Apr 27 2009
Who built this XS?
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Sean e-mailed me today asking for some help.
“Hey Ted,
I was wondering if you can help me !! I am chasing some info on a bike that I have seen a pic of apparently it was called the Star Trek Bike and it was built in the USA, I have attached a pic of it to this email, Any info would be fantastic!! cheers”
I know I’ve seen this xs650 before but don’t have any info on her.
Do you guys know who built this ride? Comment below. Thanks.
Hoho, sorry rednecks but this neaty twin is built in Europe.
To be XSactly, in England. To be more XSactly by Les and Nigel from De Luxe Cycles in Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Wheels and fork in this ’76 XS 650 are donated by a GSXR1100.
Thanks Very much Hans from Holland do you happen to have any contact details for the mastercraftsmen responsible for this slick looking ride ??
Sorry Sean, i haven’t any contactinfo on De Luxe Cycles. What I know is that they also built an awsome long and very low Sportster in the late nineties which won a prize at the Kent Custom Show in England. This XS built is also at least eleven years old.
i know a guy here in colorado who is using this bike on his website. He has used a G&L bike on ads saying that he built it so I assume he is telling people he built this one also. Here is his website and the pic of this bike is on the front page! http://dirtydeedzchopperworks.com/
this guy is a scumbag. Call him out!!!!!
josh
Hey guys….that XS was built by Deluxe Cycles of Ripon (thats the graveyard gardens in the pic…..near the Drakes fish n chip shop in Ripsky….yum!)….asked around abit and ive been told it got stolen by some scum in the 90′s and was never seen ever again!!! Deluxe cycles dont exist anymore….two guys ran it so ive been told…..one lives local still and the other in Europe…..shame could do with a bike shop round here x i could find out more info if needed……..my mate Lamby used to know the owner and gave me all this info xxxx steviemonster
Hey there.. What kind of info you looking for?
Hans and Stevie are absolutely right. It’s a Deluxe Cycles bike. I took that photo when I was working as editor of AWoL magazine.
It also was in a feature in Bigtwin magazine…once…a long time ago…i´m gettin´old.
Very interesting info, i quiet like this bike shame it was nicked.
To me it looks a bit unfinished but with lots of potential
I did some mods to it in photoshop and man it looks clean
any other pics of it ?
The gsxr’s ive been spying don’t look the same as this runnin gear is ya sure?
Smithy
Remember them building the XS. They did some ace work on my Ironhead.
In a sort of way this was a XS which made history. A sort of startingpoint for what made us here together. I mean, for about five years ago no one ever seen ( or built…) a bobber with the Yamaha 650 twin.
As editor of the Dutch XS 650 magazine I did an article about XS bobbers for about six years ago. Believe me, nobody in the XS scene ever heard about the term bobber.
To find good examples for the article I googled for days and it was heard to find good examples on the internet. By every google search only a few came up, but this pic was everytime with it.
Now about five years later I put hundreds of XS 650 bobbers pics on our site in the photogallery. (see; http://www.xs650.nl).
So, again this bike starded the hype….