Firewrench91
XS650 New Member
Hello, I'm new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I have been riding other peoples motorcycles/dirt bikes and my trail 90 for most my life. It has never been a major hobby prior to now. Lately I had been thinking about getting a motorcycle to save some gas money (my current daily driver is a 1966 Jeep pickup). About a week ago I was talking to an acquaintance who mentioned he had a motorcycle he wanted to sell or part out because he couldn't get it running again. I offered him $400 and became the proud owner of a non running 1980 XS 650 with 11k miles. The PO story was he rode the 650 in college out in Utah until about 9 months ago when he started blowing fuses. He had not used it since. I removed the broken factory fuse holders (PO had tried to fix the cracked fuse holders with tinfoil) and soldered in four weather resistant mini fuse holders and she fired right up. Currently going over all the mechanical bits then some cosmetic details. I have already benefited from the wealth of knowledge on the site and look forward to learning more as I bring this bike back to life.