tigman175
XS650 Addict
Bought my first xs about 6 months ago. Paid $400 for it. Odometer read 9000miles. The guy i bought it from said it quit running on him and it had been sitting under his front porch for 2 years. The inspection sticker confirmed this. Borrowed a buddies truck and she was mine!!
Got it home, cleaned the carbs, sanded spark plugs, and charged battery and got it running. Rode it around for about 50 miles to make sure there wasnt any problems that needed addressed and then began to disassemble.
cut the rear section off and gave it to a buddy to be blasted
I picked up a junk motor to be used during fabrication so the frame doesnt warp.
A buddy of mine has a xs and had a tcbros hardtail lying around so i gave it a mock up.
I wasnt really a fan. The frame stuck out way past the biltwell seat i had bought and didnt like the lower bars being bent so far back. Nothing against it but everyone has their own preferences right?? So i decided to make my own jig and hardtail.
I ground and cut off everything that wasnt needed and filled in the factory welds in the downtubes.
This pic is before i made front jig brackets (jackstand setting stance i want). Dont mind the pcs in the middle of the jig. They were just scrap pcs i had laying around to keep the frame centered from side to side.
After the front brackets made
I made jig for rear axle. measured for a ride height of 4". Moved the front of the bike for about a 3.5" stretch. The axle plates in this picture are just temporary until i figure out my angles that are needed.
I measured, measured, and remeasured until i was satisfied!!
I bought 18' of 1.125 X .125 dom tubing, borrowed a tubing bender, got out the angle finder and tubing notcher and away i went.
No that is not my hardtail gusset, once again just a scrap pc i had laying around.
I got my angle figures out and a design i liked and cut out my axle plates at work
Here is a drawing i drew to scale
The bottom bars are bent, i have no pictures but will post some up of the completed frame when finished
Got it home, cleaned the carbs, sanded spark plugs, and charged battery and got it running. Rode it around for about 50 miles to make sure there wasnt any problems that needed addressed and then began to disassemble.
cut the rear section off and gave it to a buddy to be blasted
I picked up a junk motor to be used during fabrication so the frame doesnt warp.
A buddy of mine has a xs and had a tcbros hardtail lying around so i gave it a mock up.
I wasnt really a fan. The frame stuck out way past the biltwell seat i had bought and didnt like the lower bars being bent so far back. Nothing against it but everyone has their own preferences right?? So i decided to make my own jig and hardtail.
I ground and cut off everything that wasnt needed and filled in the factory welds in the downtubes.
This pic is before i made front jig brackets (jackstand setting stance i want). Dont mind the pcs in the middle of the jig. They were just scrap pcs i had laying around to keep the frame centered from side to side.
After the front brackets made
I made jig for rear axle. measured for a ride height of 4". Moved the front of the bike for about a 3.5" stretch. The axle plates in this picture are just temporary until i figure out my angles that are needed.
I measured, measured, and remeasured until i was satisfied!!
I bought 18' of 1.125 X .125 dom tubing, borrowed a tubing bender, got out the angle finder and tubing notcher and away i went.
No that is not my hardtail gusset, once again just a scrap pc i had laying around.
I got my angle figures out and a design i liked and cut out my axle plates at work
Here is a drawing i drew to scale
The bottom bars are bent, i have no pictures but will post some up of the completed frame when finished