XS650 in the Clutch
The Clutch Justin – Honestly, a lot of my inspiration to complete this project was from all the great bikes that have posted on your site over the years. Most notably, Hans from Hollands cafe with a see through clutch cover was a big inspiration, as witnessed by my own clutch cover.
1979 XS650 from Winnipeg
Feeling a little empty inside with nothing to work on right now. Scott – I purchased the bike summer of 2010. It wasn’t running but after a good cleaning of the carbs it fired up and ran great. I was lucky because the original bike was complete and everything functioned which allowed me to have [...]
Hoodwink Hotrods’ pair of Six Fiddies
Mudguard (fenders if you’re not from the uk) Nick- After building/customising a couple of bobbers for a friend I got the bug and have made/customised two for my mate and I. The white one is Spike’s and we found it on eBay in Birmingham. So, I collected it and brought it back to Cambridge and [...]
Rootbeer and Brass
Built for a friend The bike started as a basket case build that some guy started, but never finished. The frame was glued together with bondo and booger welds, with the neck so out of wrack it was crazy. I replaced the whole front half of the frame which was only the start for this [...]
Miss Understood Leaf Spring Build
Richard- I built this 650 in about six months from an 81 i had sitting in the garage. I was going for an old indian feel for the bike. I wanted to build a leaf spring for a while and this seemed like the perfect project to do that. I used an old mustang leaf [...]
Dannys xs / build by ELSWICK CYCLES
Image in my head Danny- This 1972 XS was a build by ELSWICK CYCLES. I had an image in my head of how I wanted this bike to look so I got together with Rob from ELSWICK and we talked about measurements and the overall look of the bike. This is what we came up [...]
Just the way I had hoped
Psychedelic colors schemes, restored original parts, loud pipes The project started out a little over a year ago. I had never ridden a bike, much less built one. I sought an xs650 due to its seemingly endless supply of parts and thriving community. As luck would have it, a friend of a friend had one [...]
