Samuel Mackey

CNC Applications Engineer by day, Newbie Fabricator by night 🤙🏽

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Yamaha xs500 '76 Rebuild

Had a little bit of time this weekend to work on the babe. Decided I'll leave the cosmetics as a later project and I'll just start putting the bike together now. As if today, front forks are on along with some clip ons 👍🏽

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Yamaha xs500 '76 Rebuild

Week 1 Goal...strip her down and chop her up... key is to make a little progress everyday 🤙🏽

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Yamaha xs500 '76 Rebuild

Bought the bike for $150 on Offer up. Has a seized engine but came with everything. Legend says they are one of the most difficult bikes on the market to rebuild... let's see if that legend hold true. 🤙🏽

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Stephen Jones

Torsion bar valve springs will make it an interesting rebuild.

Samuel Mackey

@charlie.rice I'll join that group though! It'll be nice getting in touch with some guys that have experience with this bike and I'll definitely need more recommendations on what to substitute for components 🤙🏽

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