my XS chop... finally..

This is the only pic I have on my comp right now, but here's my chop. took about 3 months to build from scratch... the first time. Redid a few things over the winter and still need to cleant he carbs to get it going again this season. Hope everyone enjoys. Most everything was handbuilt by me, except the hardtail and the paint on the tins.

and here's one after i finished it the first time last September..

cool bike man. did you do the paint?

No, my buddy Steve from The Candy Shop did the paint. We traded out some of my stripe work for him to paint my tins. I'll post some better pics of the paint..

more paint pics.

looks great. gonna need some more pics though.

I'll have to upload some more pics to my comp.... mostly only have build pics and ones of it when I finished it last Sept. It only stayed that way for about 100 miles! I think I'll upload my build pics then, just turn this into a build thread... I'm always open to suggestions and critiques btw, promise I wont get butt hurt!

Who did the frame? Do you know the stretch and drop? Looks good. The paint is awesome.

nice ride

The frame was done by my buddies at Thompson Choppers in Springfield,MO. It's a 2"drop frame with 4" of stretch and there's 6" of ground clearance. I wanted the bike to sit a little higher cause I like to cut through ditches and such, and also so it would still handle decent.

A pic of what I started with. Also, a better pic of the new bars.

a few more.. first is my XS and my buddy KawiDave's KZ750 twin at Greaserama last year, second is just a random from my garage..

a few we took while in KC for Greaserama last sept. have more from that session, but they're mainly of my wife on the bike..

here ya go!

Nice, came out good

Looks killer man. classy pic of your wife too.

Thanks guys. I def appreciate the compliments, this being my first attempt at building a bike and all...

if you get a chance, will you link to your xs650.com build thread?

Awesome job, I really dig your chop

Booger, I would link it, but I was without a comp for about 3 months, hence it taking so long to post this thread, and cant seem to remember any of my 650.com info and it wont let me start a new account with the same email...