jjvincent
XS650 New Member
My father has this 1980 Yamaha 650 and it's probably been sitting for around 25-30 years. He is in a nursing home and has dimensia. Anyway, I'm clearing out many items and this one is something that I'd like to get running and then sell it. It has 738 miles on it and all original. It sat in our machine shop for years only to end up in my parents garage. Always covered up and in really good condition. I suspect there are going to be issues with the carbs. I figured this as I had to get his old 1968 VW Bus up and running and I had to rebuild the carbs on it (it has a Porsche 911 engine in it), thus two triple barrel Zenith 40 TIN carbs on it (trust me, adjusting those is a real joy).
I'm a Porsche guy and grew up working on them. Thus many years at being a mechanic on cars. For motorcycles, I think I could figure my away around. I am assuming that upon selling it, someone wants to see it run. I do think in his basement, he has a shop manual for it. Since this is about 1000 miles away from me, I need to make every trip count. I just hope that the parts to get it functioning are not as expensive as Porsche parts. Here are a few pics of it.
I'm a Porsche guy and grew up working on them. Thus many years at being a mechanic on cars. For motorcycles, I think I could figure my away around. I am assuming that upon selling it, someone wants to see it run. I do think in his basement, he has a shop manual for it. Since this is about 1000 miles away from me, I need to make every trip count. I just hope that the parts to get it functioning are not as expensive as Porsche parts. Here are a few pics of it.