my 1976 xs650 bobber project

whats up guys, ive been checking out this website for 3 months and stalking craigslist looking for a good donor bike. i finally lucked out and pulled the tigger on a 1976 xs650 special for 550 running and everything. ive been working on mini bikes and stuff since i was 12 so im pretty good with my hands. im 17 now and super stoked to be building this bike, ive been waiting sooo long. ok enough with the talking heres some pictures to show some progress.
i want to drill "speed holes" into the mag wheels.
parts list so far....
-tc bros hardtail
-lane splitter handle bars
-battery box and electronics tank
-ignition switch
-fender strut kit
-P-nut gas tank from lowbros
and just ordered dual sport tires for front and back\

and i dont know how i forgot, but i didnt take a pic of the stock complete bike but oh well
this is about a week of work so far hopefully finishing within the next 2 weeks!
Please any comments and ideas are welcome im looking to do some cool stuff to it

starting to dissasemble

exhaust gone

chopped her arse off

welded on a new one!

mock up with rear wheel tank and bars

shes a roller

from the back

next to my 71 chevelle

header pipes on... still undecided for the exhaust... thats my friend working on his mini haha

looks like a good start...... welcome to the sickness

welcome....Sweet Chevelle!

Welcome - plenty of help here! Looks like the start of a good build!

not much of an update for today..
i had a full free day after school today, i was expecting my seat to come and it didn't, something happened with UPS and now it wont be here till tomorrow.
so i dug into the wiring harness, i figured i would just start from scratch because. im going to have a headlight, tailight, and electric starter. still undecided with the electric starter. i want to keep the wiring as simple and tucked away as possible
quik question.. do i need the voltage regulator? how do i wire it up with out it?
also, does anyone know the stock # of chain links on a 1976 xs650? thanks for the help tomorrow should show alot more progess
Later

itrguy said:

welcome....Sweet Chevelle!

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thanks man, i love that car so much! haha

only a few things left to doo... got to mount and wire up the head light and tailight. then its time to tear it all down for paint!

Hey capriottikidd, Good lookin' build you got going there. Did you get her wired up yet?

yeh actually i got it wired pretty quickly.. kickstart only, and i have ridden the bike plenty of times so far so i started to disassemble the bike and grinded off all the old tabs and neck gusset(going to make a new neck gusset) then its time to paint it all up !

Good looking project. My very first car was a 1971 Chevelle.

finally got it all apart to paint, check it out.....

Looking good capriottikidd!