Mikeinnh
XS650 Enthusiast
Does anyone know what head pipes are on this Flash Rabbit build?
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Name these head pipes
- Thread starter Mikeinnh
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scabber
XS650 Guru
The head pipes look custom made. Gordon Scott could probably make you a set. That is one nice looking bike. Nice exhaust.
ippytattoo
Just another grumpy old hack.
They almost look like the Commando 2-2 Exhaust System for XS650 "Specials" from mikes with different mufflers. Pretty close anyways.
angus67
Welder's penetrate deeper!!
gee...wonders how it rides? Nobody knows yet, as the mold flash is still on the rubber.
Pretty, although, the bends in those pipes aren't very good.
GS could do better.
Pretty, although, the bends in those pipes aren't very good.
GS could do better.
scabber
XS650 Guru
Not mikes those are long radius elbows. Should be a good flowing.
scabber
XS650 Guru
It don't ride looks like a museum piece. Art work and Persian carpet. A dream and drool bike. Bet you could do one hell of a burnout on that carpet. 
Fix the throttle cable first...
Mikeinnh
XS650 Enthusiast
Actually I messaged them through their Facebook page and asked about the pipes. Got a quick reply, and they are, indeed. a custom set. They said they could have a set made for me, but didn't say the price. As far as the bike as a whole - I don't feel deprived it's not sitting in my garage. 'Course, everybody has their own ideas; taste is a subjective thing.
It's a simple formula, really: Pig+lipstick=pig. That thing may look trick to an inexperienced eye, but it would handle like a truck, assuming of course that it can actually be started and ridden. Anybody notice that the front brake is a single leading shoe XS650 drum rear? Ugly as hell and ineffective, but oh, so "creative."
FB71
Expert Turd Polisher
I did notice that, because I've been thinking about trying that myself... Yes, I know a SLS isn't very effective up front. A DLS would be better. Even been considering making/casting a back plate for DLS in the rear hub, for front usage. However, I can't get past what would need to be done to the sprocket side of the hub to make "not ugly".
Looks like a piece of art, that never goes on the road.................completely useless in my opinion. Wow.................mechanically operated drum brakes front and rear...............that scores 10 out of 10 for low tech and totally unsafe.
FB71
Expert Turd Polisher
you are aware the early XS1s came with front dual leading shoe drum brakes, right?
Having ridden bikes with cable actuated front drums, I surely wouldn't call them unsafe, depending on the type of riding and weight of the bike. Less effective than disc? Yes, under many circumstances. But not unsafe. Just my opinion.
CDNTX650
XS650 Guru
In that case yes...probably shitty. Most well setup dls drums are as good or better as early disc systems anyways
weaselbeak
XS650 Junkie
Disc brakes are certainly, on average, a better system. But all a brake can really do is go as far as lock up a wheel at a certain level of applied pressure, and how progressive it is being the key. Many years ago I read an automobile compare involving a Simca (are they still in business?). The testers were dumbfounded that it had the best brakes of the entire lot, most of which at that time were running discs up front. The Simca had 4 wheel drums. I will agree that discs are better, but this old man rode a lot of old bikes with drums and you won't convince me that they are "unsafe".
