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1st wash on my 41 year old bike with a 1000 miles on it
- Thread starter Smorg
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Why such low mileage?
Smorg
XS650 Enthusiast
Someone who passed it away had it in a bedroom for 40 years
Lucky you! How nice of someone to preserve it for you.
What's been done to it since it came out of the bedroom?
Tires and oil at minimum I hope.
Tires and oil at minimum I hope.
Are the tires Dunlop or Yokohama? Mine came with Dunlop.
Somebody's gotta say it - if those tyres are years old, they need to be replaced, like now.
What he said!!
Ya'll forgot.
MORE PICS!!!
MORE PICS!!!
Smorg
XS650 Enthusiast
The owner who passed away had a step-son with a Harley repair-sales shop. They also work on vintage Honda's. $1600.00 for the bike to the Son, $700.00 to the Stepson shop owner. Shop did Carbs, Changed Brake Fluid, changed Oil 2x, buffed chrome & Washed most of the dust off it. checked/lubed chain, test drove it steep for the labor at $700, but it runs like a top. Plus the son originally wanted 3800 and the stepson helped talk him down to 1600. I'm paying 100 per week for 16 weeks, but he gave me the title so I could license it and ride. So I am out $2300.00 total. Not bad I guess.
If you're going to own an old bike like this, best you learn how to do all that stuff yourself or it might put you in the "poor house", lol. It's not that difficult and is all outlined on the site here somewhere.
Smorg
XS650 Enthusiast
not 1st time around, just 1st Yamaha twin. Owned 4 Honda's (Nighthawks 2002-250, 1985-450, and 1998-750 plus one 1982-CX500 and a 1985 Suzuki GS450. Done basic carb cleaning with jewelry cleaner, petcock work, replaced clutch cables and some electrical including chasing a short and replacing fuse box. Don't like taking off tires so I pay for new tires and for chain/sprocket replacement. One thing about the Honda's the had awesome sites especially the CX500. Met a stranger in a Wisconsin and drove there and he helped me clean carbs in Jewelry cleaner my 1st time. None of my other bikes had a cotter pin on rear axle. Yamaha is very well built, equal of the Honda's if not better. The Honda's all were more utilitarian, and the Nighthawks all came with toolkits in addition to their center stand. Wanted another Night Hawk 650/700s/ or 750 with the 700s as my goal then I found the xs650.
Not as powerful as my old 750 but not as wide either and easier to flick around. Can't quite say if it is my favorite bike ever of the ones I have owned. I will say it is the first one I have named.
It's Hi-Ho Silver! Away!
