This is my seventh Xs650. I own 3 now. I bought this local already hardtailed, the engine had many oil leaks so I took the top end off to re-gasket, the guy I bought it from said it ran fine. I live by TC bros so I had them do the powder coating and have bought a lot of parts from them and am very happy with their work and customer service. I shaved the legs and plan on having all the alloy a satin look.
Had to get new tubes as they were pitted pretty bad. Shaved the top tree, had a lot of parts powder coated satin black. Using John Deere Blitz on the wheels and what I have to paint. I took the jugs to a local engine shop to have them honed and told them to call me when they were done. After a month I stopped by and they both looked at each other and said they forgot to call me and then they said we dropped it when we were honing it and broke a fin off. Then they had the nerve to charge me 15 dollars to hone it. I just paid and left before I said something I was going to regret. I took it to my welder and he said he could fix it but I plan on presenting the bill to the engine shop. Has to do a lot of modding to the seat to get it to the height I want. Still waiting for the jugs to come back. I plan on having the engine satin black with the edge of the fins alloy. The tank will either be black or the same color as the frame. As I do things I keep changing my mind.
Had to get new tubes as they were pitted pretty bad. Shaved the top tree, had a lot of parts powder coated satin black. Using John Deere Blitz on the wheels and what I have to paint. I took the jugs to a local engine shop to have them honed and told them to call me when they were done. After a month I stopped by and they both looked at each other and said they forgot to call me and then they said we dropped it when we were honing it and broke a fin off. Then they had the nerve to charge me 15 dollars to hone it. I just paid and left before I said something I was going to regret. I took it to my welder and he said he could fix it but I plan on presenting the bill to the engine shop. Has to do a lot of modding to the seat to get it to the height I want. Still waiting for the jugs to come back. I plan on having the engine satin black with the edge of the fins alloy. The tank will either be black or the same color as the frame. As I do things I keep changing my mind.
