Hey guys!
It´s been a long time coming.
I have a (two) new projects.After “finishing” my RD250 to RD350 conversion and different mods I got hungry again to find me a totally different project bike.
Since I´m always looking for something “exotic” I found two Yamaha XS 750´s.
The PO completely modified a small apartement in an old house (and with old I mean around 1890) to a small and extremely dense workshop with 100 per cent Yamaha Triple dominance.
All walls were filled with tools, pin ups from the 90´s and parts and stuff for the Yamaha Triples.
He offered me two completely stock 750´s for a good price together with many parts for example a 3-1 exhaust setup and a 826 cylinder and jug kit (with the right head gasket).
Problem was he couldn´t start the XS´s, one is just a part bike so it needs motor work but the other one should get started this weekend.
So its been really short but I already have questions:
.) Is there a way to check for the 2nd gear issue on this bike without running the bike on the street (he told me that I can shift trough the gears by hand if I want)?
.)is the second gear fix an easy fix or should I walk away in this case from this deal?
.)he used 850 parts to change from the stock points ignition to electronic ignition.is there a way to check if its properly working without running the bike on the street?
I hope you guys can help!
I will post pics soon!
It´s been a long time coming.
I have a (two) new projects.After “finishing” my RD250 to RD350 conversion and different mods I got hungry again to find me a totally different project bike.
Since I´m always looking for something “exotic” I found two Yamaha XS 750´s.
The PO completely modified a small apartement in an old house (and with old I mean around 1890) to a small and extremely dense workshop with 100 per cent Yamaha Triple dominance.
All walls were filled with tools, pin ups from the 90´s and parts and stuff for the Yamaha Triples.
He offered me two completely stock 750´s for a good price together with many parts for example a 3-1 exhaust setup and a 826 cylinder and jug kit (with the right head gasket).
Problem was he couldn´t start the XS´s, one is just a part bike so it needs motor work but the other one should get started this weekend.
So its been really short but I already have questions:
.) Is there a way to check for the 2nd gear issue on this bike without running the bike on the street (he told me that I can shift trough the gears by hand if I want)?
.)is the second gear fix an easy fix or should I walk away in this case from this deal?
.)he used 850 parts to change from the stock points ignition to electronic ignition.is there a way to check if its properly working without running the bike on the street?
I hope you guys can help!
I will post pics soon!