andrewc
XS650 Enthusiast
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 give this one another shot. heres how it looked before i tore it down.
i cut the old hard tail off and called david bird for a 0 stretch, 3 drop tail. since i never liked the way david bird tails attach at the lower rail, (nasty triangle boxes) and since the frame had previously been rigid, i had a buddy turn some slugs to plug weld it the way it should be. i then put together a front end for the bike. full 39mm narrow glide front end with tapered lowers and shrouds. still need to weld up the holes on the top clamp and metal finish it. both the sliders and shrouds will be chromed as well as the triple trees.
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also cut off the steering lock tab as to clean up the lower clamp. i still need to weld a proper steering stop to the frame.
i cut the old hard tail off and called david bird for a 0 stretch, 3 drop tail. since i never liked the way david bird tails attach at the lower rail, (nasty triangle boxes) and since the frame had previously been rigid, i had a buddy turn some slugs to plug weld it the way it should be. i then put together a front end for the bike. full 39mm narrow glide front end with tapered lowers and shrouds. still need to weld up the holes on the top clamp and metal finish it. both the sliders and shrouds will be chromed as well as the triple trees.
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also cut off the steering lock tab as to clean up the lower clamp. i still need to weld a proper steering stop to the frame.