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Can you ID this frame?
- Thread starter AndersJ
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That is some very cool history.
AndersJ
XS650 Addict
He’s asking $500 you think that frame and swinger would be worth snagging for future build? Or just practice some zen and let it the eff go?
AndersJ
XS650 Addict
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Mickster
XS650 Enthusiast
What I like about it is that you can set up a single Mikuni carb in the center, just like on a Norton Commando I had.
Wish someone would make a conversion on our XS frames to do that instead of having a carb sticking out the side.
Wish someone would make a conversion on our XS frames to do that instead of having a carb sticking out the side.
AndersJ
XS650 Addict
Have plenty of street bikes. This would have more of a desert orientation…
Isn't Zen akin to "sit around and think about it"? (as a really cool frame gets bought up by someone else).
It would be a very cool base for a street project. Adding a few degrees should be pretty easy for someone with basic shop skills and room to layout a basic frame jig.
Does the $500 include the motor, tank & seat? The two upper shock mount holes and number plate tabs resemble a Shell frame. If it is, there will be a serial # on the steering head. VFT has a list of the Shell serial numbers, when they were sold and who they were sold to.
That frame definitely has more room to play with, when it comes to carb, intake and air filter configurations. Should one want longer intake runners between carbs and head, then the stock frame dictates non-linked carbs.
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AndersJ
XS650 Addict
Going to drop by and see what is what. Not really interested in the tank but may end up walking away with the lot if it’s the right price. I’ll post anything I won’t use
I still think the frame tubes look small in diameter
Compare to triplegG in # 7
Have plenty of street bikes. This would have more of a desert orientation…
Jumping and hitting rocks with that frame ... Dont know ?
Can it take it . A diameter measurement perhaps
Compare to triplegG in # 7
Have plenty of street bikes. This would have more of a desert orientation…
Jumping and hitting rocks with that frame ... Dont know ?
Can it take it . A diameter measurement perhaps
Sparkyduc
XS650 Addict
That someone cut off the rear hoop
This is my Champion framed XS650/750 circa 1975-77. You can't see any side frame tubes. It mostly looks like @halfmiles post of the Shell frame. See also the carb position. The neck shows #1034
Dig it!!!!
After looking at Tom`s Champion framed 750 I took another closer look at my old 750 and it has the same "Wishbone" style of frame brace in front of the swingarm as the Shell frame. No carb clearance problem there.
Mine had a Shell tail section and a Champion tank. Those look like 32mm Ceriani`s. That might be a Shell decal on the tail section?? The bike had uncontrollable speed wobble.
Mine had a Shell tail section and a Champion tank. Those look like 32mm Ceriani`s. That might be a Shell decal on the tail section?? The bike had uncontrollable speed wobble.
