Feb 18 2010
78 xs650 chop in progress part 2
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Well her she is . My 78 xs650. Recently I replaced both tires,bars ,and headlight. I also stripped the gas tank so now its bare metal. All that is left is to fix the pipes because they hit the back of my leg, make a taillight and plate bracket and figure out what the hell I want to do with the rear fender.I think i might even put the seat back about 1 inch or 2.
Danny
What size tank is that? any issues with the length?
nice work!
Looking good.
nice looking bike, do you have any close up pics of how you did the mid controls. i’d love to see some if you wouldnt mind emailing me some. i would really appreciate it. thanks, cnlawboy@hotmail.com
cheers,
chuck
The tank is a from sportster. thanx for looking
Yup, you’re gonna want to move your seat back. I can see that it’s a TC bros. rear like mine. I moved the seat crossmember back as well. I,m using small block chevy valve springs for the seat. Was gonna use cchopper shox, but I just don’t like the look. Way more support and less squishy. I hope you can get those pipes to work. They look cool. Keep it up.
like the pipes they look just like mine on one of my bikes. makes the bike sound so much different.
i got this same bike all original with only 1600 miles and seen a couple of these made into a bobber like yours. how did u figured out to make hard tail out of frame? if knew how to do this i could get started on own project. i would never believe u could turn the bike i have into this! nice work.
awesome