XS650 Chopper

Travis - I’ve always wanted a bobber. Been working in the metal industry for a few years now and decided it was the perfect time to build one. Got a stock 73′ xs. Chopped it and welded on a hard tail. Laser cut custom gussets for the frame. Tc bros forward pegs. Then hand made a seat and got some springs. Found an old sportster tank. Bent up some drag bars. Rolled a rear fender. Made a license plate bracket and mounted a model a style brake light. Lasar cut a brass knuckle jockey shift. Had a good buddy of mine from SMC customs mandrel bend me a custom 2 into 1 exhaust and also a 2 into 1 carb manifold with a mikuni snowmobile carb on the end. Just ordered the tv bros magneto kit and the rest of my parts needed. Should be done and running by summer!

Rodney J. A. - THIS WOULD BE MY SECOND BUILD OF A XS650 AND TRULY ENJOY BUILDING THESE BIKES. IT’S A 1980 XS 650 STOCK MOTOR (REBUILT) WITH A CUSTOM 2 TO 1 INTAKE, CUSTOM BUILT FRAME, HEI IGNITION, BRAND NEW TIRES ON HONDA MAG WHEELS, MIKUNI CARB WITH HOMEMADE VELOCITY STACK, HAND BUILT DUAL EXHAUST HEAT WRAPPED, ELECTRIC AND KICK START. Continue Reading →

Frank - XS 650 we did for a customer. Has weld on hardtail, custom fitted Springer front end, sportster 19″ front wheel, sportster fuel tank, custom built skeleton hand licence plate holder, custom scratch built exhaust, bike is completely powdercoated (no paint at all) TCI box mounted inside tool box on side, custom rear fender strut, custom mounted tailight, etc. Continue Reading →

Jesse forbes - The Midori Bomb (green in Japanese)… 8 years ago an idea came to mind while having a conversation with a fellow Airmen 6,000 miles away from home in a desert know as QATAR.  We shared a passion for wrench spinning and spent long days in the hot desert (140 degrees on the flightline) of maintaining aircraft talking about motorcycles and cars where our real interest lies back at home.  This cool kid knew about the Japanese style bobbers and choppers and began to enlighten me of other cool two wheeled machines that existed other than the v-twin Harley.. Continue Reading →

Rick Nelson - So it all started a little over a year ago when I came across a dirt cheap xs650 on craigslist. The bike was completely dissassembled and in boxes but the price was right and I had no intention of using most of the stock parts anyway. The bike spent the next year under my workbench collecting dust as I struggled to choose a direction for the build.Somewhere during this time I stumbled across the TCU biker build off threads and I decided that the bike was going to be my donor for just such an event. Continue Reading →