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Custom Built Motorcycles : Bobber Yamaha 1980 Xs 650 Xs650 on 2040-motos

$1,300
YearYear:0 MileageMileage:13
Location:

Fort Edward, New York

Fort Edward, NY
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This is a custom built Yamaha XS650 rat rod style, street tracker. Custom: frame, bars, 2-1 pipe, Harley XR rear shocks, and vintage Bates headlamp. This bike has been short wired and is kick start only. Attractive tires, runs good. Gets attention wherever it goes. Clean NYS title, 13k original miles. Happy bidding!

Moto blog

Behind the scenes in Qatar

Sat, 19 Mar 2011

Just because you have the name Jorge Lorenzo on your screen and you've won a world championship doesn't mean you'll get an easy time at scrutineering. In Qatar the technical inspection staff made the factory Yamaha mechanics remove bodywork and unbolt some electrical components in order to get a better look at the guts of the 2011 M1. Everything was in order of course but what a great opportunity for the scrutineers to exercise their power and have a poke around the most high tech Yamaha on the planet.

And in my front room this evening...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009

NO IT'S NOT an illusion: you're looking at the 1981 Yamaha OW53, ridden by double World Champion Barry Sheene in the first three rounds of the '81 500GP championship. The bike's owner, aircraft engineering entrepreneur Chris Wilson, has lent the £100,000 GP machine to Visordown for our stand at this year's NEC Motorcycle Show - 27th November to 6th December 2009. Sheene raced the bike in the 1981 championship, where he finished fourth at Salzburgring, sixth at Hockenheim and third at Monza.

Jorge Lorenzo: The Lawn Mower – Video

Thu, 23 Jan 2014

If you thought only Honda made lawn mowers, think again. Little known fact: Yamaha makes a limited supply of uber high-end grass cutters every year, and they even come with an operator. In this case, none other than former MotoGP champion, Jorge Lorenzo, seen here landscaping the grounds at the Valencia circuit.