T6h6o6r
XS650 Enthusiast
Hi everyone I just picked up my first xs650 a couple months ago, a 1980 Special, and I have been frequently visiting this forum for answers to many of the questions I've had, so right off the bat I want to thank everyone here for contributing such a wealth of knowledge about these awesome bikes. This forum is a valuable resource to any XS owner, and especially to a newbie such as myself. Now as far as my questions, I was wondering if it would be possible to swap the front end from a Yamaha virago xv535 onto my XS, and if so what kind of modifications, if any, might be necessary in order to complete it? From what I've read the steering head bearings are the same in/out diameter but the width is slightly different, (15.2 top 15 bottom for the XS and 13 top and bottom for the XV) would that make them incompatible with each other or not? Sorry if this is a really stupid question. I'm just curious if it would be possible and couldn't find anything online that could give me an answer to that. So I decided to just go ahead and ask. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take a minute and explain this to me! Cheers!