Xs 650

[STEPPENWOLF]

My old '70 XS650...

[jetmechmarty]

The XS-1 is a lot of money today.

[jetmechmarty]

[madmax-im]

Good Lord those are stunning Marty An early 70s' XS650 was the street bike I learned to ride on...although it looked nothing like these fine examples here. Still rings back some cool memories

[jwhughes3]

Nice to see the progression through the years with those three bikes. Subtle changes from year to year.

Beautiful.

Thanks for sharing.

John

[jetmechmarty]

Nice to see the progression through the years with those three bikes. Subtle changes from year to year.

Beautiful.

Thanks for sharing.

John

73-74-75

[Rickrod3]

Makes me think of my R5C350 and My RD400F every time I see one going for 4k I want to kick myself.

That 70 XS650 is one cool bike!

Rick

[mharrington]

I was already stoked about my project and then i see this topic. Not meant as a hijack- just excited about the 650 Ive been working on. Its almost done!

[STEPPENWOLF]

Very nice MH.

[mharrington]

Very nice MH.

Thank you sir!

[STEPPENWOLF]

Thank you sir!

After I rode mine back from Texas in '73 I broke the small end of a rod and it went thru the jugs so I found new cyls from a '72,had them bored to a 750,put a Weber +10 degree cam,polished the ports and re geared to a 39 rear,think front was stock,not much of a road bike after that but it was one heck of a city bike.The front wheel shook worse than an old AMF Harley..pretty cool back then
That bike I think is why I stayed with Yamaha instead of Honda...just liked the overall quality of their machines.

[jetmechmarty]

Xs650sf

I went to the XS650 Society rally this weekend.




Photo quality is terrible, but the bike is very nice.

[Special Ed]

Thanks for the pics

I was kinda looking for a XS650 after my Skoot melted down: then I found an other XS11 on Craigslist, 15 miles away for 600 bucks! I guess I'm just meant to have an XS11, but the XS650 sure is attractive for a bantam weight senior looking for a city bike. Thanks again for the photo's!
Special Ed