1981 Yamaha XS650, 653cc. Registration number UNK 894W. Fram...

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£4,000

1981 Yamaha XS650, 653cc. Registration number UNK 894W. Frame number 447- 856128. Engine number 856128.
When the Yamaha XS 650 was launched in October 1969 it had one of the most advanced engines in its class of large parallel twin motorcycles. The engine and gearbox are unit construction with the crankcase split horizontally for ease of assembly whereas almost all contemporaries in its class in 1969 are either unit construction with a vertically split crankcase or pre-unit construction with separate engine and gearbox. In 1969 only the Laverda 750S, and the Honda CB350, also launched that year, matched the XS 650's modernity of unit construction and SOHC valve operation.
The XS 650 was produced until 1985, with regular upgrades to the braking system, suspension and engine.
UNK is an UK machine, first registered on the 31st of March 1981 and is believed to have been owned by a musician originally and our vendor bought it from a music producer who had bought from his estate in 2004. Stored unused in a barn since then when our vendor bought it in 2013 the indicated mileage was only some 6,000 miles.
He has totally stripped and rebuild the machine, powder coating the frame, and other parts, the tinware was resprayed, a new wiring loom fitted, the wheels were rebuilt as were the brakes. Upon examination the engine and gearbox where found to be in very good order so have not been touched apart from a service; it was back on the road in 2019.
There is a detailed history folder of the work undertaken, along with receipts for the parts/work. It is being sold to make room for his next project.
Sold with the V5C, MOT until October 2020 and the history folder.