Topic: Picked up the new bike

[bowhunter]

   Picked up the new bike this weekend. Still not sure what I'll do with it. The price was right(free), but may take too much$ to get it roadworthy. A '76 Yamy XS750. Missing carbs,speedo, handlebar electrics,and who knows what else. Motor's locked up tight, so untill I get a look into it, still an unknown. I'm in no rush in any case. After I get it torn down and check prices for replacement parts, then I'll decide whether to restore or just part it out.
   Believe it or not, after sitting outside in the weather for over 20 years, both tires till held air in them!
   
Bowhunter

[ProTeal55]

Make it a bare bones / Bobber / Cafe / Digger bike and sel lit on Ebay as "Oldschool" .
You will make a killing.....

[bowhunter]

Now that you mention it, cafe-ing it doesn't sound like a bad idea. Probably would be simpler than
than a full restore because of original parts scarcity.

Bowhunter

[cb650]

Is that the triple or the twin?



              Terry

[bowhunter]

It's the triple.

Bowhunter

[Terry in Australia]

Don't spend too much money on it mate, they weren't bad bikes, but were pretty plain and aren't all that collectable now.  The 750 twin was an absolute disaster and the factory stopped production after only a year or two. (I remember watching a new one idling on the centre-stand actually vibrating itself across the sidewalk, it made a British single look smooooth)

I don't know if they'd ever be considered collectable either, but they'd certainly be the focus of many alcohol fuelled conversations, ha ha! Cheers, Terry.

[mcpuffett]

i bet you a quid there is a owners club for them    mick.

[Terry in Australia]

i bet you a quid there is a owners club for them    mick.

G'Day Mick, well I Googled the TX750 and it came up with a TX750 interest site, but it looks like it's been shut down. (Due to a lack of interest, maybe?) I then found this Dutch site with some step by step pics of a TX750 chopper, but once again, we all know that the Dutch are very liberal drug users, so this is not necessarily a recommendation, ha ha! Cheers, Terry. 

http://members.home.nl/yja.wolters/tx750/Home.html