What have you done to your XS today?

[HooliganCycles]

Oh dang.... I was trying to get his attention to see if he wanted to sell it, just my luck haha. I have been telling my wife about this green xs650 I saw in town and needed to track down again. I have only seen 4 xs 650s in this town and one is mine and now one is yours. Enjoy it, it looks great

 

[Vincenthdfan]

Yeah, it was pretty well already spoken for via gentleman's agreement.

He just wanted to make sure it was all ready to go by the time I got down there that Saturday.

He had lots of folks offering to buy it from him, from the gas station attendant to the Service Manager at the Yamaha shop, LOL.

Luckily for me, Larry is a very stand up guy.

 

[tonyc]

What a beautiful bike. The early xs650's were real Class.

 

[I am Carbon]

I agree good looking bikes.
I did some fiddling with the timing and plug gap.
getting ready to button up the open covers and go for the first long ride with the
Pamco 277° with Electrionic advancer Prototype Ignition.
I have the first XS650 and as of now the only one that has this in it
I just went for a short ride around the hood 1500 to 6000 rpm and up to 80 mph
the she ran great.

 

[figure8]

Let me just say first that there are some amazing people on this board. Member cafefill sent some detailed instructions and even called me a couple times to help me do this.

I laced my first rim today, no big feat for some but I'm pretty proud.

 

[Ricky52]

Got my tank back from painter and fitted it roughly just to see what it's going to look like.i think it's turned out pretty good so far

 

[Ricky52]

Another pic

 

[Ricky52]

Turned out pretty good

 

[Brassneck]

Nice job!

I have yet to try my hand at that...looks great.

Let me just say first that there are some amazing people on this board. Member cafefill sent some detailed instructions and even called me a couple times to help me do this.

I laced my first rim today, no big feat for some but I'm pretty proud.

 

[Brassneck]

Turned out pretty good

Love the paint work!

 

[figure8]

Nice job!



I have yet to try my hand at that...looks great.

Thanks! It was kinda tricky but very rewarding to know I did it.

 

[angus67]

I whent thru all the motor mounts, and unbent the pull rod for the rear brake on my 71.

Nice job!

I have yet to try my hand at that...looks great.

lacing isn't tooo bad if you have such an awesome forum like this one!
It took me 3 hrs to do my first one, and 45 minutes for the other.
Truing is another subject altogether, though.

 

[I am Carbon]

I shot a video of the short ride.
I reved the engine to 6000 rpm a few times and did a couple low rpm lug tests

 

[retiredgentleman]

That's a fine video Carbon. Your engine sounds great

 

[I am Carbon]

Thank You very much RG

 

[vsop-dk]

OMG Carbon you got clouds Hehe, great video and yes the engine sounds great. I just took the 17 video marathon of your big bore series today. Love watching your work, thanks for sharing.

 

[I am Carbon]

Why thank You kindly vsop-dk
It's my pleasure Sir, for sure
Oh BTW the clouds are gone now

 

[glennpm]

Nice ride and demo!

 

[fredintoon]

Now that the bike is once again running on both cylinders, I finally completed the sidecar windshield installation this afternoon.
Next is put some carpet offcuts on the sidecar's floor and think about whether I can DIY a tonneau or bite the bullet and pay someone.
Only a half-inch of new snow today, it's gotta melt soon, eh?

 

[I am Carbon]

thanks Glenn. I don't normally ride like that just wanted to show her in action.
Fred, I kinda would like sidecar bike. way cooler than a trike most times.
You had me rolling on the floor with your response to naming bikes.