordan
Renton, WA