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Let's See The XS's
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71xs650
XS650 New Member
cleanest bike i've seen on here! Fantastic
moparmorrell
XS650 Member
new guy here. here are the pics of my 79 xs 650 i picked up last year in august planning on hardtailing it springer front end and various other ideas. i spent the last 3-4 days looking through this thread getting diffrent ideas mostly chopper/bobber stuff. dont really like to call it anything in particular besides my bike and how i want it. unfortunately the bike is in washington and im waiting for it to get here, should be here in montana by june/july and the fun begins
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Quite the project there moparmorrell. It would be interesting to see what the vin is. Looks to be mostly a standard, with some parts from a special. Notably the exhaust.
moparmorrell
XS650 Member
I hope that ain't to bad of a thing! I know the engine aint original obviously with the junkyard writing, but ihave the original motor. Dig into that when I get it here. I planning on changing just about everthying so hopefully it wont be to much of a problem. It runs and drives so thats good at least
It appears you have a XS650F. I think it's a bit rare. It was the last standard.
moparmorrell
XS650 Member
How do I find out? And if it is kind of rare would I be hated for cutting it up? I mean is it something somebody might collect? I would be willing to trade it for another xs650 if so.
XS650_Bobber
Working in my project
Mine was like yours but blue, rare or not I cut it... hahhaha
moparmorrell
XS650 Member
Guess im gonna cut it up lol
Out on the road is better than sitting in a junk heap somewhere, it's all your bike!
Still trying to decide if the tank and seat are standard or special. Seat's been recovered.
and those might be older standard side covers.
Still trying to decide if the tank and seat are standard or special. Seat's been recovered.
and those might be older standard side covers.
Gary,
See the holes in the side cover? It's for the emblems on the '79. The '79 standard had a slightly stepped seat. The tank looks to me to be from a Special.
Check the serial number. 1979XS650F2F0 2G62F0-020101Colbalt Blue Your's should be in sequence from this one. It's pretty rare, but I don't think it has substantial value unless restored. A restoration would net you negative results most likely.
Model Codes Starting
YearModel U.S.A. CanadaSerial NumberColor
1970XS1256S650-000101Candy Green
1971XS1B256S650-007101Candy Orange
1972XS2306S650-100101Brilliant Red
1973TX650366S650-200101Metallic Flake Blue
1974TX650A447447-000101Cinnamon Brown
1975XS650B447447-100101Star Black
1976XS650C584447-200101French Blue
1977XS650D1T3447-700101Maxi Maroon - Bountiful Blue
1978XS650E2F0 2G62F0-000101Star Black - Spruce Metallic Green
1978XS650SE2M0 2M1 2F0-114241Vintage Burgundy - Midnight Black
1979XS650F2F0 2G62F0-020101Colbalt Blue
1979XS6502F Special II3N0 3N12F0-250101Black Gold
1979XS650SF2M0 2N12F0-150101Carmine Red - Black Gold
1980XS650G Special II3G03G0-000101Black Gold
1980XS650SG3G1 3U62F0-200101Cardinal Red - New Yamaha Black
1981XS650H Special II4N94N9-000101Indigo Blue - New Ruby Red
1981XS650SH4M4 4T64M4-000101New Yamaha Black - Frost Silver
XS650_Bobber
Working in my project
Good info, so mine is a 1976XS650C584447-200101French Blue
Well I think, the serial of mine is 447705504
Well I think, the serial of mine is 447705504
moparmorrell
XS650 Member
Well that is good info to know ill have to check it out. Well the people storing my bike ill have check tomorrow. Curiosity is killing me know! Sounds like my bike is a hosh posh of parts possible
No big deal with your plans anyway. When you see yellow crayon like that you know where it's been. I think JM is right the seat and side covers are standard so it's mostly standard with pipes from a special and maybe a tank. Rear turn signals from some other brand. LOL.
moparmorrell
XS650 Member
This is true! Ill have to post more pics and maybe we can figure out exactly what this thing is lol. Just for s**ts and giggles! Tail lights are from something else tho! What surprise are next? Not that it matters, like you said with my plans it aint no biggie. Mostly using just the engine and frame so whateve
moparmorrell
XS650 Member
so my title says 2F0021441 so? or do i need to look on the bike itself?
It's an XS650F. The tank and pipes are from a Special. The tail light appears to be correct. The rear turn signals are ???
The pictured bike is a completely stock XS650F.
RacerRex
XS650 Enthusiast
I was thinking of doing the pipes like this to mine before i mad the ones i have on now.
They look good! Good job!
A friend had this 1976 xs650 buried in his garage for 10 years, and I didn't know it. Needless, to say, I took it off his hands. All the cleaning and replacing of the parts you would expect has been done. The only thing I did was add the gaitors and replace the handlebars. Next, is to gently remove those knee pads on the tank...then, I'll ride it for a while. It is running very well thanks to the work of KC Cafe Racers.
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Clarko
Yamaholic
thats looks NICE the way it is! Awesome find!
