81' Yamaha XJ650 $600 in PA

Well for starters...nope, wait, that's the problem. Also the electrical, and Hitachi carbs. And the wheels.

I miss anything?
 
Daftclass said:
Where do you think yamaha went wrong with them?

Rich Ard is a bit of a Virago aficionado. Or, you could say Virago victim. ;)

The starter sucks syphilitic donkey dicks. Even when it is working right, it sounds like a skeleton jacking off in a tin cup.

The electrical system is prone to odd intermittent failures, often having to do with the shitty fuse box.

Those shitty Hitachi carburetors almost always need new diaphragms.

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Even if the carbs are working properly, they are jetted so lean that the double wall exhaust headers will glow red. Of course, any older Jap bike will run better and cooler if rejetted. These bikes were all too lean from the factory as it was, but now with the ethanol laced fuels we have available, they run like shit.

The wheels? Ask Rich about that one. I don't know about it.
 
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