Paulrxs650
XS650 Enthusiast
Hi All,
Well it's that time of year again to start building. After a year away from the XS fray, building a Harley, I'm drawn back to these bikes again.
This year I'm going to be building my take on a modern Board Tracker. The style and position of old with modern component suspension, materials etc. Those of you who know me from my previous Bobber and Cafe builds - http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22603&highlight=bobber+build+thread
http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31160&highlight=bobber+build+thread
Will know that I have already done the bobber and cafe styles. The tracker design doesn't really appeal to me, I got some inspiration from watching some of the old board track racing and some early Bonneville bikes. So, I thought I'd build my take of a modern version.
The design is still in its infancy and I know without doubt will change. However, the broad stroke is as follows:
Voodoo Vintage frame
Split tank
Rephased engine
750cc kit
USD front end and clip ons
Pamco / PMA
19" rims front and rear
Something like this sketch
Here's the donor bike - a '77 Special with a 447 engine and BS38s. It runs just
So the strip down begins. The frame should be coming in a month or so. Hopefully I can use that time to get the engine stopped and the internals rephased, leaving me with a nice light set of cases to get the engine mounts worked out
Well it's that time of year again to start building. After a year away from the XS fray, building a Harley, I'm drawn back to these bikes again.
This year I'm going to be building my take on a modern Board Tracker. The style and position of old with modern component suspension, materials etc. Those of you who know me from my previous Bobber and Cafe builds - http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22603&highlight=bobber+build+thread
http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31160&highlight=bobber+build+thread
Will know that I have already done the bobber and cafe styles. The tracker design doesn't really appeal to me, I got some inspiration from watching some of the old board track racing and some early Bonneville bikes. So, I thought I'd build my take of a modern version.
The design is still in its infancy and I know without doubt will change. However, the broad stroke is as follows:
Voodoo Vintage frame
Split tank
Rephased engine
750cc kit
USD front end and clip ons
Pamco / PMA
19" rims front and rear
Something like this sketch
Here's the donor bike - a '77 Special with a 447 engine and BS38s. It runs just
So the strip down begins. The frame should be coming in a month or so. Hopefully I can use that time to get the engine stopped and the internals rephased, leaving me with a nice light set of cases to get the engine mounts worked out