How to lace a wheel from scratch.
How to lace a wheel from scratch / adding a 21″ rear to your xs650. When you look at many bikes, you may notice not many people are leaving their wheels chrome anymore. However, lots of guys haven’t tackled the job of learning how to build wheels, so they just paint the hub, the spokes [...]
How To: Refresh an old speedometer
This is not directly related to an XS650 chop, but I did this for my XS650 chop – which is in it’s very early stages (read: getting the damn thing running). I apologize for some of these pics. I was almost finished with this project before I started taking any pictures. I wish I had [...]
Pedal to the metal – kicker mod for low bucks
There are surely variuos ways to put a pedal to your kicker arm.This is how I did – and it works fine. Picture 1: At first you have to cut the “knob” from your kicker arm wich fixes the rubber, Now you can pull the rubber off. There are different diameters of the arm depending [...]
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 [...]
The Best (homemade) Bike Table Ever
I recently built a table for my bike. Width- 16″, Length – a foot longer than my wheelbase, Height-18”. First I Built a 2×4 frame and covered it with plywood and put blocks on the front of the table so the bike wouldn’t roll forward.
Do It Your Damn self Contest:
Update: Contest Winner Is > My Fieldset————————— Email : justin.saxton@gmail.com Name: Justin Title of your post: The Best (homemade) Bike Table Ever ————————— Justin has submitted a couple of his xs 650 to the site. Watch your e-mail Justin I need your shipping info to pass on to Tyler @ Lowbrow Customs so he can [...]
Bending tube the cheap way
So, lets see what we need Sand (I use play sand, its free if you go to a local playground, just make sure you don’t have a beard…) Baking dish (ask the wive) Oven Duck tape (every biker has this stuff laying around) Funnel (every biker has this stuff laying around to) Barbecue (Or some [...]
