What other bikes do you have?

[jdizon]

My Triumph Units

 

[grepper]

About two years we sold off a few bikes for extra cash to buy a house. One of them was my wife's 81 cb650. She loves riding my xs650s, but deep down she's a Honda girl. So, I've been working on restoring a 75 cb750 K5. This a full frame off restore, everything done, from the ground up. Over the last couple of weeks I've been doing the shake down rides, working out the bugs. Currently the tank and side panels are painted with primer.

 

[grepper]

About two years ago we sold off a few bikes for extra cash to buy a house. One of them was my wife's 81 cb650. She loves riding my xs650s, but deep down she's a Honda girl. So, I've been working on restoring a 75 cb750 K5. This a full frame off restore, everything done, from the ground up. Over the last couple of weeks I've been doing the shake down rides, working out the bugs. Currently the tank and side panels are painted with primer.

 

[Scallywag303]

I traded my cafe build in my avatar for an evo sportster 1200 in August, sold the sporty to pay for most of a nightrod. I test rode one in sturgis a few years ago in Sturgis and loved it so I finally found one from someguy that was in desperate need to sell and got a smoking deal. 2008 with only 2500 miles race tuner intake and exhaust 140 hp at the wheel.. Pretty fun... I still have two other XS im building as well

 

[livingdeadmc]

One from my stable. 90 FXR aka the greatest bike HD ever built. This thing is a blast.

 

[JohnGoFast]

All projects aside from the last one, which is my wife's '64 Suzuki K11.

 

[Fings369]

The current herd
1982 XS650
1989 FXSTC
1979 KZ650

 

[weekendrider]

The most recent addition. So gawdy it is almost beautiful. It has been in dry storage for 20-30 years depending on who is telling the story. Tagged and trailer-ed to shows till 2007.
The link has pics and description. The only thing that will be changed are the blue signal lenses.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-BMW-R6...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[Coleman67]

I just picked up my new addition about 6 weeks ago. I'm having a blast on this thing. It's a 2015 yamaha FZ-07. For me, performance is outstanding and the looks have grown on me too. If you get a chance to test ride one of these I highly recommend! Here is a pic with it next to my XS. Both similar, but different !

 

[scabber]

Nice bike weekend a road-test report once you get it running.

 

[jefft]

Patty and bike

 

[just_puttering]

No ready pic, but I also have a suzuki dr350 enduro...For those muddy days

 

[ThatXS650Guy]

First off, Coleman67 I love your XS. Any better pics or a build thread?

Got a few. Mostly Kawasakis and only one currently running

1974 Kawasaki H1 First bike I restored. The engine has 150 miles on it. This pic is before paint:

1982 Kawasaki GPz750. The bike I always wanted in college but could not afford. Tarted up like an ELR:

1976 Kawasaki KZ400. I bought it for $200 to café but it was too nice to hack up. These are surprisingly rare. I say that because I have never seen another in persion even at Barber. It only has 4,500 miles on it and is the only bike I have currently running:

1986 Honda Interceptor VF500. Again another bike I could not afford but always appreciated. When it is running it a sweet ride. When it is not, it is a giant PITA. Love/hate this bike:

I also have a few older Fords and am currently restoring a CJ5 with my son. When that is done I can attack the XS650 café project.

 

[CDNTX650]

just traded my rough looking...but mechanically sweet 93 klr250, for a mint 79 XS400 2f and 400 cash. The one with drum brake front. Its getting the scrambler treatment, Has 2000 original kms on it. the pipes alone should get me another few hundy on ebay. Its unreal....

 

[fredintoon]

1986 Honda Interceptor VF500. Again another bike I could not afford but always appreciated. When it is running it a sweet ride. When it is not, it is a giant PITA. Love/hate this bike:

Hi Jim,
yeah, those things.
Both my sons bought the VF750F version for a bargain and against my advice.
Great bike so long as it's got a team of Honda-trained mechanics to fix it up between races.
As a PO victimized street bike, not so much.
"One of the throttle cables broke so I fixed to work with just the other, you just gotta twist it the other way."
And still he bought it.

 

[ThatXS650Guy]

Hi Jim,
yeah, those things.
Both my sons bought the VF750F version for a bargain and against my advice.
Great bike so long as it's got a team of Honda-trained mechanics to fix it up between races.
As a PO victimized street bike, not so much.
"One of the throttle cables broke so I fixed to work with just the other, you just gotta twist it the other way."
And still he bought it.

LOL. They are tough to work on, parts are hard to find and every minute you are riding it you are maybe seconds away from catastrophic valve failure but, when they are working they are something else...

 

[cruzin]

Have 2 xs650 one 76 in the works and a 81 in the basket
My rider at the time is a 01 spirit

 

[jdizon]

My Latest Triumph T120 project

 

[NONclow]

Nothing special, but this is my newest addition:

Say hello to the new bitch bike
1977 Honda Trail 90.
2775 original miles
new tires
new seat
original ignition key(!)
no rotten fuel in the system
CLEAN TITLE
All for the grand total of.... "If you want it, you can have it!!!"

Yes sir! Thank you very much!!!

 

[weekendrider]

Great little scoot and it is tough to find in that condition. Didn't some models have a hi/lo option?
Congrats