Finally I'm starting a thread I should have started when I joined this forum in Feb. 2020. I'll post a bunch of photos as I know we all like photos and I've learned it didn't happen unless there is a photo! Much of this will be in the past as rather than current as of course it already happened, and back then I was hijacking other threads rather than starting a new thread - sorry for the bad etiquette!
I got hooked on these bikes back in the spring of 2019 when by buddy let me ride his XS2. At the time I was riding my glass smooth 2006 Honda 919 and when we first exchanged bikes I immediately thought this old bike was a piece of crap, but within 4 or 5 miles I was hooked! My friends already had old bikes and I wanted one so this one was going to be it. Within a few months I bought my TX650A, driving across all of BC to get it. I wanted a standard and this one seemed original. My goal was to get a bike restored to "collector" status here in BC, which qualifies for "collector" plates, and very inexpensive insurance vs any of my other bikes I've had. This is when I first picked up the bike, and the photo not in the truck is from the PO before I bought it. Interesting tank decal eh? I've seen a few YouTube videos from Japan with these tank decals.
I got hooked on these bikes back in the spring of 2019 when by buddy let me ride his XS2. At the time I was riding my glass smooth 2006 Honda 919 and when we first exchanged bikes I immediately thought this old bike was a piece of crap, but within 4 or 5 miles I was hooked! My friends already had old bikes and I wanted one so this one was going to be it. Within a few months I bought my TX650A, driving across all of BC to get it. I wanted a standard and this one seemed original. My goal was to get a bike restored to "collector" status here in BC, which qualifies for "collector" plates, and very inexpensive insurance vs any of my other bikes I've had. This is when I first picked up the bike, and the photo not in the truck is from the PO before I bought it. Interesting tank decal eh? I've seen a few YouTube videos from Japan with these tank decals.