A while back i bought 2 cl450 and for 500 bucks. Then i called a friend and struck a deal to unload the runner for 500 bucks. my attentions turned to the more original nonrunner. i took a que from the honda guys on dtt. i decided to strip all the paint and build a "brat". first i stole a seat from a junk 70's honda dirt bike and cut the fenders down.a few phone calls and a ebay listing later i was 700 bucks to the good ha abd the 450 never started. so with both bikes gone i turned my attention to the extra parts that came with the 450's i sold the fined covers to some hipster and some carb and clutch parts to a dtt member ect ect... all the while i was building a war chest and hatching a plain.
. a certain xs650 was being passed around for a few years and had made it way from pa to md by way of 4 owners. so with the money i made off honda kids i made a offer to the owner of said bike. the guy sold the bike to me conplete with a carbon fiber tracker seat that was a donation from our own cyclefreak. a few horse trades later i had a proper wheel set. then i took a good hard look at the swing arm and wasnt happy. over the course of a few nights i build a nice brace i could live with. while at mid ohio i broke a set of shocks i got from our own funny man rich ard (thanks dick). dread rock came to save the day with a pair he bought off jimmer (i think). me dread and 7 or 8 other members wrenched on my xs and dread rocks xs in to the night. opon returning home justinlonghorn, vonyinzer, dick ard and kop anwsered ever question gave/traded parts and offered advice to rewire the bike you see.
So your not voting on my efforts your voting on a family of like minded guys that would drop everything to help a friend. sleep on that befor you make a choice. there is no store or ebay listing that sells the stuff that built this bike.
The bonds of friends holds this yamaha together
