You know that's got to be a helluva ride!
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Let's See The XS's
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Slasher 75b
XS650 New Member
Here's my 75b model. Originally from iowa USA now here with me and restored in the uk
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Well i dont know yet. Maybe i cut front engine half to get rid of gear box. Glue or weld rear parts to hold oil in. Easy way to join engines is make sprocket to left end of cranks and put chain between sprockets. That way we lose the alternator and power line is quite fragile.
Right end of crank is pretty strong but rear engine crank sprocket is very foggy vision right now.
Welcome Slasher. Nice bike and love the pipes.View attachment 221933
Here's my 75b model. Originally from iowa USA now here with me and restored in the uk
j343my
XS650 Enthusiast
Wasn't really planning on buying a second XS650, but here we are... 1984 Heritage Special.
XS650s are like chips one is not enough.
Looks good. Congrats!
That’s a 1981 Special. The engine appears that it may be from a Heritage Special. Black cases are the indicator.
Then again, you being in Canada easily make that an ‘84 Heritage with ‘81 side cover badges.
I’ll shut up now. Nice bike!
That's quite a study in engineering & ingenuity; can't see much, but appears to be total loss ignition using a Honda 4cyl transistorized point plate and advance/point-cam (reason it's RH side), presumably MP08 coils. Maybe each motor 360* off-phase??
Crazy build for sure.
Thinking the carbs in the lead engine sucking down the heatwave off of the exhaust inches away isn't ideal. With all that effort one would think they would have swiveled the head 180* to give it some fresh ram cooler air induction. Interesting nonetheless...
Welcome Slasher - that is a beautiful XS. Do you have pictures of how it was when it arrived? Tell us what you did to restore the bike? Cheers, RaymondView attachment 221933
Here's my 75b model. Originally from iowa USA now here with me and restored in the uk
Hi Geoff, welcome to the forum. In case you don't know it yet, you just got a new hobby - lot's of things you can do to the bike but looks like a good basis to work on. Cheers, Raymond
Congratulations on your new bike Geoff, and welcome to the forum, you’re in the right place to find any info you need and lots of technical support as well. Looks like you’ve got a good bike to work with, good luck to you!
Here's another set of pictures I found.
Dual engine, dual supercharger.
Streamliner built by Don and Rick Vesco (1970)
Dual engine, dual supercharger.
Streamliner built by Don and Rick Vesco (1970)
Ooh! That bike is looking very nice! Thanks for posting!
