XS2 1972

Beautiful looking bike .

 

Welcome. Really clean looking bike put to good use.

 

Sharp! how long you owned it, how many miles, what all have you done to it?

 

Are you sure it needs leaded petrol ,I thought our 650's were built to use unleaded fuel from the factory .Mine runs happily on standard unleaded.

 

There is no leaded street gas in the USA, all years of the XS650 run quite happily without it. The one year only statement makes the claim very suspicious. There is nothing all that odd about the 72 engine, it is identical to the 73

The valves used are the same as all years 1970 to 1983
IMHO Use unleaded and don't worry.

At last weekends XS650 rally there were a 71 and 72 owned by a father son team, both high miles, regularly ridden bikes. They were drinking unleaded just like the rest of us.