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OTB Fab’s scrap parts XS.

Ted — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:28:14 +0000

Idea spawned from scrap The whole bike happened on accident. We had been looking for an XS for a few months. Everyone wanted way too much money for a busted bike. So after I was ready to give up, there she was. Leaving on the side of a warehouse. 1980 Special II. No headlight, no [...]

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BRAT on a budget

Ted — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:51:52 +0000

Well i bought the bike for 200 bucks and it was in rough shape so heres what i had to do. I cut rear section of frame off and had my friends at Twisted Choppers make me new seat rails and shock mounts. I then used 85 honda rebel shocks to slam it 2 inches. [...]

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VISUAL IMPACT BRAT BUILD

Ted — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:52:34 +0000

BRAT XS650 Mike from Visual Impact – The bike started out as a build for me but along the way things changed and the bike became a customer build. I painted the tank for it a few months prior to even knowing I would end up building the bike. He wanted the tank to be [...]

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Tidy Whitey

Ted — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:02:35 +0000

I drove three hours to see a “decent” bike only to find the PO’s had gutted the wiring trying to fix the TCI, had left it outdoors for likely 5 years resulting in lots of rust, had removed the carbs and exhaust which explains the seized engine, and had read far too many web sites [...]

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“The Bandit” – by: Vintage Customs

Ted — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:50:51 +0000

After my first XS650, “Norma Jean” I decided to deviate from the standard hardtail, fake oil-tank look and go with something that was simple and clean while still keeping the rear shocks. The result was this… A ’78 XS Special dubbed “The Bandit”. The rear frame was reconfigured downward and forward. The stock shock mounts [...]

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