NOT SO MELLOW YELLOW: NORTH EAST’S XT500 RESTO-MOD

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https://www.bikeexif.com/restomod-yamaha-xt500

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All is forgiven, that's proper lovely :D
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Shut up and take my money :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Jesus, don't tell me we've finally made the masses happy ???
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Don't like the colour, and the silencer could be prettier.
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weeksy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 7:46 am Jesus, don't tell me we've finally made the masses happy ???
Is that better?
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cheb wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:02 am
weeksy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 7:46 am Jesus, don't tell me we've finally made the masses happy ???
Is that better?
LOL i didn't build it, so i don't much care :)
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I'm hardly representative of the masses, I own a guzzi which I think is pretty :?

Oh and it could do without the red showa stickers on the forks
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Like. A lot.
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That's nice, longer seat and rear mudguard would improve it.
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Very nice indeed. Love the nod to KR colours/speedblock. Long time since I've seen a supertrapp exhaust, but it looks dead right on that.
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That's lush. 👍
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Nifty enough.

When you slap the old yellow/speedblock thing on a Yam,it needs to be a mess of a bike before folk will hate it.
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It's pay proper money for that
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Mudguards? [X]
Airbox? [X]
Sidepanels? [X]

Bloody hell, its almost as if the builder actually wanted to ride the bike, on a real road with puddles and stuff. Whatever will those bike builders think of next?

Yeah, I quite like that one.
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What if you painted this yellow?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mash-X-ride-650/154316070633
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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 7:05 pm What if you painted this yellow?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mash-X-ride-650/154316070633

Well, its a lot more useful looking than a lot of the modified bikes I've seen pics of recently.

That doesn't mean I don't like them, its just that they all look like the builder got to putting the carb to airbox rubber on and lost interest.
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KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 7:05 pm What if you painted this yellow?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mash-X-ride-650/154316070633
I think it looks good as it is, I quite like that.
I was tempted to buy a Honda Dominator a while back but I didn't want another old bike with potential problems, this looks like a good alternative.

There are some good bikes out now in this sort of style/range, the RE springs to mind as well.
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