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My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« on: 20 March 2009, 00:38:01 »
In 75 returned to England from USA shipped my 73 Yamaha XS 500 dohc, by todays standards looks pretty normal   but in those days my mates all had Honda 550 4 cyl and I could out run/accel with my cheaper Yammy did sell it to some kid here & I bought BSA Gold Flash 650 cc loved it but as time went on it had to go as didnt get used enough :'( and needed the £££££

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/will.wombat/Yamaha%20%20TX500%2072%20%201.jpg

Only difference to mine was i had backrest fitted so the young un's didnt slide off as they loved to go on the back for a short spin aghh memories.. :y 8-)
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #1 on: 20 March 2009, 19:29:26 »
A trip down memory lane, eh  :y
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #2 on: 20 March 2009, 20:20:36 »
That is an early 8 valver :o
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #3 on: 20 March 2009, 20:51:39 »
Nice............if troublesome bike the XS500.........in the late seventies I owned an XS650 Yamaha twin..............the Japanese Bonnie. :y :y :y
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #4 on: 20 March 2009, 21:33:30 »
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Nice............if troublesome bike the XS500.........in the late seventies I owned an XS650 Yamaha twin..............the Japanese Bonnie. :y :y :y
i had a xs 500 dohc 78 model with straight trough silencers what a note off them ? no good for mot mind  :y
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #5 on: 20 March 2009, 22:59:53 »
Looks similar to the bike Albs has now that does  :D
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #6 on: 20 March 2009, 23:09:30 »
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #7 on: 20 March 2009, 23:11:36 »
I had a CB100N as a first road bike which I passed my test on  :y

Mans bike Yamaha, Vamps....  ;) :P
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #8 on: 20 March 2009, 23:17:40 »
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I had a CB100N as a first road bike which I passed my test on  :y

Mans bike Yamaha, Vamps....  ;) :P

But,    you have one :-/ :-? :o........... :P :P :P
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #9 on: 20 March 2009, 23:20:27 »
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I had a CB100N as a first road bike which I passed my test on  :y

Mans bike Yamaha, Vamps....  ;) :P

But,    you have one :-/ :-? :o........... :P :P :P

And??? what you saying??? ;D
I have also had one of these.. tell me you ain't a man to have had one of these if you dare ;D
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #10 on: 20 March 2009, 23:22:23 »
And I have had one of these Babies, exactly the same.. what a bike :y

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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #11 on: 20 March 2009, 23:24:29 »
Don't like race bikes, like a 'sit up and beg style' with a full fairing, and I don't care what you say...... ;D ;D :P :P
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« Reply #12 on: 20 March 2009, 23:26:18 »
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Don't like race bikes, like a 'sit up and beg style' with a full fairing, and I don't care what you say...... ;D ;D :P :P


Apparently you do this alot  ::) :P :D ;D
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Re: My last Yammy bike back in the old days
« Reply #13 on: 20 March 2009, 23:38:18 »
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Don't like race bikes, like a 'sit up and beg style' with a full fairing, and I don't care what you say...... ;D ;D :P :P


Apparently you do this alot  ::) :P :D ;D

I was thinking bikes, do you ever have what I called my 'oh break moments' not necessarily going fast but come to a corner and things don't go as planned, for many reasons, and find yourself saying ' oh break of break' as you go through it.........
 ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #14 on: 20 March 2009, 23:56:03 »
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Don't like race bikes, like a 'sit up and beg style' with a full fairing, and I don't care what you say...... ;D ;D :P :P


Apparently you do this alot  ::) :P :D ;D

I was thinking bikes, do you ever have what I called my 'oh break moments' not necessarily going fast but come to a corner and things don't go as planned, for many reasons, and find yourself saying ' oh break of break' as you go through it.........
 ;D ;D ;D

No but I have near on soiled myself a few times  ;D ;D ;D
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