True, I owned many Yamaha XS650's, and now I'm on my 3rd XS1100 shaftie.
What a bike, made of unbreakable metal. :-) As great as the aircooled VW's I
own.
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in vanagon?

> Guess again.  The Excess650 was a fresh design.  The Kawasaki W650 was the
> knock-off BSA A7. <http://kawasakiw650.co.uk/history.htm>
>
> Jim
> Bikes? Yup... always.
>
> Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:
> > What about the Yamaha XS650?  It was a knock-off of the Triumph.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> > Of Andrew Grebneff
> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 2:49 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in vanagon?
> >
> >
> > "Bikes? Nope... never."
> >
> > .
> >
>