XS 650 twin klubs around the world:
The home page of the Dutch Twin Klub: Yamaha650 Twin Klub Nederland
The home page of the Yamaha650 Society, US based
Yamaha XS650 Club of Australia
Sources for finding information and problem solving:
Mailing list of XS650 enthusiasts: faq found here Caution ... this mailing list is highly addictive. Use with care. Also prepare for a lot of mail!!! This mailing list is very active and can generate up to 70 mails per day!!! But the people on it are very helpful and a lot of knowledge is available.
Troubleshooting electrics for the xs 650 - great info!
How to remove the fork seals - the easy way!
Discussion group set up in UK/Ireland
Motorcycle companies that specialise in the XS 650 or carry special stuff:
Homepages of people with one or several XS 650's:
Finn Lund in Norway wants to start a Yamaha 650 Twin klub. Nice page.
Nice trail project from Australia
Dragracing
Dreads biker site, lots of dragracing stuff
Tech stuff, MC related:
BMW site but very good tech stuff: BMW site
Mailing list about electronic injection
How to make springs - very detailed info
Comparison between 270 and 360 degrees crank phase - More info on this subject from the same site
Motorcycle online, has very good tech pages
A xs 650 lover, very cool home made motorcycle lift he built himself. Check it out!
Information on the inventor of the four stroke, and basic principles.
site with microfiches for many bikes
Sidecar building and importing company
Building cheap manometers to balance the carbs
Tech stuff, relating to making carbon parts:
Very good info here, Richard's pages
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/main.html
Tech stuff, relating to tools and making them yourself
http://www.metalcrafttools.com/Benchengwheel.html
Friends:
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