(XS750SE Shaft Drive)
This was the condition of the bike
when purchased, during the Winter of '03.
Yamakid servicing the filter and carbs.
| Many thanks to the Yamaha Triples web site for their chart of model years and serial numbers information! Check them out at http://www.yamaha-triples.org/ |
A few more images of Yamakid's '78 XS750 daily rider.
Yamakid stripping his '79 XS parts bike at bykrmom's place.
Yamakid (right) and friend Steve strip
the '79 XS parts bike. The engine was pulled earlier in the day.
Almost done. The frame will be
scrapped, and all the other stock parts kept in reserve.
The Yamaha 750 three cylinder power
plant, ready for a top end rebuild. Yamakid plans to polish the intake and
exhaust ports and use this head on his daily rider. The other head and this
engine will be rebuilt and kept in reserve.
| Update: The original engine has seized up, for reasons unknown. Yamakid started the bike and loaded it in his truck in the fall of '04 and put the bike in storage for the winter. When spring rolled around again, the engine was locked solid. No amount of coaxing will get it to turn again. A quick inspection of the plugs showed that the center cylinder is rusty, to the point of rust being packed in around the insulator and electrode in that cylinder. Plans are now to re-engine the bike with the '79 power plant in the image above. More on progress when work begins. ~bykrmom |
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