| Author | Message | ||
     Johnnylunchbox |
He's a new rider, and has taken a real liking to the 81 KZ440 we've been training him on, so he wanted something similar. He plans on commuting the 8 miles to work when the weather is nice. Against my advice he sought out an old vintage UJM, and found a really nice one. I still think he could've saved up a few ducats and bought a more modern bike, but I think he scored a real clean classic. 1976 XS500 only 6000 miles, looks like it came off the showroom floor. This could be a killer cafe racer. This is not his, but his looks even newer.  I runs great, handles, accelerates, and stops like a 1976 UJM should. It is surprisingly smooth (counterbalanced I think). I wish him the best. He is not without mechanical talent so maintenance and upkeep should be a breeze. I already got him thinking about a 12S when he decides to upgrade in a few years. | ||
| Boney95 |
I dig! I'd tool around on that. | ||
| Brumbear |
I had one of those monsters I used to put it on the center stand start it and tach it up it vibrated so bad would turn around in its own radius drop her down and away I'd go | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
This one was surprisingly smooth. Perhaps your counterbalancers needed to be adjusted. | ||
| Brumbear |
It was fun just the way it was. The bike however was a $150 special if ya know what I mean | ||
| Skinstains |
Cafe' that piece for sure. | ||
| Firstbuell |
I've an archived foto of myself [I'm my favorite foto subject, dontcha know....] racing an XS500, the earlier root beer brown-with-white stripe version, at a mid-70s AFM Sears Point endurance event It was a good moto & WAY better than that time's ill-conceived Yamaha 750 parallel twin |
