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Hi, I'm new to this forum. I had a couple questions for you guys! First, just want to let you know this is my first build, I don't know to much about it but i learn fast. This Is my bike.. I found a 1978 Yamaha EX500 sitting for sale for a few hundred bucks, runs great, so I bought it. I...

Here are some pictures of my project bike I have been working on this winter. I bought it as a dis-assembled basket case back in October. It is a 1982 XS Heritage...bike still has yet to run but I finished up my welding this week and put it together to mock it up...Funny how as I'm building it I...

Ok, I have this in mind for a long time, so, i decided to start it... I find a nice xs650, the project build in mind is a Bobber, just check how this go... The builder Witold Michaljlow http://www.facebook.com/?sk=ru&ap=1#!/profile.php?id=1200418929 I...

I picked up a Honda frontend with air forks and dual disc brakes... They are a couple inches longer than stock XS650 forks. I really want to maintain a stock frame but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with triple trees that have 3-5 degrees of rake built into them... I don't...

will mikes 2 into 1 exhaust work with tc bro's forward controls?? got any pic's??

Hello, I finally worked on my project 80 chopper some more this weekend. Am attaching a few pics. I'm using a 5 in trailer fender de-radiused so it kind of matches a 16 in wheel. I bent a piece of 3/8 steel tube to match the curve and tacked in on on the center top of the fender, figuring it...

After reading punkskalar's build thread 50 times over on pirate4x4.com i knew i wanted to build an xs650. So after some searching i found this one and built it. I did everything myself, with a goal to make everything in my garage that i could. I really like the look of dimple dies, i wanted to...

just wondering if its posable to space out the sprokets? sounds like a 140 is the widest tire. buddy of mine has got a new 150/90 16 i can have but dont think it will fit without spacing out the sprokets 5mm. this been done before, just looking for ideas.

Can the XS650 front end be placed on a 1969 BSA A65L Lightning frame by using the appropriate taper bearing set to merge the two? If so how would one start to figure out what the bearing specs would be and where to source? -=PO

wondering what yalls opinion is on welders for small projects welding tabs gussets stuff like that

Ok, so this post is gonna be a little misleading. I'm not gonna teach you how to make a weld-in bung from a chunk of soap, or how to carve one out of an old fencepost. I am going to show you how to avoid the annoyance that is standard bungs. Most of us have bought bungs at some point or...

The journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single chop: This is my first ever build, keeping it really simple. Chopped my frame and sent it off to TC Bros for their hardtail. Took about a week and a half. Was super stoked when this arrived yesterday (I wonder what it is???)...

I was recently doing a search on the forum for info related to using a xs750 gas tank on a cafe build. I ran across a post dated 12/27/10 where a member spoke of "Paul, the magic welder" as doing great work on modifying xs750 tanks and wanted to get in touch with him as he had a tank he wanted...

Here's the first pics of my project , It's going to have a rephased engine 277 with old school looks ( hopefully ) still wondering where i'm going to put controls etc kinda winging it

Anyone remove chrome off of tubing? I'm working out some ideas for handlebars. Considering using stock bars, chopped and welded rather than building from scratch. Final finish will either be powder or chrome, in either case I need a good base to start from. b.

So I'm in the process of rebuilding my chop. I want to fill in the tunnel a bit but I sealed the tank last year with Kreem. It's a small piece that will have a little welding but do you think this will F up the sealer. Im afraid the sealer will get brittle and flake off clogging everything up...

I HAVE A 1975 XS650. I HAVE NIFTY PLANS FOR IT AND THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THE THING TOTALLY DONE BY BIKE WEEK OF THIS YEAR. THIS IS WHAT I AM WORKING WITH:

Did you ever get to a point in your project where you just really ran out of steam for awhile? Well I have that....big time. But given a warm day, I went back at it today some. What I did was grind down the bullet end of a couple of bungs so they were a bit thinner, and shoved them into the...