XS 650 Cafe Racer

I have about 3 years of spare time tinkering to get this bike together. Big, late model brakes with true old school glass helped me get this as close as I could rememeber to a bike I saw when I was younger. Hope you enjoy the pics.

The concept was to blend old with new hence the crossover Yamaha racing paint scheme with the ton up stripe. I wanted the bike to handle and run as good as it could on tube tires and it does. I wanted to be able to look through the bike and see nothing but hard parts (no wiring, bolts or unsightly junk) 3 years of part time work. You judge the finished product.

• Box section swing arm
• Needle bearings
• Shaved, gusseted Powder coated frame with a 65% gloss finish (3mm)
• Tomaselli clip-on’s
• Polished lightened hubs
• Rear hub drilled
• Front wheel is an 18 inch to quicken steering and allow for slightly wider tires (standard racing trick)
• Polished shoulder rims with double butted spokes and new nipples
• New aluminum rear sprocket
• Oversize brake rotors and calipers with ss lines
• FZ6 forks with fresh seals and oil (air forks)
• New rear shocks
• Fairing and tail was NOS and never mounted
• Oil cooler with SS lines
• Custom rear sets
• Custom built 1 ¾ Shell pipes with tuned port optimizers and exhaust port optimizers
• Aluminum front fender with aluminum braces
• Engine was upgraded with;
• 1 piece clutch pushrod and new seal
• HD clutch springs
• New style sump strainer
• High Performance coil, wires and caps
• Carbs rebuilt with spot on jetting and custom needles (starts first kick and idles perfectly)
• Pod filters
• Starter block off plate
• New clutch cable, tach cable and throttle cable
• Brand new tires and tubes

Fairing can be removed in seconds with ¼ turn fasteners and bike can be converted to un faired style with no unsightly brackets to detract from the looks of the bike.

Fiberglass tanks are prone to leaking so I skinned this one and installed a super sturdy 2 gallon steel tank under the skin along with the battery.

• All of the body work can be removed in 2-3 minutes with a single Allen key
• Forks are 36 mm from a 87 FZR 600
• Rear Swing arm 1988 Radian
• Front rotor 87 FZR1000
• Front caliper 98 Suzuki Bandit 600
• Oil cooler from Ninja 600 r
• New battery with charging plug for Deltran style charger
• Just tuned with fresh oil and filters engine had 6000 miles when removed from donor bike
• Fresh paint Corvette velocity yellow
• Spare parts (engine and head(s) cams, TCI box, etc

Built by Frank Derris

This XS 650 Cafe Racer is currently for sale!