1971 Yamaha XS650 Service and Repair Manual

The earliest XS650 service book, Yamaha part number LIT-11613-06-01, covers 1971 through 1973. In it the 1971 machine carries the plain model code XS650.

Three years in one volume is how Yamaha handled the first of these big twins, and it suits a bike of this age. Where something was altered between 1971 and 1973, the text says so, which keeps an early machine from being serviced to later figures.

The manual works the way a dealer technician worked. Specifications and adjustment values come first, then engine overhaul in factory sequence with clearances and torque called out, then clutch and gearbox, then the chassis: forks, swingarm, wheels, brakes. Carburetion and ignition have their own setting procedures, and the electrical chapter includes the wiring diagram needed to follow a circuit through the harness.

Confirm the XS650 code before ordering.