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1978 Yamaha Xs on 2040-motos

US $3,800.00
YearYear:1978 MileageMileage:12
Location:

Ames, Iowa, United States

Ames, Iowa, United States
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Yamaha XS description



'78 xs650 
Modifications:
Cut out rear tubing just below the seat and bent new tubing to drop the seat. 
Made a new seat pan and had the Haifley Brothers upholster it. 
Handmade sissy bar
Raised neck of frame using new Dom tubing on downtubes and backbone. 
4" over forks and shaved and polished legs.  
Converted the frame to accommodate the rear drum setup. 
Handmade handlebars 
New high mount gas tank 
Custom exhaust
Pamco electronic ignition
New permanent magnet alternator 
Champion Firestone tire in rear, Avon in front 
Title in my name. Currently registered. 
Runs well. No leaks. Some minor scratches, imperfections on paint but no major issues it looks ridden as it has been. 
Located in Ames Iowa. 
Will assist with shipping as needed. 

Moto blog

Rumor: Yamaha Developing Inline Three Roadster

Wed, 25 Jan 2012

French motorcycle outlet Moto Revue reports Yamaha is developing a new three-cylinder middleweight. Citing an internal Yamaha document, Moto Revue reports the new naked model will feature an inline Triple engine, aluminum perimeter frame, upside-down fork and a triple-pipe exhaust like the MV Agusta F3 and Brutale 675. Yamaha has produced a Triple before, offering the XS750 from 1976-1979 before replacing it with the XS850 in 1980 and 1981 (pictured above is the 1981 Yamaha XS850.) The potential new model is still likely to be years away, so its look is yet to be determined, though Moto Revue does have a rendering that borrows some of the design elements from the FZ8.

Simon and Leo

Thu, 11 Aug 2011

If you are a track day regular this year, you may well have bumped into former racer and friendly Kiwi, Simon Crafar. I first met him in Malaysia in 1990 when he was riding for a Yamaha dealer team, sweating his way round circuits like Shah Alam and Johor Bahru but with a long term plan to make it onto the World scene. And he didn’t take long as after riding for Honda in the UK in 1992 he moved to WSB in 1994 and enjoyed success with both the Honda and Kawasaki factory teams.

The perfect classified advert

Fri, 21 Jun 2013

Forget “One careful owner, low mileage, full service history” – when it comes to penning classifieds we can all learn from Kyle Miller and Joe Strachila who’ve plundered their marketing genius to come up with the best scooter advert we’ve ever seen. The pair, from Seattle, became an internet sensation last year when they created a hyperbole-packed ad for $700-worth of frankly rubbish 1995 Pontiac Grand-Am. Now they’ve pulled the same trick to get rid of a Y2K Yamaha SH50 (the comically-named ‘Razz’), advertising it on Cragslist as “the fulfilment of your wildest fantasies”.