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What do you guys think about single brake bikes? I want to use the heritage rear wheel I have on my build which is a drum and no front brake for purely aesthetic reasons. This is mainly a bobber build that will be ridden pretty frequently but mainly around town.

Hey guys, So I'm back on track for building up my chop. The engine has been dry for some time now. I put the cases back together and I'm about ready to put the pistons on and slide the jugs on. But before I get that far I have a question. If it's dry is it normal for the trans to not want to...

As the title says... I was about to start my rebuild and realized there is an oil seal on the crank between the crank and the alternator rotor. I have a brand new set of seals and would like to replace that one, it wasn't leaking when the motor was together but I'd like to replace it anyway...

So I'm going to put mids on my bike and I'm trying to come up with something, while stumbling around the net I came across this site that has an XS that has a cable instead of a linkage rod. http://pangeaspeed.com/gallery.html The top bike in the gallery, the bottom left picture is the...

Looking for a rear wheel in decent shape, chrome doesn't need to be good I'm going to paint it. I'd like it to have the brake on it. I can pay $ or trade mag rims or just about any other stock part I have. Only thing I used from my 79 was the engine and frame, rest has to go. Found what I was...

Well I figured I would start a thread for the actual build. I'm not aiming for anything fancy. Don't expect this to be a very unique build either. :laugh: This is my first time doing anything like this and I'm just going for a look I like and that look just so happens to be a very common look...

I think the bubble shields are hideous but this one isn't so bad, anyone know where to find one? I googled around and couldn't find it, only weird flip up ones.

First of, I'm James... Hi haha. I recently discovered the amazingness of import bobbers. My roommate has a Shadow VLX600 I was searching about it and came across bobbers, then I discovered the XS650 community and here I am now. So I'm looking into picking up an old XS650 to convert into a...