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I’m selling my 1975 Yamaha XS500. I bought it and began disassembling it to restore. I think with the exception of the exhaust, it’s all original with 1398 miles last registered in 1986. I am the third owner. I think the exhaust is aftermarket because it’s single side and honestly looks...

Thank you, I hope it looks cooler when done [emoji41] The guys talk about the cracked heads in the thread I linked above. I haven’t researched it too much, I plan to deep dive it when I’m in the reassembly phase. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

End of day 2. The master link is super stuck. I’m using a piece of wood with a hole in it and a c clamp to try and push it out with no luck. I think I may end up cutting it. I’m pretty much at the point of needing to get the master link off to get the engine out. Sent from my iPhone using...

Post day 1 tear down. I was pretty stoked when I found the original tool kit! It’s hard to find a five year old bike with the original tool kit and this one is 45[emoji2956] It took me a minute to figure out how to get the tank and throttle off and the master link is still stuck. The throttle...

I have considered that, I’m still pretty torn on just how much I want to modify though. One thing that is definitely going to change is the front brake setup. Instead of trying to source new rubber lines I’m going to get a stainless line and use a pressure switch banjo to activate the brake...

I know it’s going to take a good bit of time and money either way. Cheaper in that I won’t be hacking the frame, ordering custom body work, lights, triple trees for inverted forks, wheels, etc. and because I’m not doing all that it won’t take quite as long. I do like your point with the mileage...

More pics before tear down.

My first post about the bike. I picked it up a couple years back for a good price and I’ve been so busy that it’s just been collecting dust ever since. It’s 1975, 14XX original miles, last registered in 1986, I’m the third owner. The bike needs A LOT of TLC. The story I was given by the...

Hello all, I’ve been lurking for some time. I picked up a 75 XS500 a couple years back and I’m finally getting around to restoring it, so I figured it was a good time to register and contribute/ask questions.