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1977 Yamaha XS750-2D
SN 1J7-106057
I purchased this bike on 7/13/96 from a guy in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
At the time, I was spending the summer just across the Illinois/ Wisconsin
border in Winthrop Harbor. I was commuting daily between there and
Milwaukee (100 miles round-trip) and decided that I could spare $500
for a cheap motorcycle to keep the miles from piling up too fast on
my car. I liked the bike so much I kept it and brought it back with
me to Santa Barbara that fall.
Check out the dyno results for my bike
after the ring & valve jobs!
SO YOU WANT TO BUY AN OLD USED BIKE?
NO mine isn't for sale...just thought I'd inform you beforehand, that I've
easily paid the purchase price again just to keep the bike in running
condition, and to spiff it up just a tad. Here's the repair log:
- TIRES: Rear, new $90. 2 "new2me" front tires, $25 ea. (includes mounting
at shop).
- SEALS: Rear drive unit; outer, and left- and right-inner. $46 (labor =
me). Front fork seals $32, plus $20 labor.
- BRAKES: Aside from fixing the previous owner's stupidity (put the pads in
wrong, and then broke the mounting bolt) I've gone through 2 new2me front
master cylinders ($35 ea.) because of leaks. I'm on my third.
- CARBS: Had them sync'd once ($45) at a shop, then bought my own gauges
($60). Also, correcting previous owner's stupidity required heavy time
investment. Other parts pro bono (it pays to make friends!). Completely
rebuilt them in 1999 (see below).
- LIGHTS: Replaced standard bulb with halogen setup (free: again, friends
are worth it!).
- LOOKS: Seat recovered cost $55. Many hours invested cleaning oxidation off
wheels, engine and repainting. New mirrors ($12)
- MISC: Includes things as points/plugs/brake fluid/paint/etc... never
ending.
- REBUILD TIME: Between 10/98 and 5/99 I re-ringed the pistons, reground the
valves (and replaced one burned exhaust valve) and rebuilt the carbs. All
told, with tool costs included (mainly a chain breaker-riveter) this was over
$600. Gasket set = $95, 3 ring sets = $109, machine shop labor = $100, valve =
$20, carb kits 3 @ $20...The bike only had just over 28K on it when I did
this. MAKE SURE YOU ADJUST YOUR VALVES ON A REGULAR BASIS!!!
IS IT WORTH IT?
If you own a Yamaha triple, DAMN STRAIGHT it
is!
This is me (left), the late Mike Pearce (center), and Jeff
Munson, on Mike's (now Jeff's) XS750. Taken July, 1997, Chez Munson, San
Francisco, CA. Mike was a damn funny and helluva nice guy and we miss
him.
Three unsavory characters meet down-under in the Wickham
Terrace Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, for the very first
"Interhemispheric Meeting of YTriples-L." That's Jarrod ('Jed') Emery on left,
me center, Pete Cole right. July 11 (or was it the 12th by this time???),
1999.
Post-feast relaxation at the Taco Temple, Morro Bay, CA. Nov. 4, 2000.
Left to right: Peter "Macgyver" Russell, moi, Hitchhiker, Augusto, Coolcat, and
Giulio "The Professor" Ongaro. Photo courtesy of Giulio (used with
permission).
Click here to see other images from the Morro Bay Tripler's Run of Nov. 4-5, 2000
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