Dec 31 2008

1983 Yamaha XS650/ Drop Seat

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lowered The Seat Rails. Man..

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Here’s my 1983 Yamaha XS650 build. So far I’ve lowered the seat rails and relocated the upper and lower shock mounts so I didn’t have to buy shorter shocks and I also made a set of z-bars out of some ape hangers I had. I think it’s turning out pretty slick. Fabbed rear fender mounts and radiused the stocks and rear fender to match the tire. I need to make a battery box ext.

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lowering the seat rails makes for a better riding position. It also makes for a nice profile..

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What y’all think?

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11 Comments on this post

  1. musicman5000 said:

    Such a sweet machine. Truly a classic. I had a 1981 Special II. My Dad had a 1971 model when I was a kid.

    January 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 am
  2. admin said:

    Word……. come back i will post more stuff every week!!

    January 3rd, 2009 at 4:40 am
  3. Jason said:

    awesome…the lowered seat has the whole bratstyle look. Nice work. How did you do it? cut bend and re-weld?

    February 3rd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
  4. dodjie10 said:

    hi, can anybody help me with my 1985 XJ700 (air-cooled and shaft driven) frame? I’m still deciding which kind should I convert it into (rigid or soft)? please help

    February 21st, 2009 at 6:11 am
  5. felipe said:

    Nice job on bending the rails, I am in the process of doing that to my 1980 650 and I will post pics. Nice bike man.

    February 28th, 2009 at 8:08 am
  6. B said:

    hey. looks awesome. same question: how did you bend the seat rails?

    July 7th, 2009 at 9:06 am
  7. jason said:

    All of ya’ll making me work up the courage to start cutting

    August 29th, 2009 at 2:03 am
  8. Buddy said:

    In the last full pic of the bike is that a harley sportser tank mounted up? Is the bobber tank that alot of people use? I totally dig the lowered seat

    September 25th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
  9. Jake said:

    It looks like it has been a while since anyone posted here but I am very curiouse how this bike is turning out. Lets see some updates if possible.

    March 7th, 2010 at 8:35 am
  10. cj said:

    I was looking at that last pic and was wondering how you bent that secthion of the frame it looks like the stock welds any info thanks

    April 6th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
  11. pk said:

    nice!! i’m planning on buying a buddy’s xs400 and on doing this type of style frame/seat to it.. would love to see pictures of how you did it.

    June 15th, 2010 at 10:42 am

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