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XF650
2nd June 2012, 21:53
This bike (ex California) has recently been added to John McKay's collection at SpringLynne Motorcycles.
I reckon it's cool.
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It's a Yamaha YD off road racer - the bike compared to piano's in "On Any Sunday II".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wNUl4ebXrI
If my research is correct, this model evolved into 1960's "Catalina" & "Big Bear" road bikes, including a Street Scrambler version that surely must be Yamaha's first Adventure bike, even before the DT1?

SpringLynne have a great collection of classic bikes & well worth a visit: http://www.springlynnemotorcycles.co.nz/index.php/collection/

young1
2nd June 2012, 22:17
Wow that is a cool old bike

Love the quote from the You Tube clip - ".... A Yamaha, by the look of it they should stick to making pianos" and "that'll probably be the last Yamaha they send over here". Classic stuff