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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #45 on: August 12, 2011, 11:52:50 AM »
Mate I am a little envious. I love riding bikes. At the same time though I have entertained the idea in abstract I can not bring myself to buying a "road bike". Not after the accidents. too many ways I simply just would have been dead.
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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #46 on: August 12, 2011, 12:08:26 PM »
Quote from: Al Swearengen on August 12, 2011, 11:52:50 AM
Mate I am a little envious. I love riding bikes. At the same time though I have entertained the idea in abstract I can not bring myself to buying a "road bike". Not after the accidents. too many ways I simply just would have been dead.

Afraid you'll have a run-in with "Toecutter"??  :zoinks:

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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #47 on: August 12, 2011, 12:12:48 PM »
Meh...how bad can he be? He wears massacra
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I2 today is not i2 of yesteryear. It is a knitting circle. Those that participate be they nice or asshats know their place and the price to be there. Odeon is the overlord

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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #48 on: August 12, 2011, 01:30:10 PM »
Quote from: Callaway on August 11, 2011, 12:27:51 PM
Quote from: Scraphawk on August 11, 2011, 11:49:17 AM
Well, I think I've finally found my bike.

It's a 78' with 13,000 miles on it.

It's owned by a guy who seems quite knowledgeable about the XS 650 and he's asking $1600.

The thing that sucks is that it's up in the Stockton area, 5 hours drive from here. :tantrum:

If the guy is for real and not another scammer, then it's worth the drive.

:crossed:

:indeed: You know you want one. ;D
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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #49 on: August 13, 2011, 01:44:09 AM »
Quote from: odeon on August 12, 2011, 01:30:10 PM
Quote from: Callaway on August 11, 2011, 12:27:51 PM
Quote from: Scraphawk on August 11, 2011, 11:49:17 AM
Well, I think I've finally found my bike.

It's a 78' with 13,000 miles on it.

It's owned by a guy who seems quite knowledgeable about the XS 650 and he's asking $1600.

The thing that sucks is that it's up in the Stockton area, 5 hours drive from here. :tantrum:

If the guy is for real and not another scammer, then it's worth the drive.

:crossed:

:indeed: You know you want one. ;D

I just think these parallel twin bikes make the coolest vintage racers.

I'd get a Norton 850 Commando or Triumph Bonneville, but I can't afford one, and the parts are hard to find.

I can make this bike look like it's ready to race the 1969 24 hours of Daytona amd do it for half what a British bike would cost.  8)
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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #50 on: August 13, 2011, 02:22:23 AM »
Well, let us know.
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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #51 on: August 13, 2011, 02:23:42 AM »
Quote from: odeon on August 13, 2011, 02:22:23 AM
Well, let us know.

Since Stockton isn't too far from the Bay Area, I might swing by to see PPK while I'm in that neck of the woods.  :thumbup:
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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #52 on: August 13, 2011, 02:26:23 AM »
Quote from: Scraphawk on August 13, 2011, 02:23:42 AM
Quote from: odeon on August 13, 2011, 02:22:23 AM
Well, let us know.

Since Stockton isn't too far from the Bay Area, I might swing by to see PPK while I'm in that neck of the woods.  :thumbup:

You should. Take pictures and tell us all. :thumbup:
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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #53 on: August 13, 2011, 02:29:32 AM »
Imagine this in British Racing Green with disc brakes and a 2 into 1 exhaust.

That's the look I'm going for.  8)

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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #54 on: August 13, 2011, 02:35:27 AM »
British Racing Green is awesome. It should be a very cool bike.
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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #55 on: August 13, 2011, 02:51:33 AM »
OK, this shit is just pure fucking WIN!!!  :2thumbsup:

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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #56 on: August 13, 2011, 02:53:01 AM »
Moar WIN!!!  :thumbup:

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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #57 on: August 13, 2011, 02:56:02 AM »
Moar Win!  :headbang2:

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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #58 on: August 13, 2011, 02:58:30 AM »
I think I need one of those bikes too. :drool:
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Re: Should Scrapheap buy a Yamaha XS 650??
« Reply #59 on: August 14, 2011, 09:17:48 PM »
Quote from: Scraphawk on August 13, 2011, 02:51:33 AM
OK, this shit is just pure fucking WIN!!!  :2thumbsup:


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