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    CB750 Cognito Moto Triple Clamps for GSX-R Conversion - New

    Brand new set of Cognito Moto Triple Clamps for CB750 with indicator lights and Retro Nut. 30mm offset - ideal for 17" wheels. These triple clamps are specific for the 2008 GSX-R forks that are dark gold with black inner fork tubes, the one that Cognito used on their signature CB550 pictured...
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    Why is it so "expensive" to build a Yamaha XS500??

    Hey thanks for all the responses guys.... to be honest the first cafe racer that ever caught my eye (and opened them to cafe's) was an XS500. After that I kinda fell in love with the CB550's, but I've been traveling for 2 years now and in that two years I've just seen so many of them and every...
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    Why is it so "expensive" to build a Yamaha XS500??

    Re: Why is it so "expensive" to build a Yamaha XS500?? J-Rod thanks for the clarification! I totally understand, I'm just asking so I don't buy a an XS500 and then do spit later that they are prone to cracking heads or something and replacing that would set me back a couple grand...
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    Why is it so "expensive" to build a Yamaha XS500??

    Here's a photo of my Win.... just get some photos in this thread!! He's a North Vietnamese defector.... i.e. I removed the Vietnam flag and replaced them with white stars.
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    Why is it so "expensive" to build a Yamaha XS500??

    This is exactly the kind of answers I keep finding, could you please elaborate? Is there a reason I should only buy a 1978 over all other years? So a '76 in running condition wouldn't be a good bet?? I can do almost anything the bike would need myself... with guidance and some direction and...
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    Why is it so "expensive" to build a Yamaha XS500??

    hello DoTheTon.... Since is is my first post I guess a little intro would be appropriate. I'm San Diegan currently living out of my backpack on the back on a shitty (don't tell him that) Chinese copy Honda Win traveling around Vietnam, Laos and hopefully Thailand. I've been living in Asia a...
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