Date: 30/06/2020
Condition: Used
Location: Mansfield, GB
FOR SALE A YAMAHA XS850 CUSTOM WHICH I WILL SAY FOR SPARES OR REPAIR. BIKE HAS BEEN STANDING FOR A GOOD FEW YEARS BUT FIRES UP OK WITH A JUMP START. I DID INTEND TO KEEP IT BUT I HAVE TO MANY PROJECTS SO AM SELLING IT ON. I BOUGHT THIS FROM E-BAY IN 2015 AND IT HAS NO REGISTRATION. I AM SURE IT IS AN AMERICAN IMPORT WHICH WAS PROBABLY BROUGHT HERE SOME YEARS AGO. I DONT KNOW IF ITS ON THE NOVA SYSTEM OR JUST BROUGHT HERE AS SPARES. ANYWAY ITS NOT A BAD LOOKING BIKE BUT WILL NEED SOME BITS DOING TO IT BEFORE IT COULD GO ON THE ROAD.SOME CHROME HAS A LITTLE PITTING FRONT MUDGUARD BUT CLEANS UP NICE.FORK STANCHIONS ARE VERY GOOD.HEADLIGHT I THINK IS AN INCH TO BIG BUT LOOKS OK. SINCE I ADVERTISED IT BEFORE I HAVE CLEANED UP THE BRAKES AND GOT THEM WORKING PROPERLY I ALSO PUT A BETTER TYRE ON THE BACK A 2ND HAND ONE I HAD WITH A NEW TUBE. INDICATORS NEED WIRING UP AS THEY DONT WORK I HAVE TRACED MOST OF THE WIRING AND IT LOOKS TO BE THERE BUT JUST NOTHING HAPPENING. LIGHTS HORN AND BRAKE LIGHTS/PANEL LIGHTS WORK OK. CENTRE STAND NEEDS THE FOOT BAR YOU USE TO HOLD IT DOWN WELDING BACK AS ITS STARTING TO SNAP OFF. THE GOOD THINGS ARE.....I HAVE A YAMAHA 750 CUSTOM FRAME WITH V5 (CUSTOM MEANING THE 750 VERSION WHICH LOOKS THE SAME NOT A HARDTAIL OR ANYTHING LOL).THIS IS INCLUDED BECAUSE THE FACT THE BIKE HAS NO V5 OR NOVA IT WILL LIKELY PUT PEOPLE OFF. BUT IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUILD A SPECIAL THE 750 FRAME GETS RID OF THE NEED TO REGISTER THE BIKE AS IT HAS A V5. OFCOURSE SWAPPING EVERYTHING OVER ONTO THE OTHER FRAME IS NO EASY JOB.LOL IF YOU KNOW HOW TO GET A REGISTRATION IT WOULD NOT NEED THAT MUCH NOW TO PUT IT ON THE ROAD.I WOULD ADVISE CHECKING IT EVERYTHING OUT YOURSELF TO BE HAPPY YOU MAY WANT TO OVERHAUL THINGS ETC. THE 750 FRAME HAS ONE DIFFERENCE WHICH IS THE 750 DOES NOT HAVE AN OIL COOLER LIKE THIS MODEL BUT I BELIEVE IS THE SAME OTHERWISE. WOULD NEED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF BRACKETS TO HOLD THE COOLER. IT RUNS A LITTLE LUMPY ON TICKOVER WHICH I THINK IS THE IDLE JET ON THE R/H CARB I DO HAVE NEW RUBBER MANIFOLDS FOR IT SOMEWHERE ASWELL THAT WILL GO WITH THE BIKE BUT I THINK ITS JUST A JET PROBLEM AS IT REVS OUT AND PULLS VERY STRONG.HAVE A SET OF UK CLOCKS TO GO WITH IT ALSO. THE BIKE ACTUALLY HAS MATCHING NUMBERS AND THE TOOL KIT IS STILL IN THE BIKE ASWELL.WORKSHOP MANUAL COMES WITH THE BIKE. ***** JUST TO BE CLEAR BIKE DOES NOT HAVE A V5 AS IT IS NOT REGISTERED IN THIS COUNTRY AS FAR AS I KNOW BUT THE SPARE FRAME IS 1982 WITH A V5*****
| Year: | 1982 |
| Manufacturer: | Yamaha |
| Model: | XS |
| Street Name: | Special |
| Fuel: | Petrol |
| Gears: | Five-speed manual |
| Start Type: | Combo |
| Previously Registered Overseas: | Yes |
| Capacity (cc): | 825 to 974 cc |
| Number of Manual Gears: | Five-speed |
