Emma, my 77 xs650

[lang]

I just started my xs for the first time on friday and it felt great! The engine is punched out to 750 w/ a #1 Shell cam, 34mm Mik round slides, a Sparx alternator and a pamco ignition.

The frame has a 2" stretch w/ a 36* rake. Here's the start up vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PES4yya_HUA

I need paint and powder (gloss black) and some new pipes and then she'll be done


Just wanted to share!

[crkhobbit]

Beautiful and tasty. Love the bars!

Would love to see some more pics.

[Jashole]

she's a beaut. oil bag is sick. bars are sick. the whole front end is sick. im inspired to get an xs now.

[lang]

Thanks guys! The bars and rear fender are from frontstreetcycle, the electronics bags were a random find at an army navy store - they're french sniper scope cases. the front end consists of set of old 34mm xs trees, dt250 fork legs and a 21" xt500 wheel

and here's some more pics:

[Jashole]

EVENNNN bettter!!! dam she really is a beaut. im bout to craiglist an xs!

[lang]

go for it - they're fun little bikes!

[steffan]

thats awesome. love the bars and seat

[dannyb]

What is that headlight off of? i've always wanted one with a built in speedo

[philbey]

DT250 fork legs, cool, I might see if I can find a set of them.

I've had my eyes peeled for an XT500 front wheel and brake, the only one I saw at a swap was going for 500 bucks so no love!

Bike looks mean, bars are off the wall man, where'd they come from!

[viz]

Very cool, lots of little details on there. I love the bars. I just ordered a set of bars from Front street. Cant wait to get them.

[Jashole]

i cant get enough of this bike. shit is so sick. i know how to make my xs now.
hahahahah

[lang]

Thanks Jas, that the best complement I could get

Viz, I'm sure you'll be thrilled with Craig's work - I know I was.

Philbey, 500 bones for an xt wheel? Shit, I guess I got lucky. Pretty much all the 70's xt, tt, dt yamis will have a 21" drum wheel. The bars came from Front Street Cycles - They're Craig's race bars modified a little bit - we dubbed 'em mustache bars. Then I bent them a little more to get some extra pullback (went from about 2" to 6").

Danny, the headlight bucket is a NOS 105mm Cev bucket - they're from Italian scooters and HD Aermacchis. I added a visored bezel made for that size bucket, a tractor headlight bulb, and a push button for the high beam. The speedo hole will take any of the common mini-speedos made by Drag Specialties or Custom Chrome, so I tossed one of those in.

Thanks again for the feedback!

[Guest]

thats a great looking bike: skip the paint and powder, the look it has now makes it look like you dug it out of an antique shop

[Robhall]

Sick. Just sick. How did you fill in the yamaha logos on the case and stator cover?

[lang]

Sick. Just sick. How did you fill in the yamaha logos on the case and stator cover?

I got the stator cover from mikesxs - he sells plain ones. On the right case, I belt sanded the yami off. That there is a thick cover that doesn't mind losing a couple millimeters of metal.