XS 650 Chopper is all about the awesome Yamaha XS650 Motorcycle. Tons of XS650 chopper pictures. Drool. Build. Ride. Check It Out!

Most of this bike was built as a high school shop project. I made a few modes after I got it. I put a lot of miles on it last summer and looking forward to the same this year. Read More

The parts on this build are temporarily being held in place by clamps, pieces of wood, a towel, bubble gum and just the right balancing point. Needed to get an overall visual before finalizing with welds. I’m a big fan of minimalistic details in bikes, art … well, most things in life. Can’t say this bike is turning out that way. A fenderless, brakeless front end is almost a religious requirement on a bobber build. Read More

I picked up a 79 xs650 from a buddy of mines father, had been in his barn since the late 80′s…less than 4000 miles on it.

• XS650 original frame/motor
• Tc Bros Hardtail
• Bars are 1″ with Harley Throttle/Master cylinder/Clutch Perch/Speedo
• Most of the custom parts are hand made…
• Foward Contorls
• Custom rear fender
• Got rid of the ugly brake linkage and went with a cable rear
• Hand made seat pan- Professionally covered in ostrich leather
• Oil tank- hand made by Tessin Customs
• Paint- PPG Candy Tangerine by Miller Auto

Special Thanks
Donnie and the gang at Donnie Smith Custom Cycle
Neil Ryan of American Thunder

Finally got her off the lift and going again. Read More

Updating some pictures from this morning. I think we got the angles right. I am very pleased with the results. I’ll keep you updated. The chopper gods smile on me. Read More

Where to begin with this contraption? Almost everything on this bike has given me fits in some way or another, but with each problem i learned a lot and the fixes helped get the bike to what was in my head. I bought the seat off egay 4 years ago and knew one day I’d build a bike around it.  It took about 3 years to get the bike to where i’d visualized it and where it’s functional. Read More