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« on: March 05, 2010, 12:34:05 PM » |
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my 1973 yamaha tx650 and my 1980 vespa p200e
the vespa is my daily ride and this is her winter getup. Take the wall down for the other 3 seasons of riding. funny without it I can top at around 65mph but with it no more than 45mph. but I am much warmer and allows me to ride pretty much all winter
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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2010, 12:53:43 PM » |
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That vespa is awesome. I had a neighbor with a very similar white one - she babied that thing like you wouldn't believe.
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2010, 12:54:35 PM » |
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I like the Yamaha, is that original or did you restore her?
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2010, 01:10:09 PM » |
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OH the good old P200's. Love those scooters. I have had a few over the years. The windscreen is massive. You could build a card house in your lap with that thing.
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2010, 06:02:09 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2010, 03:32:12 AM » |
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Me too. Looks to be in great shape for a bike that's 37 yrs. old. I used to ride and wrench a 70s Yammie 650 twin back in the old days, but it was an XS650. Looked a lot like that one. Wonder what the difference is.
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2010, 03:50:57 PM » |
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That yammy is gorgeous!  |
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2010, 06:43:41 AM » |
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mortikan
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2010, 09:57:01 AM » |
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my yamaha is an xs650 just the pre-xs. if you look at the lineage it was xs1, xs1-a, xs-b, tx for 3 years , then xs till it ended in 1983. with various letters through g
thanks for the comments she is a good looking bike. but currently down for repair. I have to do rings and maybe valves to for my left cylinder.
funny thing is she starts and will run on a single cylinder with no motor noise. way over engineered engine. but, that's good I suppose.
Cheers
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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2010, 02:52:54 PM » |
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Great bikes, I like em' both.
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« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2010, 11:21:32 PM » |
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I really like that sort of vintage styling.. I hope the japs would add a retro bikez to their line up.. Ducati's got the gt1000, triumph the bonneville and now the new commander by norton... i'm just really tired of the Harley look a like bikez. Why copy harley? japs aesthetics are nicer and they're more reliable bikez anyway..  |
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