Reincarnation 1977XS
Cold Steel 2nd Phase xs 650 This is the 2nd. Phase of this bike. I was not totally satisfied with the 1st. Has a 3” extended swing arm with 10.5” progressive shocks. The seat rails where lowered 1 ½”. All unnecessary mounts, brackets and factory gusseting was removed and necessary joints were re-welded for strength. The [...]
GROUP EFFORT
Myself and my buddy’s about 8 of us kicked around some ideas to get to this point, working around my vision I’ve had since 2000 and made it a reality. I picked up the 1978 xs in April of 2009 for 425.00, which needless to say was in sad shape, it had been living outside [...]
Mulligan Machine Mids Mod:
Mid controls for very little money Never a huge fan of forward controls, I set out to make a set of mid controls for very little money, and a fair amount class/style. I knew of a few simple options that would work, but they just weren’t quite what I had in mind. I envisioned a [...]
Jeff’s Second Bike
Built it at home in my garage. Update: For sale on ebay My second bike. I built it at home in my garage. It took about 4 months. its not all done yet i wana change the pipes and maybe some paint. its way faster than i ever expected it to be. my first chop [...]
MOTOSHOP TONOUCHI XS
Eric Waterfall Interviews Tono of MOTOSHOP TONOUCHI. After posting Numa’s xs-half-fairing, Eric shot me an e-mail to say that he speaks Japanese and would be willing to help out with some translating. He was able to get in contact with Tono of MOTOSHOP TONOUCHI to get the scoop on this sick XS650 CHOPPER. If you [...]
TOXIC. our Industrial bobber
Joe Wiseguys Industrial Bobber Write about your XS650.: This is my first complete build. I have been helping my dad in his shop Wise Guys Choppers, LLC for the last 3 years build custom bikes from the Yamaha XS650 but this time I got to build my own and i couldnt be happier with the [...]
Bloodhound 650
This was my first bike build. I had no motorized mechanical experience prior. The bike was a 40th birthday present to myself. The top end of the engine was rebuild. I had iffy rings and a bad valve. New gaskets would help insure it would not leak. Most importantly I want to know how the [...]
Root Beer Candy xs 650: Ardcore Choppers
Bad Penny I got an e-mail from Nate the other day with these pics of the latest ride to roll out of the Ardcore shop. Ardcore keeps cranking out sick rides. We also talked about xs650chopper.com and Ardcore doing some cool stuff in the coming months. But you will have to stay tuned to find [...]
simple 73 Chop
Just finishing up this ’73 650. I wanted it to be a pretty basic traditional looking chopper. Nothing too crazy, just simple. Whatever it needs to get down the road, nothing else. Scratchbuilt hardtail stretched 4 inches over stock lowered maybe an inch or two. Stock 18 back wheel with a firestone tire and 21 [...]
