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I havent seen anyone running a modded xs tank or for that matter anyone trying to make one so I thought I'd try. This being my first attempt ,well I'v got my fingers crossed. So far I'v cut the bottom out and cut 5 inches out of the length. Then the front half was wider then the back so I...

With any luck i should be getting Hugh's Bracket and regulator kit in the mail by the end of the week and then im ready to swap......now my question. Im currently using the TC bros wiring harness for my points ignition, and in conjunction with that my stock voltage rectifier and regulator. With...

Is there a way to remove it? My neighbor was cool enough to give me a bunch of 1/4" thick, 2 inch wide, 4 foot long pieces of steel for misc, projects. The stuff is galvanized and is a bitch to weld. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO REMOVE THIS SHIT?:banghead:

Hey guys, I'm trying to find a small 530 sprocket like the ones used on drive chain tensioner. Does anybody know where I can guy one for reasonably cheap without having to buy the entire tensioner? Thanks, Mike

Ok metal heads, I extended my swing arm which consequently widens the axle width. I had a new axle machined from stainless steel thinking that it would be strong as hell for the application then this morn. while watching " Gearz " Stacy the host was talking about stainless bolts and the fact...

so, for some reason my TV ended up on American Chopper and I'm watching an episode where they're interviewing and testing possible new employees. And they had to do some butt-welds. I gotta believe it's the equipment! they must have top of the line welding machines. It shows them (I guess...

I'm fabbing a new battery box, my bike is closer to stock than most chops, more of a rat rod. Anyways, I still have the stock battery box mounts but I'm running a small battery. I'm going to weld up a new one and found a pic of one that used the stock rubber mounts. Do you think it needs to...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I had a couple questions for you guys! First, just want to let you know this is my first build, I don't know to much about it but i learn fast. This Is my bike.. I found a 1978 Yamaha EX500 sitting for sale for a few hundred bucks, runs great, so I bought it. I...

Here are some pictures of my project bike I have been working on this winter. I bought it as a dis-assembled basket case back in October. It is a 1982 XS Heritage...bike still has yet to run but I finished up my welding this week and put it together to mock it up...Funny how as I'm building it I...

Ok, I have this in mind for a long time, so, i decided to start it... I find a nice xs650, the project build in mind is a Bobber, just check how this go... The builder Witold Michaljlow http://www.facebook.com/?sk=ru&ap=1#!/profile.php?id=1200418929 I...

I picked up a Honda frontend with air forks and dual disc brakes... They are a couple inches longer than stock XS650 forks. I really want to maintain a stock frame but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with triple trees that have 3-5 degrees of rake built into them... I don't...

will mikes 2 into 1 exhaust work with tc bro's forward controls?? got any pic's??

Hello, I finally worked on my project 80 chopper some more this weekend. Am attaching a few pics. I'm using a 5 in trailer fender de-radiused so it kind of matches a 16 in wheel. I bent a piece of 3/8 steel tube to match the curve and tacked in on on the center top of the fender, figuring it...

After reading punkskalar's build thread 50 times over on pirate4x4.com i knew i wanted to build an xs650. So after some searching i found this one and built it. I did everything myself, with a goal to make everything in my garage that i could. I really like the look of dimple dies, i wanted to...

just wondering if its posable to space out the sprokets? sounds like a 140 is the widest tire. buddy of mine has got a new 150/90 16 i can have but dont think it will fit without spacing out the sprokets 5mm. this been done before, just looking for ideas.

Can the XS650 front end be placed on a 1969 BSA A65L Lightning frame by using the appropriate taper bearing set to merge the two? If so how would one start to figure out what the bearing specs would be and where to source? -=PO

wondering what yalls opinion is on welders for small projects welding tabs gussets stuff like that

Ok, so this post is gonna be a little misleading. I'm not gonna teach you how to make a weld-in bung from a chunk of soap, or how to carve one out of an old fencepost. I am going to show you how to avoid the annoyance that is standard bungs. Most of us have bought bungs at some point or...