Hamon2
XS650 Member
So let me begin, I apologize.
I get this isn’t the proper place to discuss about the XS500, but it’s almost my only option, (as I’ve noticed after picking up the bike xs500s are almost the black sheep of the family and not particularly liked from my research and pretty much why I’m here posting as a every link I’ve found for a 500 forum seems non existent) my reasoning on posting here is pretty much learn and ask questions as I know both bikes share a lot of stuff, so here I am.
I’m building it, first time (obviously mechanically inclined) but I’ve always wanted to buy something like this and make it my own, get into riding and build more, so I pulled the trigger a couple months ago, and grabbed this XS500 chopper build that’s seen better days, granted I had no idea about the platform, and that was okay, as I want a challenge and I wanted something I could really build. If anyone has any knowledge or something I should know going into this please feel free to share as I want to listen!
First picture is how it once sat, the second picture is how I bought it, 600$.
Now that you’ve seen the bike, here’s my first couple of questions of many, now that I’m ready to jump into a full build (everything is torn down motor pulled out, ect.)
1. Where can I find parts, oem, and custom, and what can be used from the xs650 since they share similar structure?
2. That’s the only question really, as I explore and deep dive into this I’ll continue to add to this thread or post something else of that sort.
Honestly I hope I’m not stepping on any toes by posting something non xs650 as I’m really just trying to learn and ask questions. I also get there will be that one person that’ll tell me to sell it and just by a 650, but that isn’t the point, I WANT to build something that isn’t as popular, to me it makes it just a little bit more interesting. Thank you for reading, I look forward to any input!
I get this isn’t the proper place to discuss about the XS500, but it’s almost my only option, (as I’ve noticed after picking up the bike xs500s are almost the black sheep of the family and not particularly liked from my research and pretty much why I’m here posting as a every link I’ve found for a 500 forum seems non existent) my reasoning on posting here is pretty much learn and ask questions as I know both bikes share a lot of stuff, so here I am.
I’m building it, first time (obviously mechanically inclined) but I’ve always wanted to buy something like this and make it my own, get into riding and build more, so I pulled the trigger a couple months ago, and grabbed this XS500 chopper build that’s seen better days, granted I had no idea about the platform, and that was okay, as I want a challenge and I wanted something I could really build. If anyone has any knowledge or something I should know going into this please feel free to share as I want to listen!
Now that you’ve seen the bike, here’s my first couple of questions of many, now that I’m ready to jump into a full build (everything is torn down motor pulled out, ect.)
1. Where can I find parts, oem, and custom, and what can be used from the xs650 since they share similar structure?
2. That’s the only question really, as I explore and deep dive into this I’ll continue to add to this thread or post something else of that sort.
Honestly I hope I’m not stepping on any toes by posting something non xs650 as I’m really just trying to learn and ask questions. I also get there will be that one person that’ll tell me to sell it and just by a 650, but that isn’t the point, I WANT to build something that isn’t as popular, to me it makes it just a little bit more interesting. Thank you for reading, I look forward to any input!