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Good stuff, Mr. Fisk.

Honestly, most of the "museum-quality" bikes are already in museums!

What saddens me is people hacking XSs because, "bobbers are selling for $1000 more than stock bikes". ...

Good input, Roy.

This brings up the Ride-or-Display aspect of restorations.

If a bike MUST be 100% Factory Original in order to qualify as a proper restoration, such a bike simply ends up a "Tra ...

[quote="Razdog76"]My bucket is 8 inches wide, and IMHO it does not look right on the bike.
Even though it looks like I have the correct parts, I think I will have to find one of the earlier assemblie ...

Regarding part numbers, Yamaha uses an “intelligent” part numbering system that tells you about the part if you know how to read the number, as jayel's picture shows.
The second set of five digit ...

[quote="wally"]$75 US for adaptor plate
You can buy them here through club member for $30 Aust
Just got two & have just about completed one conversion.[/quote]It seems the guys in the 'states haven' ...

[quote="pumps"]Here's the best I can describe. DO lift some but mostly step DOWN hard on the center stand while lifting up and back on left grip and grab bar left side of seat.[/quote]
[quote="twinsa ...

[quote="pumps"]...My suggestion would be to get the old girl running / riding and fixed up the way you like, then find a cheap beater/ basket case to convert to a street tracker. Then you'll have some ...

The polished aluminum looks sweet...

http://www.unityequipe.com/html/products.html

[quote="CaptDan"]It seems to me that if anyone has the ability to get a real Champion frame, they should jump on it. :wink:[/quote]Just another thought on this...

I worked at a Triumph shop many y ...

"Renowned American dirt-track frame builder Doug Schwerma built his Champion frames to house Yamaha engines throughout the late sixties and seventies."

http://www.tz350.net/aftermarket_frames.net.h ...

Sorry for any misinterpretation I may have caused. The head[i]light[/i] on the Seca is an 8” unit, which makes the [i]bucket[/I] about 9” wide.
Our bikes use a 7” light, so yeah, the stock buck ...

Hi, Razdog.
Like jetmechmarty said, the rather rare 1982 XJ650RJ Seca had an 8" headlamp assembly vs the XS' 7", so it would be a [b]much[/b] wider bucket.

[quote="Razdog76"]These are what my ears ...

Many thanks to all U.S. servicemen and women!

The regulator/rectifier will work great with a permanent magnet alternator swap.

Though there are some very cool chop/brat/bob bikes out there, the whole cut=custom fad seems to be getting 'way over played.

There may be a real market for stock-type XS replacement frames in the ...

"Nowhere to Run" (1993) with Claude Van Damme has a nice motorcycle bit.

He gets a 1969 650cc Triumph T120 Bonneville running, then pesters the bad guys with it.

Aside from some "Hollywood Magic ...

[quote="LDO107"]Capt Dan,
where did you get that fuse block from?
EDIT: Nevermind. just read the dang post! :roll:[/quote]
LOL!
I realized I never gave links to actual retailers. Confused

These a ...

[quote="Yamahopper"]understood, do you know of one that is set up that way?and is physically rather small, to tuck away somewhere inconspicuous.[/quote]Perhaps something like this?

http://biquetoas ...

Check this RD/RZ permanent magnet alternator swap...
http://www.xs650.org.au/Alternators.htm

or this permanent magnet alternator, made in the Czech Republic but sold by Powerdymano in Germany...
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The Old School way to mesh rearsets and a kickstarter was to have a footpeg that would stay folded up until you were done kicking, like xs-mullet mentioned.
I have seen a "recountoured" kickstart lev ...

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