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[member28833]

Front fender is on the list

WA State? 79 Special II project..
Welcome to the show. Keep us entertained!
(pics of extras here in Vancouver you may like?)

 

[fredintoon]

The bike was a basket case qhen I got it. I've put a lot of work in on it. New Mikuni carbs, swingarm bushings, exhaust, paint, bars, lights,cables, etc. Front fender is on the list next along with tires. (They look new but the code says they are 20 years old.

Hi Casty and welcome from the frozen Canadian Prairie.
Yeah, the XS650 front fork needs it's fender &/or a fork brace to stiffen it.
And 20-year old tires are as stiff as hardwood but don't grip as good.
Look at swapping in a smaller piston front brake lever & a stainless steel wire braid front brake hose.

 

[CastyMctangles]

Hey Machine. I need a fender and will be in Jantzen beach today. Fredintoon thanks for tje fender advice. I never thought about the ridgitity issue. (Thats also what she said)

 

[CastyMctangles]

Only a motorcycle nut would start a conversation in a vintage bike forum with you, find out you are looking for some parts, then deliver them to the Hotel you're staying in just cause he happens to live near by. And then tell you that you can have them for free. Thanks Randy, people like you are a big part of why I love this sport and the people I ride with.

 

[CastyMctangles]

Machine gave me a previously molested fender and I bobbed it. Not bad for my first time. (Thats what she said)

 

[member28833]

Lookin Good Pacific Northwestern XS'er!
You've done well. Cant wait to see it go.
-R

 

[MaxPete]

Only a motorcycle nut would start a conversation in a vintage bike forum with you, find out you are looking for some parts, then deliver them to the Hotel you're staying in just cause he happens to live near by. And then tell you that you can have them for free. Thanks Randy, people like you are a big part of why I love this sport and the people I ride with.

Randy is definitely one of the good guys.

Fortunately, there are quite a number of them around these parts.

Pete

 

[member28833]

but.. aren't all motorcyclists "good guys"
Thanks everybody

 

[5twins]

That movie cracks me up when I see it. The future ER doc still has hair, lol.