scottincalgary

...just need a four cylinder to complete the collection! 1971 XS1B650, 1978 SR500E, 1978 XS750 Special

Name: Yamaha SR500E (1978) Date Added: 15 May 2012 - 08:21 AM Owner: scottincalgary Short Description: This bike's original and only owner was 78 years young when I picked it up. The only reason he was selling was he just couldn't kick it over like he used to. View Vehicle

Name: Yamaha XS1B 650 (1971) Date Added: 15 May 2012 - 08:19 AM Owner: scottincalgary Short Description: This beauty spent eight years sitting in the crate at a brokerage lot in Arizona before finding it's way to Canada. Then a few sedate years with a Dentist in BC before I bought it from his estate sale. View Vehicle

Name: Yamaha XS750 Special (1978) Date Added: 15 May 2012 - 08:17 AM Owner: scottincalgary Short Description: that triple has a really unique sound...low-end torque and lots of high-rpminsanity! View Vehicle

Hey there, I've picked up some great information and tips from this forum...so thought I'd register. ...always loved Yamaha...although for the first ten years of my life all I had was a Yamaha trombone and the family Yamaha piano. Wasn't until close to my 50th year that I finally got the Yamaha I wanted...a 1971 XS1B 650. Candy orange and that great and distinctive two cylinder throb. Add a year and I came across a 1978 SR500 with that wicked thump of one cyclinder...and that finicky warm kick start that I've finally figured out (after 2 years of kicking my knee off). This year...the odd squad is complete as a friend gave me his 1978 XS750 Special because his wife was cleaning the garage. I used to ride Honda CB750's back when I was younger...and they were great but this Yamaha 750 triple is absolutely wicked. Great low-end torque and still gets wickedly nasty at high end rpms....plus that triple roar is just as unique as the thumper and the double. They all make distinctive music...and sound a lot better than I did on the old Yamaha trombone! Scott