sick xs650 Garage Company Customs Inc.
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6 inch stretch xs650
Larry- It’s a 80 XS650. We picked this bike up from a guy local in stock form. It had been sitting in his garage for 10 years. To start off the build the frame got hard-tailed with a 6 inch stretch in the rear and an additional 3 degrees of rake in the neck. We use as many of the stock components as we could to save the customer some dough. The brakes, wheels and front-end were all re-used. The tank is a Salinas Boys piece from Cole Foster and the fender is from Pat at Led Sled Customs. As for the rest of the bike we pretty much did everything else in house aside from the lace paint, that was done by Goolsby Customs.
Ted- How does it handle with the 3 degrees of rake and 6 inch of stretch?
Ted- Salinas Boys tank is a cool piece. What is the Fuel capacity?
Larry- Yeah, we have used this tank on a couple of the bikes. The normal mounting position is low set on the frame but we semi frisco mounted this one just to change the look. As far as fuel, it’ll hold around 2.5 gallons.
Ted- What do you like most about using the XS 650 as a platform to build on? Are you having a hard time finding XS650′s to chop up in Alabama?
Larry- Well they’re actually still pretty easy to get here. I have got a honey hole that has a ton of em. The only drawback is there all turds. They’ve been sitting outside for a long time and you’ve gotta go completely through them. The best things about the XS is they are easy to find, parts are readily
available and they run so damn good when they’re done. Not to mention they favor the British stuff a little.
Ted- Anything else that we might not notice about the ride? Anything else you’d like to add?
Larry- Well we get a lot of folks asking if the knobby tires roar and the answer is no. They ride as good as street tires. I wanna say thanks to Pamco Pete for the killer ignitions and for all his help. Oh yeah, wanna let everyone know that we’ve started making some parts such as a really nice weld-on hard-tail for the XS with options for stretch and drop. As well as some killer handlebars that are available in stainless/mild steel, 1′ & 7/8. Check out our blog for the most recent info on parts –> garagecocustoms.blogspot.com.
Thanks Larry
Garage Company Customs Inc.
200 Bearden Rd
Pelham, Al 35124
205-682-0040 Shop
205-533-8922 Fax
Garagecompanycustoms.com
Cool bike. What kind of headlight is that? I like its’ dimensions, and I haven’t gotten one yet.
The XS650 was Yamaha’s answer to the British vertical twins: similar look and feel without the maintenance issues (oil leaks, electrical, metallurgy issues). The XS850 was a response to the ever increasing complexity of the Japanese 4-cylinder motors.
Looks like a Hella off road light. Damn that suckers long, Me likey:)
Thanks guys!! The headlight is a Hella off road unit.
I met these guys last year on the Big Mountain Run. A real standup crew with some sweet bike building talent… They were willing to pull a part of off a finished bike just to help me get back on the road, thats a hell of a thing to do guys, keep up the good work.
Gonna be at the BMR this year?
Hugh
Now that’s a Fuckin Chopper…..you guys jap slap the hell out of that scooter…there is nuthin not to like about that build…man you guys are sick!!!!
Jap Slap
Cya down the road
like this bike a lot,will have to get my act together and post some pics of my softail project.will be very happy if it turns out half as good as this,
That paint is sick! The tank and fender are sweet. I dig the knobby tires too. Hell with all the cool things to look at….I almost missed those killer pipes. Nice scoot.
I really like the bars. Where did you pull the headlight from?
The hella light you use is it the euro or pencil beam ralley 4000? Love the look of the bike! I’m collecting all my parts right now.
Seen it on bikernetmetricnews blog before, I really like most of this bike. Bars are not mine & I wouldnt stretch out an XS so much.
But thats just because I like lookin like a footballfuckin monkey. Knees to the ears, hehe!
Damn I’m a slacker! Have my Cole tank at home waiting to be mounted and fender o well ya snooze ya lose. Nice bike tho
Thanx Larry, I’m gonna look into that.
Beauty job on that tank. Nice overall job on the whole bike. 5 stars out of 5.
reynoldburton I seen lots of xs on bikernetmetricnews but I always see them here first. Tank and paint is nice work.
Sweet bike I like the paint scheme
you should’ve made it a drop seat frame so you don’t slide off the back. its what i have and its super comfortable.
Paint looks awesome.
love the lace! and the rest of the bike! awsome scoot!!!!!!!!!
I’m wondering what kind of tires are on there?!?
Anyone???? I’m looking to get a hold of these tires for my 16 rear and 21 front.
The tires look like Bridgestone Trailwings. KLR’s and other Dual purpose bikes use them OEM.
pretty sweet ride, gives me a tooth ache!
nice build but not sure about the stretch. looks a little odd w/ all the empty space behind the motor. of course that’s just my opinion.
This is one of my favorite bikes I have seen here on this site.