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Hard to find time to work on the 650, but I did get some of the mounts done. The upper motor mount had to be redone in order to fit the MX125 tank. The original mount was a funky 3 piece per side deal:shrug: Not sure why Yamaha did that, but here is the making of the new mounts...

I'll have several spring options for the forks and at least 1 for the rear. I have a set of YZ490 forks and rear shock that came with the rolling chasis. The rear spring is nearly 1mm thicker in the coil. I don't know if that will be enough, but statically the bike sits well with the 125...

Thanks! It's my defense for the cabin fever I am prone too:yikes: I have not checked the trail, at least that I can remeber what it is. I'll check it as soon as I pull it off the rack. I believe that you are right and the rake is less than stock. The triple trees are a combination of a 1987...

I was able to separate the first seat with 4 layers of fiberglass (plain old duct tape worked well and released well). 4 layers was not going to be thick enough, but I wanted to get the shorter seat form done as I could add layers later. Here is the 1st pan for the small MX tank. I needed to...

Got started on the inner and outer fenders. I hate working with fiberglass::mad: First I had to connect the inner fender from the XS that was modified around the monoshock to the inner fender from the Kawasaki F11 that holds the duct bill. And a little support from the...

Nice. I have a shop and I haven't found a decent replacement from any of the suppliers. You can get accessory blocks, but not replacement fuse blocks. I wonder what the dimensions are.

Got the tailligh and plate bracket roughed in. Added a top support to lock it in. And Finally: Had enough pictures yet? :yikes:

It is a Sunday morning here is Toledo and I got a few hours free to come down to the shop and get some work done on the XS. It is still too early to fire up the grinder so I am prepping some parts to connect the F11 inner fender to the one I modified from the XS. The radii between the 2...

Thanks. Hopefully I can get the new tail section welded into place and get to work on the seat pans.

I haven't been keeping the posts up too well here, but I finally got around for an update. I had to find some place to stick the coils since the bracket had to be removed to fit the MX tank. I almost mounted them by the air boxes, but then I decided to check the Pamco ignition...

Honestly I wanted it done last Fall. I'm hoping now for some initial test rides by April, but that probably won't include the supermoto set up. Did get some work done putting gussets on the foot pegs over the weekend:)

Statically they are okay, but once we get some motion I'm sure they will be too spongy. I plan on fitting the spring from the YZ490 shock (it is almost 1mm thicker than the YZ125 spring) and I think that will be a good starting point for test riding. I will probably need to get a heavier spring...

Yeah. I couldn't have tackled this without that help. I can cut and weld a bit, but I don't have any machining capabilities. Also have another friend who is going to paint it when we're done:thumbsup: Not to mention my other buddy who gave me the bike in the first place:D

I'm new to XS650.com and you guys have some really cool stuff here. I've been fooling around with other bikes for awhile, but alway wanted an XS. I've been on this project for some time now so here is a bit of history and the mods to date. I hope you like it:bike: A friend gave me a 1979...

Sorry for the delay. Work ii taking all my time right now. The front forks, rear swing arm, shock and linkage, wheels, etc. are from a 1987 YZ125. Although, I have since picked up a 1989 YZ490 rolling chasis and I believe the the steering stem from the 490 would have been a much easier swap...