650rmw
XS650 Member
Well first off my name is Chris and second I appreciate all the great information that is on this website!!! So on to how I got here = Restored couple bikes now, 1973 Harley Davidson (Aermacchi) TX 125, 1972 Honda CL100, working on 1976 Bultaco Sherpa T 125 currently. Well tired of restoring stuff to near original condition. Wanted to build a custom bike so what better bike to use for my first custom than a XS650 
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Seeing how my two friends that own XS650 didn't want to part with theirs, I had to find my own which wasn't hard. Found a 1980 XS650 Special on Craigslist. Picked it up for cheap, only 3600 miles on the ole girl. Hasn't been run in 10 years. Well by the miles must of barely ever been run
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So far put her on a diet and stripped her down. To get bike running normal had to replace bad stator, regulator, battery.
Mods so far:
Chrsyler regulator, radio shack rectifier mod.
Boyer Bransden Ignition
VM34 carbs with pod filters and aluminum intake manifolds.
Ground off all unnecessary brackets.
Hydraulic clutch - Honda CBR master and slave.
Renthal superbike type handle bars.
Removed gauge cluster will be replaced with Trail Tech Vapor yet to be installed.
Rear fender with custom CBR600/1000 LED taillight with sequential turn signals.
Minimalist batter
Built own simplified wiring harness.
Runs great so far, but a long ways to go yet.
Pictures can be seen at
http://www.rohrmotorworks.com/Web Gallery/1980 Yamaha XS650/Cobalt/Cobalt.html
website is just for hobby, not business...yet....
Need to add some pictures of the completed elcetrical/battery box with it wired and everything in place. Also need to add pictures of the fender mounted with the new taillight installed.
New clutch plates and springs coming to take care of the clutch slip under high load/rpm.
Soon to come - Omar's High pipes, install Trailtech vapor.
Also have a lead on a XS650 that I will be picking up hopefully tomorrow, customer claims it has 750 engine which I hope he is right, bike looks complete but no title, only $200, so won't pass up that deal. That will give me another 19" wheel and a engine I can rebuild without putting the bike out of commission Rest I can sell for parts and recoup my money easily.
Chris
.Seeing how my two friends that own XS650 didn't want to part with theirs, I had to find my own which wasn't hard. Found a 1980 XS650 Special on Craigslist. Picked it up for cheap, only 3600 miles on the ole girl. Hasn't been run in 10 years. Well by the miles must of barely ever been run
.So far put her on a diet and stripped her down. To get bike running normal had to replace bad stator, regulator, battery.
Mods so far:
Chrsyler regulator, radio shack rectifier mod.
Boyer Bransden Ignition
VM34 carbs with pod filters and aluminum intake manifolds.
Ground off all unnecessary brackets.
Hydraulic clutch - Honda CBR master and slave.
Renthal superbike type handle bars.
Removed gauge cluster will be replaced with Trail Tech Vapor yet to be installed.
Rear fender with custom CBR600/1000 LED taillight with sequential turn signals.
Minimalist batter
Built own simplified wiring harness.
Runs great so far, but a long ways to go yet.
Pictures can be seen at
http://www.rohrmotorworks.com/Web Gallery/1980 Yamaha XS650/Cobalt/Cobalt.html
website is just for hobby, not business...yet....
Need to add some pictures of the completed elcetrical/battery box with it wired and everything in place. Also need to add pictures of the fender mounted with the new taillight installed.
New clutch plates and springs coming to take care of the clutch slip under high load/rpm.
Soon to come - Omar's High pipes, install Trailtech vapor.
Also have a lead on a XS650 that I will be picking up hopefully tomorrow, customer claims it has 750 engine
which I hope he is right, bike looks complete but no title, only $200, so won't pass up that deal. That will give me another 19" wheel and a engine I can rebuild without putting the bike out of commission Rest I can sell for parts and recoup my money easily.Chris
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