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jp1979
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PostPosted: May 16, 2006, 12:50 pm    Post subject: NEW TO THE SITE
Hello... My name is Jerry I am from South Eastern Wisconsin. I have a 1976 XS650 that I bought 10 years ago for my 17th birthday. It was pretty much all original, I took off the big turn signals and replaced them with bullets, replaced the tail light with a cats eye, put a beefier front tire on and left the fender off, changed to a little taller bars and repainted it black. I just came into a 73 XS650 for a good price and am going to hardtail and Bob it as soon as I get a title. I'm sure it will take some time since I have many other projects and hunny do things, but it should be fun. I come from a Harley Family, But I am too cheap to spend the big bucks on a bike. The reason I bought the XS is the look and sound, not the typical jap bike. the 76 I want to go over and put all back to stock some day and I plan on keeping that one for along time since it was my first road bike. Look forward to meeting allot of people on here and help out as much as I can. Thanks
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Wulf
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PostPosted: May 16, 2006, 7:10 pm    Post subject: Re: NEW TO THE SITE
Welcome aboard, I like your plan. I'd like to see some pics of the '76 'cause I've been kickin' around the idea of bullet lights. Don't blame you on the Harley situation. I'm sure most of us would like to own a Harley, but all the damn yuppies have driven the demand through the roof and the price likewise.
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jp1979
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PostPosted: May 18, 2006, 9:28 am    Post subject: Re: NEW TO THE SITE
I will try to get a pic this weekend, the bullets look pretty good. The rears are running/turns, I had to add some extra rubber due to the vibration kept knocking the bulbs out on the rear.
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qferret
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Joined: Sep 18, 2005
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Location: Minnesota
PostPosted: May 28, 2006, 8:22 pm    Post subject: Re: NEW TO THE SITE
jp1979 wrote:
I will try to get a pic this weekend, the bullets look pretty good. The rears are running/turns, I had to add some extra rubber due to the vibration kept knocking the bulbs out on the rear.

XS's? vibrate? nah...unheard of Wink
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Phred
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PostPosted: May 29, 2006, 12:16 pm    Post subject: Re: NEW TO THE SITE
L.E.D.'s man, dump the filiment bulbs! I'm as old-school as anyone, but when the new stuff solves the problems that we were never able to....

Anyway, looking forward to the pics!
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