Re: 81' XS650 Rephased Cafe

[zuehl666]

Its an 81 Special, I got it mostly stock. Its been rephased 277 degrees, pamco ignition, green monster coils, hughe's handbuilt pma swap, sparx capacitor,mikuni vm34 carbs, bronze swingarm bushings, needle bearings, xs850 tank, completely re-wired, ascott exhaust, a bunch of things i cant remember right now.

 

[blackbetty]

Looks good man!

 

[Derek]

Looks awesome!

What length shocks are you running in the back?

~ Derek

 

[Yamaha_chop]

Looks like a really fun bike to ride!

 

[zuehl666]

Thanks guys! It still need a couple things like tires, rear sets, and a fork brace. Gonna take another video this weekend. I'll post it up.

 

[zuehl666]

Looks awesome!

What length shocks are you running in the back?

~ Derek

I think they're 13's, ill measure them tomorrow and let you know.

 

[Derek]

I think they're 13's, ill measure them tomorrow and let you know.

Thank you. I'm trying to sort out how long I want to go on some new shocks.

I also noticed the lack of controls in your pictures...

Are you running standards or rearsets?

 

[zuehl666]

Thank you. I'm trying to sort out how long I want to go on some new shocks.

I also noticed the lack of controls in your pictures...

Are you running standards or rearsets?

Those shocks were actually on the bike when I bought it. Theyre by Progressive. It seems to stand a bit taller in the rear than stock. I'll check it out. When I got it all ready to run I put the stock controls back on so I could ride it around while I figure out what im going to do. I want the loaded gun rear sets, but I'm about 6 foot 2 and Im not sure If those are going to be comfortable for me.

 

[zuehl666]

Forgot to show these, they were only 39 bucks from dimecitycycles.com. They're made by Steel Dragon, super nice hand lathed stuff.

 

[alfredo]

what would you say your max cruising speed is on this? something you could ride at for hours without the vibrations killing you?

 

[zuehl666]

what would you say your max cruising speed is on this? something you could ride at for hours without the vibrations killing you?

Well the vibrations are considerably less since the rephase. I did about a 2 hour ride on the highway at about 65-70 average, it wasn't bad. I'm going to need new clipons though, those are damn near straight out to allow the bracket on them to clear the tank at full lock. Makes me lean foward a bit.

 

[kvanderploeg]

She's a beauty. Thanks for sharing!

Kent

 

[zuehl666]

Thank you. I'm trying to sort out how long I want to go on some new shocks.

I also noticed the lack of controls in your pictures...

Are you running standards or rearsets?

Hey, had a chance to measure the shocks, they're 13.5 in clevis to clevis.

 

[scabber]

Really nice vidio and the bike is even better one of best I've seen. Where was the vidio shot.

 

[zuehl666]

Really nice vidio and the bike is even better one of best I've seen. Where was the vidio shot.

Thanks man! I'm in jersey city nj.

 

[mikess]

Just pm'd you for some engine build info.

 

[Captmilk]

Sic bike!! How did you paint the carbs

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