Jose Guerra
XS650 Member
What`s up guys, I am new to this forum and I wanted your help on this project I have in mind.
So, I have ridden bikes all my life, but this is the first time I have the opportunity to buy one with my own money. I wanted a bike, a classic, that I could turn into a good looking cafe racer, but since I live in Panama there is not that much of variaty in the market. First I was thinking in buying a Suzuki GN125, until I saw a Yamaha XS 650 from 1981, which I inmediatly fell in love with (I will upload the pictures later). So I went and called the seller right away and he told he could sell it for $1900, but with one inconvinience. And here is where I need your help, he told me that the Motorcycle, when started, didn`t charge the batery and that I just needed to change the batery and everything was going to be fine. I talked to my dad, who is biker too, and he told that that problem might be a little thing as it might be a huge deal too. My dad told me that the problem might be the batery in fact, or maybe the whole electronic system of the bike might be damage. So, since there many people here that have this bike, I wanted to know if it is common that this bike presents this kind of problems, and if it is easy to fix.
Also, the thing with this deal is that the seller lives in other province, while I live in the Capital, and it is a 13 hour drive to go see the bike. I have contacted some mecanics in that province, but they all tell me that they don`t know much about this kind of bikes. And, that it might be difficult to find replacements for this bike because of how old it is. Is it easy to find replacements for this bike in the internet?
So, I have ridden bikes all my life, but this is the first time I have the opportunity to buy one with my own money. I wanted a bike, a classic, that I could turn into a good looking cafe racer, but since I live in Panama there is not that much of variaty in the market. First I was thinking in buying a Suzuki GN125, until I saw a Yamaha XS 650 from 1981, which I inmediatly fell in love with (I will upload the pictures later). So I went and called the seller right away and he told he could sell it for $1900, but with one inconvinience. And here is where I need your help, he told me that the Motorcycle, when started, didn`t charge the batery and that I just needed to change the batery and everything was going to be fine. I talked to my dad, who is biker too, and he told that that problem might be a little thing as it might be a huge deal too. My dad told me that the problem might be the batery in fact, or maybe the whole electronic system of the bike might be damage. So, since there many people here that have this bike, I wanted to know if it is common that this bike presents this kind of problems, and if it is easy to fix.
Also, the thing with this deal is that the seller lives in other province, while I live in the Capital, and it is a 13 hour drive to go see the bike. I have contacted some mecanics in that province, but they all tell me that they don`t know much about this kind of bikes. And, that it might be difficult to find replacements for this bike because of how old it is. Is it easy to find replacements for this bike in the internet?