RockingThePartyDJ
XS650 Obsessed
Man in the infamous words of the band Whitesnake (sing it you know the words! LOL) "Here I Go Again" I picked up a titled homemade Hardtailed XS650 frame over a year ago along with most of an engine and alot of misc parts from the west side of wisconsin, I can't remember but it may have been when i was scouring craigslist ad's and picked it all up for about $150.
So now it's time to work on making it into a roller to start, basically I have 4 builds happening at once which works well with what i'll call my MAADD "My Adult Attention Distraction Disorder" LOL basically get bored or waiting for parts or tools for one project then jump to another for awhile.
I may name this one "Horny Little Devil" basically if you knew me fairly well you'd say the name fits!!!!
Also I kinda remember a skit Flip Wilson did wayyy back when where he'd say "The Devil Made Me Do It Honey" but i'll drop the honey off for my purposes. Anyways, I don't have the exact measurements but rough measurements look like about an 11" stretch! Whew she's Long. Take a Look!
I picked up forks from a guy down in Appleton wi that had a craigslist ad and some wheels for $75 leftover from a past project he did.
So lets see them on this frame.
I ordered some upper fork covers to give one of my bikes that nostolgic old skool look after I saw how awesome they looked on jdizon's Pocket Rocket "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" so they say, it also reminded of my first bike a Yamaha YA5 a 125cc street bike i picked up when I was 14 after working all summer for my grandfather peeling pulp wood for the local paper mills, man that was a ball busting job in the heat, I remember we used to get 50 cents a stick! a stick was a tree about 80 feet tall that you peel all of the bark off of once it was dropped and limbed, and me and my cousin absolutely balls to the walls bustin our humps could only make $2.50 and hour when we would race each other working and he always kicked my ass LOL man memories. I do miss that first bike. Two weeks before I turned 16 I got 5 tickets riding home from a girls house in between the pouring rain i took off and didnt look down the road and a State cop was heading toward me. Well he pulled me over and wrote me 5 tickets and told me to push it home, well i did for about a half mile maybe more and said f it and rode it home and parked it and went in and put the tickets on the table while my mom was cooking and set the keys on top of them and went to my room. The next day I decided to put it for sale on the end of the driveway. I sure miss that bike. But at least the Juvie officer still let me get my license when I turned 16!
Anyways, I put on some handle bars I had that I thought would look good and took her off the bench and rolled her outside, and here is the start of my "Horny Little Devil"
Anyways, when the Upper Fork Covers get here hopefully tomorrow I'll put them on this bike, I think it may be a good choice because I want it to look somewhat like an old Skool Chop somewhat with some modern looks like the Mag's & Disc Brakes at least for now, I do have some Spoked wheels I may consider using, but we'll see.
Also I ordered a Sparto Tailight a half of a Ribbed 36 Ford spare tire Ring and some bullet turn signals along with a bullet headlight all from the evil E of Bay
and I got side tracked and missed out on another old ribbed 36 ford ring fender today damnit for the front, although i may order a bates style headlight that might work better and tie in with the ribbed fender, we'll see.
I'm also gonna make my own seat, I think I want it to give the resemblance of a Saddle, I picked up some Leather Tooling type equipment and am gonna learn how to do this. I will create my own seat!
So stay tuned.........
So now it's time to work on making it into a roller to start, basically I have 4 builds happening at once which works well with what i'll call my MAADD "My Adult Attention Distraction Disorder" LOL basically get bored or waiting for parts or tools for one project then jump to another for awhile.
I may name this one "Horny Little Devil" basically if you knew me fairly well you'd say the name fits!!!!
Also I kinda remember a skit Flip Wilson did wayyy back when where he'd say "The Devil Made Me Do It Honey" but i'll drop the honey off for my purposes. Anyways, I don't have the exact measurements but rough measurements look like about an 11" stretch! Whew she's Long. Take a Look!
I picked up forks from a guy down in Appleton wi that had a craigslist ad and some wheels for $75 leftover from a past project he did.
So lets see them on this frame.
I ordered some upper fork covers to give one of my bikes that nostolgic old skool look after I saw how awesome they looked on jdizon's Pocket Rocket "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" so they say, it also reminded of my first bike a Yamaha YA5 a 125cc street bike i picked up when I was 14 after working all summer for my grandfather peeling pulp wood for the local paper mills, man that was a ball busting job in the heat, I remember we used to get 50 cents a stick! a stick was a tree about 80 feet tall that you peel all of the bark off of once it was dropped and limbed, and me and my cousin absolutely balls to the walls bustin our humps could only make $2.50 and hour when we would race each other working and he always kicked my ass LOL man memories. I do miss that first bike. Two weeks before I turned 16 I got 5 tickets riding home from a girls house in between the pouring rain i took off and didnt look down the road and a State cop was heading toward me. Well he pulled me over and wrote me 5 tickets and told me to push it home, well i did for about a half mile maybe more and said f it and rode it home and parked it and went in and put the tickets on the table while my mom was cooking and set the keys on top of them and went to my room. The next day I decided to put it for sale on the end of the driveway. I sure miss that bike. But at least the Juvie officer still let me get my license when I turned 16!
Anyways, I put on some handle bars I had that I thought would look good and took her off the bench and rolled her outside, and here is the start of my "Horny Little Devil"
Anyways, when the Upper Fork Covers get here hopefully tomorrow I'll put them on this bike, I think it may be a good choice because I want it to look somewhat like an old Skool Chop somewhat with some modern looks like the Mag's & Disc Brakes at least for now, I do have some Spoked wheels I may consider using, but we'll see.
Also I ordered a Sparto Tailight a half of a Ribbed 36 Ford spare tire Ring and some bullet turn signals along with a bullet headlight all from the evil E of Bay
and I got side tracked and missed out on another old ribbed 36 ford ring fender today damnit for the front, although i may order a bates style headlight that might work better and tie in with the ribbed fender, we'll see.
I'm also gonna make my own seat, I think I want it to give the resemblance of a Saddle, I picked up some Leather Tooling type equipment and am gonna learn how to do this. I will create my own seat!
So stay tuned.........
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