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Friday, October 28, 2011

Project Purple Rain

I went for a bike ride and found this gem at a local yard sale. All I could think of when I saw it was Purple Rain, Puuuurple Raaaaiiiiiiiin! So with all its gayness I decided the price was right so I picked it up.  It is a 1979 Yamaha XS650 Special.  Back in the day when this bike was new I never gave these little machines a second look.  All I wanted to do was go fast and if it did not have a 3 cylinder 2-stroke or an inline 4 cylinder UJM I was not interested.  I have been noticing a few of the XS's Modified and I am impressed with the results.  The plan for right now is to get it running and mechanicly sound to make sure we have a solid foundation to chop from.  I will leave it a swing arm bike as Western NY roads are pothole riddled and the only way to ride fast is with a suspension. I plan on doing the entire build myself just like when I was younger and a lot more broke and had no choice in the matter.  We will see where this takes us Stay tuned.




Barn Fresh

Dirty, Rusty and Bone Stock

Ultra Gay

Washed Up! Ready for a new Look!
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5 comments:

  1. FXR-JonOctober 28, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    You soooo need to find that fairing, or a pair of 6 bends at the minimum.

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  2. WoMpYNovember 1, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    and Apollonia on the back...

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  3. tearitupfixitrepeatNovember 1, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    Prince rolled a Honda 400A AKA Hondamatic.

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  4. gigastattNovember 2, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    "Prince rolled a Honda 400A AKA Hondamatic."

    Yea I know but that is all I that ran through my head when I saw it plus XS650 Special does not have the same ring as Purple Rain!!

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  5. tearitupfixitrepeatNovember 2, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    The sad thing is that a Purple Rain clone is on my list of bikes to build if I find good donor on the cheap.

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