Well I thought I might consolidate the goings on with my 1980 XS650G from across many threads, not a build thread as it is a running bike but an ever evolving one. I was given this bike by my Father in law when we got married. He was the original owner and bought the bike new in 80 in Shawnee, Ks. The dealer that he bought it from (long out of business) is about 4 blocks from where my wife and I now live. Sometime around 2007 I changed the buckhorns to a pair of bars from a 1978 Triumph T140 that I had. The T140 is long gone but the bars stayed on the XS. The seat has been recovered with a cover from the UK. And the shocks have been replaced with "low cost" remote reservoir shocks. Recently installed Commando 1.5" exhaust from yamahaxs650.com and started putting things like turn signals and reflectors back on the bike.