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Joined: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 109 Location: Covina Ca.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:03 am Post subject:
fasterspider wrote:
That red & white xs 650 aint a bad looking bike, I like the paint.
I wish i could have afford to duplicate it but it was either that or the 1100F and the F came first.
There was an edition that was black with the same white trim..I`m thinking about it.
Trim and clear coat it...Its a ditzler bowtie black now with no clear..Just shiny as shizzle black.
Its going to happen this summer though...I have some fabrications that will keep it stock but custom..A work in progress as YOU! know.
Funny thing i just thought of it in Maui Red and pearl white..What a paint sceme that would be..
Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Everly, IA
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject:
Hey, all. I recently picked up an '81 400 Special II. 9,000 original miles, seems to run well. The bike was purchased to be a sacrificial lamb for my wife to learn to ride on. I'd like to know more about the bike and it's history(legacy?). Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks _________________ Streak
VROC#11837
Everly, IA
EFD#12
Current Rides- ´03 Kawasaki Z1000
´07 Kawasaki Vulcan 500
´81 Yamaha 400 Special II
Former Rides- ´81 Suzuki GS550L
´78 Honda CB750F(Wish I had this one back..)
´94 Honda Magna
´81 Suzuki 450L
´03 Kawasaki Vulcan Nomad
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject: New to Yamaha's
Hey guys. Great forum here with loads of information.
I am a new Yamaha guy. I ride a 03 Harley Electra Glide. The one with the CD player and storage for 10. I have a couple 70's Hondas in restoration mode now.
A guy I ride with has a 78 Yamaha 650. He used it to learn on and then parked it in his brothers garage. The poor thing just sat this past year. He had it sold a couple of times but no one ever showed with the cash. Last night the guy calls and asked if I would come take the bike away for free. Not knowing the 1st thing about Yamahas it took me almost a minute to say yes.
Saturday I pick up the bike and hope to have it running. I hope you guys don't mind the thousand questions I will be asking about Yamaha's.
Joined: Feb 26, 2007 Posts: 25 Location: enfield, ct united states
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:03 am Post subject: Re: New to Yamaha's
gene03079 wrote:
A guy I ride with has a 78 Yamaha 650. He used it to learn on and then parked it in his brothers garage. The poor thing just sat this past year. He had it sold a couple of times but no one ever showed with the cash. Last night the guy calls and asked if I would come take the bike away for free. Not knowing the 1st thing about Yamahas it took me almost a minute to say yes.
Is that an XS650? I like those...
Very cool bike stock, and modifies easily to a Cafe style with a few bucks. Omars DTR has tons of farings and body parts to make it look the way you want.
I have a DS6 (1970 2-stroke 250) and have begun the transformation...
Best of luck with it. I'm sure she'll be running great in no time. _________________ "speed´s just a question of money. How fast you ´wanna go?"
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: What kinda Yamahas out there?
Arcaneman wrote:
sr71cbx wrote:
I'm not as big a Yamaha fan(bad luck with them over the years), but I learned to street ride on a '73 RD350(rather steep learning curve)in my junior year of high school in '74.......why I'm still here is beyond me. I also owned a '72 DS-7 250cc twin with R5 350cc cylinders ported to old TD-1 specs on it while in the USAF.......ran like a scalded dog if you could keep a set of plugs in it longer than a week. Many larger bikes got embarrassed by this little sleeper.....only giveaway was the chambers on it and larger carbs at a closer glance.
-I also owned a '77 XS750 shaft drive triple which was a great road bike but another one with tranny woes--had to repair the trans before riding it for a few years in early '80's.
-A '68 Yammie 305 Scrambler was another bike I had for a couple years, got rid of it after a piston ventilated its crown on the freeway and made a 152.5cc single out of it.
-I am currently in possession of a '04 Yamaha TTR250X single dirt bike, kinda fun but cold blooded. It at least handles......!!
You would have like this one! 75 mph in First gear! haha Handled like a10 speed bike ..you move it will.........1987 FZR1000 - First production aluminum delta-box frame bike Top Speed 170 plus
I have a 1987 Yamaha FZR 750RT with 0 miles on it. Looks just like your picture, but with a black number plate on the rear side. Great looking cycle. I only have two yamaha's FZ 600 also. _________________ 1961 CB-77 1961 CB 72
Joined: Mar 12, 2007 Posts: 10 Location: Fallbrook, CA
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject:
Hey everyone: Newb to the site... Here's a couple of my Yamahas. The cafe'd SR now has clubmans instead of drag bars. I'm an SR nut. But also have a TT500 on its way to hopefully becoming HL500-ish.
Joined: Feb 27, 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Athens, Texas
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject:
Love the forum this is a great site.
I love my yamahas. I currently have a 1984 fj1100 with a '92 1200 motor wiseco 10.25:1 pistons keihin 33mm cr roundslide carbs, 92 fj1200 forks 17" fzr600 front rim and brakes with cbr600f2 17" rear rim/brakes. It has a corbin gunfighter and lady saddle and I ride the hell out of it. I'm almost 40 years old with 3 teenage sons and do not realy want a R1 or gsxr.My days of super agressive street riding are passed and if needed I will go to the track. I just love to ride anywhere anytime. My children take most of my time and money now yet I will always keep my fj. My big fj is my daily commuter. I used to commute185 miles round trip daily from west houston to Galveston Island to go to school and then work, and did so for 5 years straight. Now I have since moved to rural north east Texas and my commute is more reasonable but I actually miss the amount of riding I used to get to do on a daily basis. I have owned, in order, 2 honda cb125's, a 1972 gt350 tripple, 2 1985 fj600's (loved this bike), fz600, fz750, and now the fj11/1200.
All of my mid 80's yamahas were easy to work on ran well with minimal maintenance and I rode them all in all weather 365 days a year as i had no car. This was in houston Texas so summers were hot winters were cold but no snow and occ. ice so riding year round was feasable.
I have made trips from 45 miles south of Houston to Chattanooga Tenn. straight through then from there to new york on my fj600, and again two days to get back. I have taken my fj1200 from Dallas straight to Atlanta 12 hours and back in 10. It is comfortable, powerfull just plain fun. My big fj went 12 years and almost 80,000 miles without a valve adjustment only oil changes, tires and brake pads. I have not ever had the 2nd gear undercut and it gets run hard with only an occaisional slip out of gear. I have never had any catastrophic failures with any of my yamahas, the fj600 had weak/ leaky valve guides and when run hard would eat oil. This was not a ring or compression issue and did not detract from the fun factor. The fj 600 chasis was flexy but let it osscilate a little through a corner and you would be fine. It was comfortable and the engine was bulletproof. It was in stark contrast to the lack of comfort on the fz600! for my 6'1/2" 230 lb body. The fz 750 was fast and fun in the twisties but not the best long distance ride.
My next bike I would like to be an rz500 one of my friends has three but wont part with any, they are all fully legal and titled in texas.
I wish I had some pics to upload of my old bikes and will do so for my fj11 when my digital camera is fixed.
Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 329 Location: Orlando, FL
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:12 am Post subject:
Well, the only Yamaha I currently own would be my son's '06 TTR-125 dirt playbike. Its a lot of fun.
I have, however, owned half a dozen late 70s to early 80s Yamahas over the years. Nice bikes, all, and I liked them all.
Mine own thought, though, is that Yamaha had the darnedest time sorting out their transmissions. EVERY one that I owned had some transmission problem or other - terrible shifting, jumping out of gear, etc. Must be some sort of Yamaha trademark...
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I also owned a '72 DS-7 250cc twin with R5 350cc cylinders ported to old TD-1 specs on it while in the USAF.......ran like a scalded dog if you could keep a set of plugs in it longer than a week. Many larger bikes got embarrassed by this little sleeper.....only giveaway was the chambers on it and larger carbs at a closer glance. 
