SangreDeDios
XS650 Addict
This is my entry into the 2014 xs build off.
A little background story :
I own a shop in Detroit, MI with a couple of friends, we've been around for about a year and have done some cool projects a couple of which were xs650s.
My last bike was an xs that I built, rode all summer and recently got rid of and picked up an old ironhead.
Here is a pic of the old xs.
A couple of days after I got rid of my xs I realized that I missed the crap out of it and needed to build another one for myself. We did some work for a customer and got this titled frame and motor as a partial payment so this is what I'm starting with.
I knew I wanted another hardtail so I removed the motor (seems to be in good shape) and started on the frame.
I started off by removing the neck gussets and all of the tabs for wires on the downtubes.
then I decided to remove the top motor mount and the brace. the frame will receive new gussets and bracing in the future but im not planning on running a top motor mount. I know , I know Yamaha engineers put it there for a reason blah blah, youre gonna kill yourself blah blah, I'm good thanks for your concerns. It's all good.
chopped off the rear portion of the frame, getting it ready for a hardtail.
originally I was planning on going with a Voodoo hardtail but monstercraftsman apparently does not like to answer his emails or phone calls.
My partner bought a David Bird tail for one of his projects but ended up not using it so I picked that up from him and decided to go with that instead.
here it is mocked up
Next we welded it on, looks good, I'm happy with it.
the plan is to keep building it, we ll have some cool bits made at our shop on this bike and it will hopefully be used to showcase the shop next March at Autorama Detroit.
that's about it for now, I couldn't resist throwing it into a quick roller just to see the stance. I had the wheels and front end in the parts bin already, so far no money has been spent on this project. My budget for it is non existent so we ll see what we can do with limited funds. The tank and seat won't be on this bike they're just there for mock up purposes.
more to come soon.
A little background story :
I own a shop in Detroit, MI with a couple of friends, we've been around for about a year and have done some cool projects a couple of which were xs650s.
My last bike was an xs that I built, rode all summer and recently got rid of and picked up an old ironhead.
Here is a pic of the old xs.
A couple of days after I got rid of my xs I realized that I missed the crap out of it and needed to build another one for myself. We did some work for a customer and got this titled frame and motor as a partial payment so this is what I'm starting with.
I knew I wanted another hardtail so I removed the motor (seems to be in good shape) and started on the frame.
I started off by removing the neck gussets and all of the tabs for wires on the downtubes.
then I decided to remove the top motor mount and the brace. the frame will receive new gussets and bracing in the future but im not planning on running a top motor mount. I know , I know Yamaha engineers put it there for a reason blah blah, youre gonna kill yourself blah blah, I'm good thanks for your concerns. It's all good.
chopped off the rear portion of the frame, getting it ready for a hardtail.
originally I was planning on going with a Voodoo hardtail but monstercraftsman apparently does not like to answer his emails or phone calls.
My partner bought a David Bird tail for one of his projects but ended up not using it so I picked that up from him and decided to go with that instead.
here it is mocked up
Next we welded it on, looks good, I'm happy with it.
the plan is to keep building it, we ll have some cool bits made at our shop on this bike and it will hopefully be used to showcase the shop next March at Autorama Detroit.
that's about it for now, I couldn't resist throwing it into a quick roller just to see the stance. I had the wheels and front end in the parts bin already, so far no money has been spent on this project. My budget for it is non existent so we ll see what we can do with limited funds. The tank and seat won't be on this bike they're just there for mock up purposes.
more to come soon.
