My 1976 XT500

My 1976 XT500.



I had the bike for years and never had a single issue.
It was one of the first ones ever built (frame number 201) was totally original and stock, apart from the back muffler. Never did find an orginal one.
Note the unique shape of the exhaust, it goes down and then up again, which is a indication that it was a very early production bike.

Sold it a couple of years ago, what was I thinking
I miss the old girl even though I didn't ride her much. Kick starting a 500 is somewhat tricky and she could have her days so to say. I never had to worry about someone taking off with her because I was the only one able to start her. Two kicks at the most, more and she would flood and you could basically walk away. Worked for me. Usually needed only one.

Very nice XT. :)

The 1976 model had the down pipe exhaust, which was common in the early 1970s.
All of the 1976 XT-500C models had this.
The 1977 XT-500D (and later models) had the up pipe exhaust, which is common today.

As a throw-back to the olden days, the current XT-660R (sold in Europe) has down pipe exhaust pipes.

https://2img.net/h/i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab259/shorttrack915/105_0186.jpg
still got mine !
https://www.youtube.com/user/915racer?feature=mhee#p/u/16/34TzKalUj70
and this is how to start them !!

http://vft.org/vftforsale3-StreetMXers.html
look what i just found !!

dtx wrote:

still got mine !

dtx wrote:

look what i just found !!

Would you stop it already. I miss my old girl....