chopper

FOR SALE: '78 or '79 Yamaha XS650 XS-F custom, hard tail frame. Has forward controls, kickstand, battery box, fender struts, wiring under seat and through frame. NO TITLE. MIG welded in jig, tracks straight, ran for years. Can be run as is or clean it up and show it some love! $500 shipped in...

1977 Yamaha XS650 Custom Bobber "Nekked Hayla" - Built by Daniel Donley of Pandemonium Choppers in Defiance, Ohio. The bike was purchased by me from him in 2012. It also appeared in Cycle Source Magazine Volume 16 Issue 10 / January '13. Great bar hopper, fun and simple. Never any issues and...

Just got this bike as a basket case for 2,000, came with tons of stock parts extra set of rims and wheels, all that good stuff. I have encountered a problem though. It's a 1974 and it didn't come with a wiring harness or ignition system. So I got no key or anything. What steps am I going to...

Hey guys. I've posted a couple of questions here already. so I thought I'd finally make a build thread for my buddy's basket case I am helping with. Never messed with an XS. I've had a couple of CB750's and inherited my Pa's 67 Shovel. Anyfucks, here is where we are at presently. Had to dig and...

I'm being lazy, but I searched and didn't find an answer, my original fuse box is AWOL, my repair manual doesn't seem to list much info. Can anyone recommend fuse amp size(s) for my bare bones xs650 chopper build? I'm running the following: 12 volt system. Mini-blade fuses. Tail light and...

Hey everyone. I've got an '82 chopper that I'm rebuilding. I'm just down to wiring and have hit something I've yet to encounter with the many simplified wiring setups I've given this bike. I finished the wiring, and when I turn the key switch I noticed my battery voltage drop 3-4 volts (keep...

I'm new to the community, so please forgive some ignorance. I know what a chopper is, from watching Easy Rider in the '70, but I don't know the details of all the terms I'm seeing here. I think a cafe racer is a bike where you lean forward and scream through police blockades, but I have no idea...

As I try and build my own version of an XS650 chopper I keep looking for ideas on-line and on here - the tech help here has been fantastic for a novice engine rebuilder! And tonight I stumbled on the attached You Tube clip - this is exactly how I hope chop will look - with a back wheel a bit...

built this xs a few years back now, with limited knowledge and tools. i never liked the tcbros hard tail, but as you go your tastes change, and i lived with it. i rode it around for a year or so and parked it in the corner until now. i ave put together a few bikes since then, and now it time to...

This is getting old and not cool. Got some emails asking when did I open up a shop in Florida and could they come see the bike in the add to buy. Well as we all know I am retired and do not build anymore but its not cool to take one of my bike build pictures and run a add for your shop saying...

just got the motor in my build a couple days ago, getting close to finishing this thing, just needs a PMA and some wiring/cables taken care of!

Just acquired a 1975 XS650 and I'm looking forward to some good times. First impression is that I really like it, but I would prefer slightly higher handlebars, similar to the Yamaha Special. Not a full "ape hanger" chopper style, but slightly higher and more upswept than the stock handlebars...

1978 XS650, Really short dual exhaust, Mike's POD filters, BS 38 carbs, stock ignition/points/advance. Hey guys!, I got my chopper project running, charging and riding, so I took it to a buddy's shop for them to check the timing with a light (bc I don't have one) and jet the carbs. They...

I went to The One Motorcycle Show in Portland last weekend. http://the1moto.com I created an album here for the pictures. Enjoy! XS650s at the One Motorcycle Show

I'm looking to order one of the straight David Bird hardtails, but my dilemma is that I'm not sure what drop and stretch. I see a bunch of photos that seem very inconsistent with one another as far as stretch (one "zero" looks way longer than the other, etc.), which I'm more concerned with the...

I have an 81 xs 650 that I did some welding and machine work on. The owner lost interest in the project and told me to "just go ahead and get rid of it" I hate to see it go to waste. I am in Los Angeles, north east I ride but this is not my type of bike. I have about 75% of the bike i am...

Hi, I'm trying to finish up a chopper project and need some help identifying the front brake setup. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Gen

Wanting to put a HD springer on the xs, 1" stem, stock neck, cutting the stock neck cups off and making an insert blah blah blah. Ive read on here just to buy Harley neck cups that fit the insert but nobody gets specific and I doubt theyre all the same so does anybody know which cups I should...

Have this 81 xs650, electronic ignition, it didnt come with the wiring harness and I was wondering if I can run it without the huge mess of a harness. All I want to run is a headlight,tailight...no horn, speedo tach, none of that stuff. What all (electrical) components would I need to get this...

Does a Pamco ignition just convert the bike to electronic ignition?