Beatersville 09′ Show Winner …….XS650
Write about your XS650.: I went to Louisville,Ky this summer to the Beatersville Car and Bike show. After picking up a 36′ ford truck cab earlier in the year,I thought I would go and check out the ratrods to get some ideas.
Teebs: If you feel up to it… let me have it.
Write about your XS650.: I picked my current project bike up as a total basket case last year. 200 bucks and I got a frame and swingarm, 2 wheels, the motor and a box with the coils and the carbs (dismantled and wrecked) Not so much as a turn signal or a scrap of wire [...]
orange crush
This was my first build, it’s a 1980 XS 650. I got the bike from my friends father in law for free so I figured if I cut it up and did not get it back together I wouldn’t be out much. Everything on this bike was fabricated or reworked by me, with a build [...]
Misirlou built for Cat’s Meow Detroit
Write about your XS650.: Last March the gang from Scrawny’s were invited to show off some of their builds at Detroit’s Autorama. We set up shop next to a great guy named Keith who owns a shop called The Cat’s Meow, a retro collectible shop.
Long Time Comin’
I sit and drool over all the beautiful bikes for hours. Write about your XS650.: This website is addicting! I sit and drool over all the beautiful bikes for hours. Thanks for all the inspiration. My Brother and I have been in the custom paint business for years. When there was spare time we liked [...]
Joel Mekolites: Bratty xs650 makeover
I decided to cut it up and see what I could make out of it. Write about your XS650.: Well I got my xs650 set up the way I thought I wanted it. After stepping back and looking at it she looked like a stock triumph in my opinion. I wasn’t too happy with it [...]
wicked vizion
Im just a lucky man The bike started life as a 1983 yamaha xs650 special. I cut off all of the parts except the front half of the frame. I built a new back half on to the existing frame and then modified the existing neck to fit the 41mm wide glide HD front end. [...]
