Pristine 1975 Yamaha XS650

Posted March 24, 2009
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As you may know, I often vacillate between wanting to keep older classic bikes in one piece, and saying to rip them to shreds in the quest to build great cafe racers. In this case, I am unsure which way to go…

What a clean restoration of an early XS650. And what a great platform for a cafe racer build! Go for it, I say! And build a beautiful bike! Think about the finished product. No rust. No dings. A fresh motor. Almost like building a cafe racer back in 1975. Sweet!!!

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2 comments so far

  1. garrittpwl on September 30, 2009

    NICE!!! have one almost exactly the same i have a vid of iit check it out man

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  2. drago on October 30, 2009

    if its in good tune.. why wouldn’t it start with one kick?
    my old kicker would only start in one kick if I had recently tuned it.. But I didn’t set out to make it run perfectly.. 2 kicks summer 3 winter (real frozen winter, not virginia winter) when out of tune. Otherwise one..

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