billy hess – first xs build
I bought the bike in November, looking like hell, and started to work immediately on it. Everything from the seat pan to the forward controls are done by hand. Read More
Brew city bobber
This is a 1980 xs that I got for free off of craigslist. At first I was going to keep it simple and build a cafe out of it but inspiration struck and I built this little bobber. Read More
Aussie Bobber (work in progress)
I bought my 1980 special from a mate who had the best intentions of building a bobber but time was not on his side so i bought the bike about a year ago and got to work. To start with i stripped it down and got rid of the usual junk and got to cutting back the rear end to pieces, once that was done i fabricated the new seat rail (flat bar bent to the shape of the seat pan) and sub frame. Read More
Smithy’s – “The Punk”
G’day from Australia, I’m Smithy, I had a chopper when they were not even popular! Yep hard to believe eh………. I came across this site late last night. All you XS650 nuts inspired me to build again…
I dug out some shots of my ‘ol chopper called “THE PUNK” Read More
chris bradley-winter project
This was a beat up non running 82 that i chopped up. cant wait for summer
Goosenecked XS
Bought this as a complete bike about 2 years ago,but was a total shed. Engine had been run with no oil, anything that could leak did leak and everything was painted black. It also had scars from an excursion off its wheels. So two years later, a 750 big bore, 4 inch over forks, alot of polishing and chrome things started to come together. Read More
WIN A lowbrow XS650 Hard tail
Win a brand-new Yamaha xs650 Weld-On Hardtail Frame by David Bird and Lowbrow.
Submit a interview/article on your favorite XS650 chopper and enter it to win a brand-new lowbrow Hardtail. Do a e-mail interview with someone who’s built a XS that you dig. Get at least five high-quality pictures and two paragraphs worth of info on the bike and submit it. There are a lot of really sweet XS that haven’t been featured on this site. Maybe you know of a XS650 somewhere in the outer-web that deserves a little attention. Shoot them an e-mail and asked if they be down to do a short e-mail interview and send you some pic.
Here are some good interview examples:
xs650chopper.com/2010/04/dale-canada-xs650
xs650chopper.com/2010/05/this-is-emma-‘77-xs650750cc’s
Each interview submitted puts up for a chance to win a lowbrow XS650 Hardtail.
The winner will be voted on by you guys.
Anyone in the world can enter. (Tyler from lowbrow can cover shipping in US and Canada and elsewhere winner covers shipping only, hardtail is free) It is winner’s choice of straight or looped style hardtail, length of stretch (“, 2″, 4″ or 6″) and amount of drop (0″, 1″, 2″, 3″, 4″)! Hardtails are custom made to order and take about 4 weeks to ship. Read More
