Ketchup Pusher
XS650 Enthusiast
late last year I sat on my couch, I was a tiny bit annoyed since someone else had just bought the xs 750 I thought I was supposed to buy as my winter project. So there I sat, annoyed at myself for not have been quicker out the door, quietly scrolling through different online marketplaces until I stumbled upon an add, it was an XS 650 from 1972 with no pictures in the add and not a very descriptive text. This time I thought to myself that I had to be quicker out the door, even if I wasn't sure it was the bike I wanted, remembering the xs 650 was the bike I always wanted, even before my xs 400. At 10 pm I send the first message to the seller, who had only just put up the add an hour earlier, asking for some pictures and some more information on the bike. At 10:30 pm I received the first message back with pictures and a little more information. The bike was a xs 2 from 1972, it had been sitting in his loft for around twenty years, it was completely disassembled and missing a front wheel, crankshaft, pistons, and cylinder but the seat was pretty!
A few messages later the price went down to 350£ and I was on my way on a one and a half hour drive at 11 pm in my neighbors roomy Ford Galaxy, I was forced to go immediately as people kept messaging the seller, offering more money than me, but this time I wouldn't be late, this was my time to get the bike first.
The clock was showing 2 am when I was finally back home again with multiple boxes and the frame of an xs 2 from 1972, needless to say, I didn't get much sleep that night despite the fact that had to be at work at 8 am the same day I returned from my treasure hunt, since the excitement which brought me singing in the car on my way back home hadn't worn off just yet.
I hope my story didn't bore you, here's a small video of my current state:
I've gotten hold of all new bearings throughout the engine, an original xs 2 crankshaft, cylinders, and tank and now preparing the engine for vapor blasting before the assembly of the engine. I'm going for the JE pistons 707cc pistons, I'm currently figuring out the shipping as it is costly to ship anything from the states to Denmark, and there apparently isn't anyone in Europe selling big bore pistons for the 256 engine.
A few messages later the price went down to 350£ and I was on my way on a one and a half hour drive at 11 pm in my neighbors roomy Ford Galaxy, I was forced to go immediately as people kept messaging the seller, offering more money than me, but this time I wouldn't be late, this was my time to get the bike first.
The clock was showing 2 am when I was finally back home again with multiple boxes and the frame of an xs 2 from 1972, needless to say, I didn't get much sleep that night despite the fact that had to be at work at 8 am the same day I returned from my treasure hunt, since the excitement which brought me singing in the car on my way back home hadn't worn off just yet.
I hope my story didn't bore you, here's a small video of my current state:
I've gotten hold of all new bearings throughout the engine, an original xs 2 crankshaft, cylinders, and tank and now preparing the engine for vapor blasting before the assembly of the engine. I'm going for the JE pistons 707cc pistons, I'm currently figuring out the shipping as it is costly to ship anything from the states to Denmark, and there apparently isn't anyone in Europe selling big bore pistons for the 256 engine.
(with the tank I was sold with the bike)
