bobber

I found an 1980 XS650 on Craigslist that I am interested in purchasing. The guy selling it is the second owner and might not know who hardtailed it. I want to know what to look for when inspecting the quality of the hardtail. Are there certain things I should look for? Any tips are greatly...

looking to what site can accommodate a specific sized bung for my fender, I need to stabilize the sides. I think there was a bung site but I can't remember what it was

Just a quick question on your preferred headlight size for a 650 bob chop I am going to be choosing to run a bottom mount bates style light; either 4 1/2 or 5 3/4 thoughts, opinions, preferred suppliers? all are welcome If I had the money I would buy every light I can get my hands on...

here is the start to this the project a "custom" 81 xs650 bobber that I think the original builder bought everything from tc brothers. ill be change'n most of the bike with the idea to keep it simple and a good rider with just a bit of flash. but get rid or rework the over used tc bros parts...

So last year me and my brother Ranger as he calls himself one this herr forum built a co-owned bike a 80xs650 Smokin Armadillo for the 2014 buildoff. This year i start my build granted it will probably take more than a year (do to the loftyness of the build in my head) but itll be fun and i plan...

Howdy guys! First off id like to say thank you to anyone that posts on here and that can give me some insight. Okay so here's the lead up to this gripe. My bike was delivered from a cross-country freight last week, I was trying to kick her over because she'd been sitting for a bit and...

I have a 75 XS650. My problem is I have an HID headlight and it flickers at idle, as well as my LED tail light. I've been around the block with the charging system on this thing and read a lot of forums about about it. I started with a battery and stock charging system but now it has a Hughs PMA...

Hey Guys, Does anyone have a picture of their xs650 with either the tc bros narrow alien tank or the tc bros frisco tank? Im debating which one to get. I like the shape of the alien tank but im afraid it will look too small...

I figure I'd start a thread on my build 1980XS650 that I bought for $350.00. Looking forward to comments, Q&A's and what not. My first bobber build, please keep in mind i am an Accountant with a passion for motorcycles. This is how we started off.

Haven't been on here much had lots goin on Here are a few pictures of what I have been doing Got invited to Artistry in Iron In Las Vegas and this is the bike I built in 29 Days Start to Finish to take! "Pimp Chicken" 20141002_154914 by pandemoniumc2, on Flickr 20141002_155008 by...

figured i may start up a bit of a build thread, if nothing else than just to keep my own pictures in the same place. here she as as i got it, hasnt been on the road since 86, rode hard and put away wet, but the majority of the bike was there built my self a quick little work table for...

So a few months ago me and my buddy decided to decorate ourselves and our bikes in sort of a post apocalypse theme for halloween. As in all great stories, we promptly forgot about it and didnt do anything until 2 weeks ago. So far i'm not sure where he's at with decorations, but heres mine...

I really want to run this style exhaust. Does anybody know of a place to get something like these pipes? Thanks in advance.

I just finished my bobber build and get the sumbitch tuned and timed to a tee and as i was on the side of the road pulling the plugs to check the burn lines i notice oil running down both of my lower forks. When i got back to the house i pulled my fork gaters off to see whats going on and oil...

Got another question for some of you folks out there, got me thinking I own hughs speedster pipes, I used the gasket that came with the kit: they fit really snug into the pipe, but I had to take the pipes and wrap them, when that happened the gasket fell apart So I went to the yamaha...

Just a few pics of my scoot, ill get better outside pic today ofter work. Its my first build and i plan of doing a few more soon.

i am building my first Yamaha 650 and looking for a motor that has a stator so wandering what years from 78 to 85 that have stators? any help would be much appreciated!

Hey guys, this is regarding a hughs pma when I installed it I torqued the flywheel to specs. My little brother was helping me out... that guy and his fragile muscles. Anyways that was last year, this year I noticed that the timing marks changed... Am I wrong to assume that a) maybe I didn't...

Almost done, essentially took it from a junker to this. One thing I should have been more thorough in finding out before I spent the time and money is the legality of a hard tail in New Jersey. Of course everyone I talked to a few months ago said it would be no problem at all, now I'm not so...

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