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Hey guys, I'm looking to pay someone for some custom spacers for my front wheel. I need two 17mm ID spacers, one 1 1/2 inches long and one 1 3/16 inches long. Send me a message with price shipped. Thanks:thumbsup:

Hey so i have my tank all primed and ready for color, i had an idea of making the bike a little different from the norm. so my idea was to get the seat reupholstered with a colored leather. i cut the stock seat foam so it looks flatter then the stock seat. So my question is Seat color and tank...

People, I am using a p-nut tank on my build. It is just the look I am after & I love it! This means either the use of a custom top motor mount, or the elimination of the top motor mount. I have chosen to make a custom top motor mount. My belief is that even a bad motor mount is better than...

Hey guys been lookin for a 650 for a while and finally picked up a all original 1980 xs650 for 200 bucks no paper work and been sitting in a sideyard for awhile, everything is there and motor is seized. I really want to get this thing going possibly make a nice bobber out of it but first thing...

Was wondering what people were doing for custom choke knobs?? Any ideas are are appreciated

Check this out! - flat track guys will love this...

Trying to decide which powder coat shade/texture of black to paint my frame. I was thinking Satin black but when I went to go drop off my frame to the Powder Coaters, They must have had 15 different shades of blacks,textures etc to choose from... Flat, to 10%black on up. They also had these...

I've been searching the forums and can't find a very comprehensive insight into which engines can be swapped into which frames. I'd really like to get a kick-only engine which is '72 and older, correct? What was the first year Yamaha produced the XS650 kick start engine, and can some confirm...

Looking to get a 750 big bore kit soon. Is MikeXS the only supplier? Is there a better kit out there? This is the kit I was looking at LINK

Well I don't have to take credit for this but I have some powder coat to remove. :doh: I have to get the sprocket surface and one front rotor surface clean. Good news is the drum was pretty well masked. Got any ideas? Picked these up with new tires and tubes, The front has before and after...

I have an XS650 at home that's in a bad way. It's pretty slow goings. Then this one came up, and I had the cash, so..

Decided I want a "HARD" tailed XS to add to my stable. I've always like the sleek lines. . Rough sketch of the frame I would like to resemble for this build. Edit: This is the new look I'm going for.

I'm trying to get ideas for the headlight I want on my bike. Suggestions? Any pictures of your headlight, how it looks on your bike, and the dimensions would be greatly appreciated. I attached a pic of my project. Its an 81 with a tc bros hard tail

Polished : http://www.mikesxs.net/product/34-1903.html Black : http://www.mikesxs.net/product/34-1904.html Spokes : http://www.mikesxs.net/product/19-0067.html Has anyone ordered/installed the 18" Conversion yet? I'm interested in doing so. It should look pretty great IMHO. The OEM...

I call this build "Pocket Rocket" as it will be lean mean rocket machine! It's got to look like it's doing a TON standing still :) This is episode 2 of my bike building saga. My original build, AKA "Dirty Dizon" will be archived here Moving forward I actually plan to get my hands "Dirty"...

Hey guys, I've been trolling on here for a few months now and thought it was about time I shared my progress on the 1979 XS650 Special. I've been living in the Pittsburgh area for a little over a year now and was looking for a toy for the winter. I track the majority of my work/progress through...

Well, here we go. I bought this bike last year with all the intentions of turning it into a hard tail and now... well... I have no idea what I want to build. So with that in mind, let me introduce you to my bike. It's an '81 Special II. Pretty, right? So... umm... yeah. The only thing I...

I'm curious about the pro's and con's of a fiberglass tank. I've found a few that look just killer but always never bought them because they were fiberglass. Something about the idea of going down in a crash with a fiberglass tank never sat well with me. Anyways, I'd like to see what everybody...

When you write the bill of sale do you include special wording to the effect of "at your own risk"? I had my hardtail and neck rake professionally done - but I can't swear up and down it's perfect. Other stuff could break, too. Not just on my bike - others' too. How about just having them...

Yet another chop and Intro Hello all. My name is Ryan and Ive been on here for about a year or so reading, chiming in every so often, reading, buying, reading, selling and well......Reading. Now of course in between all of this I have been building. A little here and a little there. This is my...