Yamaha produced 1 of these each year. To help dealers market their products locally.

Adplanner 1978

 

 

… intro … John Rinek – Advertising Manager

 

 

… Specials – XS400E … XS650SE

 

 

… more

 

 

… XS650 and XS400-2E

 

 

one-liners

 

 

bike images

 

 

radio scripts

XS650E Assembly Manual

 

 

XS650E Assembly Manual

 

XS650E Assembly Manual … from # 2F0-006501

 

XS650E Assembly Manual

Found my 78 book. These are the relevant pages.

 … will create and upload as pdf …

1978

• VW Beetle ceases production. After nearly 30 years. 20 million cars
• World-wide. Unemployment rises after several decades of near full employment
• Gold reaches an all time high … $200.00 per ounce
• Japanese Cars  account for half the US import market. The energy crisis/rising fuel prices fueling demand for economy cars
• Sweden becomes the first nation to ban Aerosol cans. Ozone layer killers
• Serial killer David Berkowitz.”Son of Sam”. Sentenced .. 25 to life
• Amoco Cadiz. Oil tanker. Runs aground March 16th. Brittany coast .. Ecologically disasterous slick. 18 miles wide. 80 miles long. Covering about 200 miles (320 km) of Brittany coastline
• Cult leader Jim Jones. Guyana. Instructs 400 members of his church, “People’s Temple”, to commit suicide
• Worlds Population. Estimated at 4.4 billion
• First Test Tube Baby. Louise Brown. Born in England
• Illinois Bell Company introduces first ever Cellular Mobile Phone System
• Jimmy Carter,  Helmut Schmidt, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Pierre Trudeau,  Malcolm Fraser… a fine bunch of rogues
• Saturday Night Fever, Grease, JawsII, The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters …

XS-E Cable Routing .. lhs

… increase size? …  Click image – up to 2 x

XS E Cable Routing … rhs

78 XS E Wiring

78 XS SE Cable Routing .. lhs

78 XS SE Cable Routing … rhs

78 XS SE Wiring

78 XS SE Wiring Key