Did you know that French is a language spoken by about 136 million people worldwide. Gé is from France and he just finished up building this beautifully designed Yamaha XS650. I’m not quite sure how many XS650 made their way into France but Gé was able to find one and cut it up good.

Here is what Gé has to say about his new ride. (translated from French)

Gé- I bought this model one year ago. I drew the engine and wheels on a drawing software (SolidWorks). From there I drew my ideas on the PC before making definitive plans. I began the frame fabrication in February.

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Stripped and cut in half.
I saw a bobber sitting outside a tattoo shop in Austin, TX and fell in love. That same day I went home and spent hours researching how to build one for myself. I’ve never even riden a motorcycle let alone built one. I’ve been building and modifying cars for years and knew i had the skills to take on the project. Read More

Update on Metal Head Fabrication’s XS650 boardtracker

Nick from Metal Head Fabrication finally got his boardtracker xs650 bike wrapped up. We posted this bike up on the web  just a few months back. You can read that post by clicking here.. This bike got a lot of comments and questions, so we brought you a stack of pictures of the finished ride for you to drool over.

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IT IS VERY SPARKLY

J Ryan- Yeah I actually work from my garage at home doing repair and custom work. I live in inglewood (a small section of town in nashville, TN), but don’t go by a shop name anymore. Says JRyChops on my card. Born and raised in Daytona Beach so the motorcycle obsession took hold very early, but have only been building bikes for about 6 years.

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Time to start chopping

A mulligan-machine update:

Justin’s road to chopper glory all started out within the package of a bone stock 1979 xs650. For about a year or so, he rode the beast in stock configuration whilst planning its demise/rebirth. With a pile of parts and a good idea of what he wanted to build, it was time to start chopping.

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Hey everybody, I’m Trent Reker, editor of bikerMetric!, and we just completed an XS650 chopper we lovingly call the FREEDOM OR DEATH MACHINE. It was built by Jeff, the brilliant mind behind Saint Motorbikes. Read More

New Pics by Nathan DiClaudio

XS 650 Chicken Salad

Jeremy LC Fabrications - Late last summer, the shop was in kind of a dead spot, we had alot of big ideas of what to do for a winter project including a salt flat racer and going back to AMD. Unfortunately it all hinged on selling our beloved Panster. We try to keep our personal projects separate from our parts business, so the creation of a new bike is always dependent on the sale of another one.

79 xs650  TCU BBO leaf springer spit wassell tank i’m not sure what to call it yet bike?

So late 2009 I had a few spare parts laying around that gave me an idea. a beatup wassell tank that I got from my friend Scotty kinda started this whole bike in my head. I thought it would be cool to split in in half and run a back bone through it and then a couple months later I decided to enter in the tcu build off. which is a forum with a bunch of cool people that build awsome stuff. So around Dec  I called my friend MikeD from biltwell inc and told him what I was planning on doing and like always he hooked me up with a nice goodie box (Thanks Mike). And around the same time I talked my friend Dirty Jason (whom my daughter named ).. haha.. out of a 79 xs650 neck and engine. Read More

Write about your XS650.: Greetings from korajez custons in colima mexico, Read More

Write about your XS650.: Had this 79 in pieces for a year now. Got a 3″ Elswick hardtail, Detroit Bro’s tank. Keepin the mags on it. Haven’t desided on bars yet, or exhaust.

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This Yamaha was built at Exotics-inc in winston salem NC by a guy that gos by Casey. The only thing that is not custom built by Casey is the motor.

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In the jungle

Write about your XS650.: Long story short I got divorced last year and with that the house, cars and dogs stayed with ex. I got a backpack and freedom. Since then I moved to Hawaii and lived in the jungle. I’ve had some kind of ride since 1963 (yes, I’m 65) and had to sell my last bike in 2009. Read More

I got this from a dude name Shakey for $50.00. It was a pile of wires and a box of parts. I had a bunch of stuff left over from a FL resto and figured I’d put them to use. Read More

This is my 81 xs 650… The Goal was to build a chopper on the cheap for The Horse magazines Amature Chop off contest.  My total cost of the bike and build $615.00.  All work was completed by myself, I didn’t farm anything out.  The frame rales made from discarded clothing racks, all the electrical is in the fake oil tank which I made from pipe off of my wood burning stove.  Exhaust pipes are from handicape hand rails (sorry grandma) Rattle can paint job, painted three times (damm gas spill) after the third time on the Long road, we decided to change it up and have all the riders sign their name to the tank.

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Tc bros hardtail and fake oil tank cant say enough about them there great. Raked out to 40 degrees, sporty gas tank, flat fender, smoothed out front fender, homemade bars, home made custom paint” I do it for a living so I guess its not homemade”. Read More

This a 1974 xs650 i purchased in may,the assembled picture of the bike is the way it looked when i bought it for 800$ then stripped it and sold unneeded parts for almost the same amout,so i ended up with a free hardtail frame,motor and wheels. Read More