ClevelandMoto Podcast 119 Our New Home Cleveland Moto

Published: April 8, 2016, 4 a.m.

b'The first Podcast from our new shop.\\xa0 Did somebody say "Buffer Rodeo"?\\xa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VooOQbiAneg Our Tribute to the Yamaha XS-650 The\\xa0Yamaha XS650\\xa0is a mid-size\\xa0motorcycle\\xa0made by\\xa0Yamaha Motor Company. The\\xa0standard\\xa0model was introduced in 1968 and produced through 1979. The "Special" cruiser model was introduced in 1978 and produced through 1985. The XS650 began with the 1955\\xa0Hosk\\xa0SOHC\\xa0500\\xa0twin. After about 10 years of producing 500 twin, Hosk engineers designed a 650\\xa0cc twin. Later the Hosk company was acquired by\\xa0Showa Corporation, and in 1960 Yamaha had bought Showa with Hosk's early design of 650 cc twin.[1]When the Yamaha XS 650 was launched in 1968 it had one of the most advanced\\xa0engines\\xa0in its class of large parallel twin motorcycles. The engine and\\xa0gearboxare\\xa0unit construction\\xa0with the\\xa0crankcase\\xa0split horizontally for ease of assembly whereas almost all contemporaries in its class in 1968 are either unit construction with a vertically split crankcase or\\xa0pre-unit construction\\xa0with separate engine and gearbox. The cool thing about the XS-650 is you can do damn near anything with it: Scrambler Chopper Cafe Racer Off Road - Scrambler Custom ?!?! Or, the one that Johnny Chrome actually owned:\\xa0 Support the show

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