Newbie from Finland

torque3 · New Member Joined: Nov 05, 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Finland

Hello everyone. Here is my original style -72 XS2. I thought to do in the winter Scrambler-style exhaust and block tires , also needs a new clutch Confused

RedShift42 · Posted: November 13, 2009, 3:56 am Post subject: Re: Newbie from Finland

Wow--
I say resist the urge to chop & modify. That bike is *so very* pretty, it's a shame to do anything more than polish & ride it.
Congrats!

Remain strong against the urge-- Sisu!

-Eric.

mrkil · Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:02 am Post subject: Re: Newbie from Finland

very nice ride

nj1639 · Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:56 am Post subject: Re: Newbie from Finland

Welcome aboard torque3,
Nice bike! Block tires and scrambler exhaust can always be changed back to stock, but like RedShift42 said "resist the urge to chop..."
I have ancestry from Vasla, though it is 300+ years ago.

Srinath · Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: Newbie from Finland

I agree. That bike is worth 5X a rat ass 81-82 special.

The stepped seat the Fugly ass side covers, the idiotic seat latches and the shitty rear fender carrier on a 81+ special was made to be stuffed with dynamite and blowed up to high heaven.

So, sell it for big $$$ buy yourself a special and cut it up and have the $$$$ left over to pretty up that.

Cool.
Srinath.

650skull · Support Staff Joined: Jul 19, 2007 Posts: 1186

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The stepped seat the Fugly ass side covers, the idiotic seat latches and the shitty rear fender carrier on a 81+ special was made to be stuffed with dynamite and blowed up to high heaven.

So.......... your saying all of the guys here with Specials have s*** bikes........ Rolling Eyes

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Definatly NOT .........
cool
Srinath

And What do you ride Don't see any Pics

Srinath · Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Newbie from Finland

650skull wrote:

Quote::

The stepped seat the Fugly ass side covers, the idiotic seat latches and the shitty rear fender carrier on a 81+ special was made to be stuffed with dynamite and blowed up to high heaven.

So.......... your saying all of the guys here with Specials have s*** bikes........ Rolling Eyes

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Definatly NOT .........
cool
Srinath

And What do you ride Don't see any Pics

Gaaaa ... fine ... but you have to admit that bike is just so smooth ... park it next to me too long and I will lick it.

I have an 82 that I am trying to hack and slice my way out of the stepped and fugly crater I have been dumped in.

Other than that I have a GR650 (just as fugly and way more complicated)an 87 suzuki savage, a 2000 savage that I chopped and bobbed and these are the daily bikes as of now, a slew of GS500's mostly in bits and pieces, a virago, a maxim X, an SV1000 etc.
Pics of a lot of these are here.

charlotte.craigslist.o...66973.html
charlotte.craigslist.o...53077.html

picasaweb.google.com/s...pperBuild#
picasaweb.google.com/s...an/GRPics#

I am pretty bad at getting and putting up pics of my stuff.
But try the link.
picasaweb.google.com/s...th.the.man

No XS pics though. Not yet anyway, this weekend as it gets done I'll get pics and put up.
Cool.
Srinath.

oldbikenut · Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Newbie from Finland

650skull wrote:

Quote::

The stepped seat the Fugly ass side covers, the idiotic seat latches and the shitty rear fender carrier on a 81+ special was made to be stuffed with dynamite and blowed up to high heaven.

So.......... your saying all of the guys here with Specials have s*** bikes........ Rolling Eyes

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Definatly NOT .........
cool
Srinath

And What do you ride Don't see any Pics

I have to second this. Though I do prefer the looks of the early XS more then the later ones, what yamaha gave us in the late 70's early 80's were what people were wantiing at the time, I believe the specials way out sold any of the early ones by a lot, I think that's why there may be so many!

WELCOME torque3, awesome bike!!!!!!!!!!!

torque3 · New Member Joined: Nov 05, 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Finland

Be ye in peace, I am not doing this chopper,bobber or street tracker Wink

Too good and beauty. only minor changes and easily back to the original.

--Sisu Mad

RedShift42 · Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: Newbie from Finland

To actually answer your original question, yes, I think a scrambler exhaust & block tires, along w/ taller scrambler-style bars, would look very handsome on that vintage machine.
It could be fun to periodically change the bike's personality back-and-forth at each tire change.

I'm eager to see the pics!

-Eric.

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