I Lied…
Well, I lied! I originally said that I was going to hard-tail this bike that I recently picked up, but now I am not. I have officially become obsessed with the bratstyle movement. I spend hours (at work haha) looking at www.bratstyle.com. I really want to hardtail a bike with spoked wheels and being that [...]
79 Bratstyle – Gravel Crew
This is a 1979 Yamaha XS650. It is 90% complete. The guy I bought it from wanted to build this bike in the style of two of his favorite Japanese builders, Bratstyle & Gravel Crew. This bike was stripped down to the bare frame. All unused tabs were cut off, blasted and then powdercoated gloss [...]
lanesplitter
HI i´m from Finland and i bought this bike couple of years ago, i did have already noticed that xs were build with fine taste in japan and seen that bratstyle bike in dice magazine. I´m big fan for long bikes and lovin the 70´s style build choppers.
“Pure Evil” Steven(Hotrod)Beattie
Hello XS650 riders, this is Hotrod, this is my 1980 Bratstyle ride, still needs alot of work, sat idel for awhile, theres along story behind it and the bike. A friend and I started building this bike together, His name was John Greenlee II. His life was cut short Oct.10,2009.
Double Motor Works
It seems like Japan is in the middle of a chopper renaissance. There are so many talented Japanese cycle builders cranking out killer rides. Its crazy. I caught up with Yoshio at Double Motor Works in Japan. He was cool enough to take a minute out of his busy schedule to give us a few [...]
1972 xs650 brat bike is done
Well after about 16 months I have finished my brat bike build. I am really happy with the end results. I thought I would show you the finished product. I still have to tool the leather for the seat and mount the taillight. I hid all the electronics under the motor.
77 XS650 chop cycle corpse
I picked this bike up from a friend few years ago for $600. it was stock and rusty as hell.
I chopped the back end off and moved the shocks mounts forward a few inches in the frame, welded new shock mounts in and picked up some drop shocks to the bike would sit lower. i [...]
Baloney Sandwich
Bring your bike to Leadfist.
No… this bike is not a bologna sandwich. it is a bike. and you cannot eat it… but bologna sandwiches are yummy, yes? this bike is a ‘73 TX650 that i built with a friend. he was inspired by the Japanese brat-style bike builders, so he brought it to Leadfist for [...]
Updates on the green bike.
Write about your XS650.: Last year I finished my dream bike with only a few minor tweaks floating in the back of my mind. So I finally got a smaller front brake on- older rotor off some Japanese dirt bike, as well as the twin pot caliper. It actually stops about the same if not [...]
