You know how it is with eBay auctions. Sometimes that little "Place Bid" button looks so inviting, especially when you think you've spotted a desirable item and no-one else seems to have noticed? Well maybe that's because you're bidding on a worthless pile of junk, at least that's my wife's verdict on the XT500 I bought as a basket case a couple of weeks ago.
I, however, feel like a teenager with his first bike all over again. This XT500, a 1978 model, was a showroom model when I was just thirteen years old and me and my mates had motorcycle brochures pasted to our walls. There were Laverda triples, black 'n' gold Ducati 900's and of course an XT500. Other lads had posters of the Clash, Sex Pistols and Blondie but for us it was always bikes.
In the intervening years I've had plenty of bikes but never an XT "Thumper"...never, that is, until now.
I, however, feel like a teenager with his first bike all over again. This XT500, a 1978 model, was a showroom model when I was just thirteen years old and me and my mates had motorcycle brochures pasted to our walls. There were Laverda triples, black 'n' gold Ducati 900's and of course an XT500. Other lads had posters of the Clash, Sex Pistols and Blondie but for us it was always bikes.
In the intervening years I've had plenty of bikes but never an XT "Thumper"...never, that is, until now.
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