Hans from Holland PART # 13
LynXS Café-fighter
Amazing all the frequent updates here with all kind of XS 650 twins. Great to see so much variation on the XS theme. Trackers, chops, bobbers, café-racers, I really dig em all, you know the XS virus hit me hard for almost 25 years now. In 1988 already I rode a Santee framed XS chopper with high sissybar, apehanger and a long overstock springer front end. Several XS project followed, not only chops and bobs (see my Back 2 BasiXS), but also some speedy racers. The latest racer is the LynXS which I like to show you in this column-edition.
Busch Bros. latest far east inspired chop
After seeing Lance riding the hell out of his Tokyo thug chop, I got re-inspired to get chopping on my own XS. I’ve been a fan of Shinya Kimura’s samurai style for many years now, so I just hd to goose neck the frame. Read More
lanesplitter
HI i´m from Finland and i bought this bike couple of years ago, i did have already noticed that xs were build with fine taste in japan and seen that bratstyle bike in dice magazine. I´m big fan for long bikes and lovin the 70´s style build choppers. Read More
Christopher First Bike
I have never really been into bikes until just this past summer I was surfing the net and found xs650choppers.com. That was it I was hooked and had to find a bike, so I got a 1977 XS650. I just thought I would share with everybody what I have come up with so far. Read More
NOT a trailer queen
This is my first chopper build. I love the simplicity of the XS 650 twin, and am tired of overpriced shopping cart bling bling TV show bikes. You know what I mean. ( BIG thanks to The Horse mag) Got this one for $700 and an hour later half of it was in the dumpster. Read More
*Hopeless xs650*
I picked up this 1980 xs650 about a month ago on Craigslist for $170 in portland, Or. This bike was just a rolling frame with a motor and extra parts in the box. I brought it home and the first thing i did was start to tear it down lol it was about 9pm and I just started digging in, off with the exhaust, rear springs exc. Couldnt sleep at all that night I was so excited about cutting it all up. Read More
metalhead’s old “cafe”
I digging thru my hard drive and found some pics of my old “cafe” XS. That thing had so many random parts from random bikes it was crazy! I built it back when I used to work at a local motorcycle salvage yard, so I had access to ALOT of stuff to play with. Some of the parts on the parts list are just educated guesses, as the yard I worked at wasn’t very well organized. Read More
Ju’s Bobber project 02
Suppose I should mention the forks & yolks are off a Triumph 955 with a Harley wheel & Bandit calliper. The head bearings on the Trumpet are the same size as the Yam but the stem had to be extended by an inch or so. At which point the lock stops were built inside the head stock. John at DRS sorted the spindles, spacers & rear axle plates. Read More
XS650 boardtracker
Metal Head Fabrication XS650 boardtracker
This here’s my wannabe boardtrack style xs650. I got the motor for the bike in in Feb 09 and have worked on it off and on till now. The donor was a good running 82 that had 13,000 original miles. The frames been hacked up real good. The only stock part of it left is the lower motor mounts and the neck. It should have been made from the ground up, but I was to lazy at the time. The forks are ones I made for another bike that ended up sitting around for a while. Me and a couple friends have tinkered with it in bits and pieces to get it where it is. Nothin to serious.
