nineosixdave
XS650 Enthusiast
Welcome to the story of Tango & Cash. Two 1970 era Yamaha XS 650s pulled from the deep recesses of motorcycle purgatory to be stripped, laid bare, fantasized and with the help of this community, returned to the road as obnoxious little brats with attitude.
Some background on the builders. We are three brothers - John and Frank, fraternal twins 53 years old residing 30 miles apart in Indianapolis, Indiana and David 50, living approximately 600 miles away in Gainesville, Georgia.
It's somewhat important to note we grew up in a small town in East Central Illinois in a single parent household. Our father died at the far too young age of 52. Our mother, a nurse, NEVER allowed us to operate or ride as passengers on motorcycles. Instead we owned a Volkswagen dune buggy which we drove hard and broke on the local strip mines - repairing it through guesswork and a Chilton manual.
The intent of this thread is not only to post our progress and receive advice on moving the projects forward, but to also share and document our experiences as what some might consider "bucket list" items - bringing an old bike back from the dead and rekindling the hours spent as young boys, grease beneath the fingernails, on that piece of crap dune buggy.
I hope you hang around and participate in our adventure. Until the real work starts, you'll have to put up with my narrative of how the three of us came to own Tango & Cash.
Some background on the builders. We are three brothers - John and Frank, fraternal twins 53 years old residing 30 miles apart in Indianapolis, Indiana and David 50, living approximately 600 miles away in Gainesville, Georgia.
It's somewhat important to note we grew up in a small town in East Central Illinois in a single parent household. Our father died at the far too young age of 52. Our mother, a nurse, NEVER allowed us to operate or ride as passengers on motorcycles. Instead we owned a Volkswagen dune buggy which we drove hard and broke on the local strip mines - repairing it through guesswork and a Chilton manual.
The intent of this thread is not only to post our progress and receive advice on moving the projects forward, but to also share and document our experiences as what some might consider "bucket list" items - bringing an old bike back from the dead and rekindling the hours spent as young boys, grease beneath the fingernails, on that piece of crap dune buggy.
I hope you hang around and participate in our adventure. Until the real work starts, you'll have to put up with my narrative of how the three of us came to own Tango & Cash.
