1978 XS 650 "the Northside Special"

[Northside1]

Built this for a friend. Stretched and goosenecked the frame, fabbed a hardtail for it, 200 rear 21 front. Motoiron springer.

[Northside1]

[217chops]

Looks good I really like the top motor mount

[Northside1]

[Northside1]

Not sure why some pics are posted at 90 degrees.

[Northside1]

Looks good I really like the top motor mount

Thanks, the tank ended up covering that all up too but oh well.

[217chops]

What did you do to the sprocket on the motor to run the 200 rear tire?

[Northside1]

What did you do to the sprocket on the motor to run the 200 rear tire?

Took the splines from old sprocket and teeth from a new sprocket and welded a spacer in between. Then stress relieved in oven.