In modern context, we call a 650cc parallel twin a middle-weight machine, but the late 1960s were a different time, with a different context. The motorcycle horsepower wars and gentleman’s agreements ...

It may have been around for almost four decades, but it looks as if it just came off the production line! I’ll start by pointing out the obvious and say that Yamaha’s XS650 was a genuine showstopper ...

The Yamaha XS650 is extremely popular on the bike-modding scene thanks to its bulletproof Japanese reliability and versatile nature. We’ve seen it transformed into anything and everything from ...

What do you get when you pit custom bike shop Motocrew against a 1979 Yammie XS650? A dark horse fit for James Bond’s next action flick – and apparently, this bike shop had quite the tight brief from ...

When the Yamaha company unveiled the new 1970 XS650, they fired a shot across the bow of the entire British motorcycle industry. The Yamaha XS650, then and now, is an excellent alternative to the ...

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