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#483490 OBMF (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 618 Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   This looks like a cool little project bike that has a few mods already done to it. For the record, I have no interest in this bike- don't know the guy at all. But it's typical of what pops up when searching for the old XS650's. For less than what you'd spend on a moped or Chinese junk 'pocket bike', you could have a solid Jap design that is a classic. And parts are readily available at almost any bike salvage yard used, or through MikesXS.com. These bikes are easy to work on, and a Dad could get his son (or daughter) a lot worse when looking for a starter two-wheeler... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamaha-XS-1980-Yamaha-xs650-bobber-bratstyle-custom-/261007728323?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item3cc545dec3 John Scribner   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #483499 brown91redcam (User) Another Day In the Wind Platinum Boarder Posts: 2089 Re:Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   I agree looks like a fun little bobber bike,nice make a good starter or extra bike for someone   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #483510 1700cc (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 517 Re:Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   Cool, thanks.   Logged     2006 Midnight Silverado   The administrator has disabled public write access. #483522 OBMF (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 618 Re:Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   What's nice about the old XS650's is that you can get a 750 Big Bore Kit from MikesXS, port the engine, add stainless steel headers and some shorty tapered-tip exhausts, jazz up the carbs a bit, (all for a start), and have a bike that will run stoplight-to-stoplight with much bigger and newer bikes. I loved mine, but just couldn't convince my wife to let me keep two motorcycles AND a car in a one-car garage.... John Scribner   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #483555 TampaSVT (User) Life is hard. It's harder if yer' stupid(J.Wayne) Platinum Boarder Posts: 5054 Re:Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   That's not a bad deal w/ a good title. They're a BLAST to mod... Rich   Logged     2008 Road Star Tricky Air Ride(remote controlled) 6-degree Raked Front-end Ape Hangers Internal Wiring RoadHouse Dooleys Featured in V-Twin Magazine, August 2012 Online Photo Album   The administrator has disabled public write access. #483556 01StarRider52 (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 121 Re:Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   I just bought my son his first bike for $350. It's a 1992 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 with 15K miles. The woman I bought it from laid it down and broke the shifter peg and foot rest off and she let it set for about a year. I spent $70.00 to buy the foot peg and shifter, no case damage. We got it started and it did not make any funny noises. We are goint to bob it and build his first street bike. I will post pics when we get it done, I figure that I am going to have around $800 or $900 in it when we are done. It won't be nothing fancy just a good clean starter bike for him.   Logged     Yea, though I ride thru the valley of the cagers I shall have no fear for God has me and I have my R*   The administrator has disabled public write access. #483587 brown91redcam (User) Another Day In the Wind Platinum Boarder Posts: 2089 Re:Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   01StarRider52 wrote: I just bought my son his first bike for $350. It's a 1992 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 with 15K miles. The woman I bought it from laid it down and broke the shifter peg and foot rest off and she let it set for about a year. I spent $70.00 to buy the foot peg and shifter, no case damage. We got it started and it did not make any funny noises. We are goint to bob it and build his first street bike. I will post pics when we get it done, I figure that I am going to have around $800 or $900 in it when we are done. It won't be nothing fancy just a good clean starter bike for him. That sounds like a fun project would really like to see how that turns out   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #493881 RCStephenson (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 250 Re:Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   http://pensacola.craigslist.org/mcy/3028740367.html Thought someone might be interested in seeing this   Logged     Sig Pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 KB   The administrator has disabled public write access. #493912 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7975 Re:Nice project starter bike....XS650 (MN) 1 Year ago   I have an XS 650, and an SV650. Probably my favorite displacement class. So many great bikes with 1,2,3,and 4 cylinders in this displacement. On the Vulcan 500, It's basically the Ninja 500 motor with milder cams, lower rev limit, and a tad smaller carbs. Reliable as an axe. Good beginner bike that can do freeway if need be.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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