In August 2007, I acquired this 1973 Yamaha TX650 as a platform for what I envisioned as a mildly cafe'd roadster. It was in fairly good cosmetic and structural condition, but was not running. I'm fairly new to bikes and, with limited skill and resources, it took me a couple of weeks to get the bike started and sort out some fuel, electrical/ignition, and oil leak issues. As of this writing (August 2009), the bike has undergone repairs/modifications which include, but are not limited to, the following:

Description: Bike:'79 xs 650 Special

Frame:Stock,back-halved,shaved all useless brackets

Suspension:Front-Stock,w/fork tubes slid up into triple clamps as far as they will go Rear-Stock

Brakes:Front-Stock

Here's another Yammy from Vancouver, BC. We are in a club called the "Smithereens". If you have a custom bike at or under 650cc, you can join. Also, you can't spend more then $1000.00 CAN. to get started. Forward my e-mail to anyone who wants to rule the world... Thanks. The Moscow Plow. Jeff, President-The Smithereens. woodbug76@hotmail.com

A few bikes sent from Hans Prost, editor of the dutch xs 650 magazine; 653. See his cafe racer posted here: http://www.fighters-magazin.de/pdf/fighters_0609_lynxs.pdf