You know you rida an XS650 if....

[pamcopete]

It won't start because it's the wrong time of the month

[pamcopete]

The engine serial number and frame number don't match. Never did.

[pamcopete]

People gather round your bike and snicker. And that's before you put your helmet on.

[pamcopete]

If you divide the engine serial number by the frame number, the answer always comes out as 650.

[sevens0n]

You put your tool box and loading ramp in your pickup, Give your spouse the truck keys and ask her to stay by the phone till ya get back from a short ride.

[myxsownsme]

1.)you put new carbkits in, replace leaky exhaust , rejet carbs, replace valve stem seals, piston rings and recover the seat just in time for that last good ride before it starts to snow and the battery dies.

2.) Everytime you need a new part, the wife ask "this will fix it right ?".

3.) you take a change of clothes to work because by the time you get there you have some oil or gas somwhere on you.

[Thorny81Special]

You've tried to kickstart your bike in first with embarassing results.

You're pile of stuff you've removed from the bike to make it look cooler is taller than the bike itself.

You own stock in Gunk degreaser.

You've thought about hooking your stock seat up to a truck in the winter to use as a plow (I have 3 of the behemoths).

[garyr]

You are missing some engine mounting bolts and the rest are loose!

True story..

[garyr]

After just 1,400 miles a K&N pod filter vibrates off the bike.

You than spend a half a day back tracking your last ride looking for the filter on the side of the road to no avail. Than you order a new $100 pair.

True story.

[garyr]

You find a small puddle of oil under the bike leaking from the starter seal that you replaced twice and you decide not to fix it anymore and let it drip on the garage floor.

[spyug]

You try to sell your other ( non 650)bike and the guys says "no I want that one" pointing to the 650.

You think about it but decline as its like selling your firstborn ( whom you would likely sell if he pisses you off one more time).

Spyug.

[17mmspanner]

You got used to other old bike fans giving you that 'He'd have bought a Triumph if he could have afforded it' look.

You're forever in the middle of yet another mod or improvement that avoids you having to actually ride it - Radian Swingarm, big bore conversion, filling Amal Mk2s, XS750 front end etc etc

A Yamaha dealer, without blushing, asks £76 ($147 USD) for two sets of piston rings!!! Riding an XS in England isn't funny!

17mm Spanner

[650salvage]

you spend more time sitting on the bike thinking how cool it will be to ride it when you can figure out the wiring, than you do actually riding it (if you can figure out the wiring)

[650salvage]

you are constantly looking in old barns, garages and backyards whenever you on a trip, in case someone has a 650 just sitting there, that maybe you can buy for (parts)

[650salvage]

you put your tank and seat back on the bike whenever you done tracing wires, only to take them back off in the morning or as soon as you have spare time