Albert's Yamaha XS650

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November 03, 2001. I started airbrushing my V-star. Click here if you want to see pictures

Check out what is going on on the forum I belong to

March 10th, 2001... Got me V Star 650 classic. Great bike. Now all I am going to do just ride and ride and ride. No more fooling around for a while. Here are some pictures of it. Sorry, the quality is not that great.

September 28th, 2000... The pictures are posted. Please click here to see them and then scroll down all the way to the end of the page.

September 11th, 2000; New... I just finished airbrushing my CHOPPA'. New pictures are coming in a few days...

Finally, the Choppa' is DONE on March 18, 2000!

3 pictures added on March 20, 2000 to the Choppa' Project page

6 more pictures added to Choppa' Project page on March 5, 2000

More pictures added on Feb. 27, 2000 to XS650 Gallery and Other Bikes Gallery. More of Bob's Motorcycles.

Two more pictures are added to Choppa' Project page on March 1, 2000.
Hi, my name is Albert and I live in the USA, in the state of New Jersey. As you can see this page was made to promote one of Yamaha's best motorcycles made: an old, good, vertical twin. The name of the bike (or its motor) is "XS650". The first of its family was introduced to the world at the and of the 1960s, I think '68 or '69. The bike was named "XS650-1". The way it looks to me, the whole idea was to make the motorcycle look like british classic bikes, very well known and popular at that time all over the world. Even here, in the States, "BSA" and "Triumph" were respected a lot. Personally, I think that "Yamaha" did a very good job cloning british bikes: classy looking vertical twin engine, high clearance, flat dual seat located high above the ground , narrow tires, and so on. I don't know about you guys, but I like their later models more - "SPECIAL"s. Not that the motor was much different. I am talking about their looks. And I think "special" models are also more comfortable to ride. Do you agree? By the way, for you who didn't know it, "Yamaha" continued making this family of motorcycles until the year 1983. At least this was the last year when they were sold in the United States. Fifteen years! This should tell you something about the bike. And I am the lucky owner of one of them. A 1983 "YAMAHA XS650 Heritage Special" is my motorcycle. Here you can see some pictures of it before the "Big Choppa' Project" (1, 2, 3).

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