XS650 let's call it a " cafe tracker" bike

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sbaugz

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Here is my before and after 1981 Yamaha XS650 special. picked it up for $150.
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Re: XS650 cafe tracker bike

Awesome!
How does that rear tire not eat the tail light when you hit a bump?
 
Re: XS650 cafe tracker bike

SONICJK said:
Awesome!
How does that rear tire not eat the tail light when you hit a bump?
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It may not look like it, but there is more than enough clearance. Shocks could bottom out and still have clearance without rubbing.
 
Re: XS650 cafe tracker bike

beautifully presented. awesome!
 
Re: XS650 cafe tracker bike

Very nice. Clean, attention to detail, fine craftsmanship.

You stole that bike at $150!
 
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AlphaDogChoppers said:
Very nice. Clean, attention to detail, fine craftsmanship.

You stole that bike at $150!
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Tell me about it. I think the seller realized that pretty quickly as he was getting like 20 calls and texts from people within an hour of posting on Craigslist
Lucky that I happened to see it right away.
 
I got my XS650 the same way. I just happened to contact him right after he posted it. People were clamoring to get it at $400, sight unseen. It was pretty rusty and corroded from sitting in a damp garage, but I put gas in it, and hooked a battery to it, and it started! Ran like crap and gasoline was pouring out of one of the carburetors, but it started and ran. Mostly, all I had to do to make it road worthy was replace the corroded floats & clean the carbs, rebuild the front caliper, (leaking,) put on new tires and put in a battery.

Reminds me, I have to pull the rotor out of it today and ship it off to a guy that rewinds them.
 
Used to be more deals like that but they are few and far between these days.
Three years ago i Picked up my cb200 donor for $65
Picked up my cb360 donor for $100
Xs650 for $150
And a couple of nearly new cb350 and cl360 bikes last summer for $1000

Now people are asking $1200 for piles of crap that used to be give-away bikes a few years ago.
 
misfitfiend said:
That is a beautiful looking bike and a hell of a fork brace!
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Those forks definitely aren't going to flex at all. Gordon Scott engineering custom made them for me - he had to make them taller to clear that Avon front tire.
 
Well not only are they sturdy as hell they look great too. And I saw you made it onto the Bike EXIF facebook page, it's good to see somebody getting the attention they deserve.
 
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