The (almost) holy grail of quick dirty and cheap choppers...

do you by any chance still have the wire wheel off the 650? i am lookin for a set for my 78

 

my buddy is getting a 650 together - picked it up for 400 and a parts bike (with sweet-ass flipped bars on it) for like another bill and a half. can of primer, the new bars and some fiddling with the seat pan/seat/tail section/forks, the damned thing looks cafe racer already. honestly, you won't believe what some new bars will do for this bike.

 

does anyone know of any place that builds cheap custom frames for xs650s? or where i can find out how to build a jig so i can build my own?? any help will be apreciated. thanx.

 

is the bike done burndup?

 

Would you guys quit bringing this back up?

I want to build one of these before the prices get driven up... one that looks like this...

http://www.650motorcycles.com/ScottEssex.html



Jay

 

over at 650choppers.com, or really xs650.com, there is a buttload of pix. One of them has the dimensions someone used to hardtail their stock frame. I thought I had it saved but I don't. But go thru the pix over there, there are a lot of good ones!


PS, I found this as a lead...


Here is my XS650 rigid in progress. The frame is from Casey Tallon at Tallon Custom Equipment. It has 38 degree rake and 4" stretch in the rear. Wheels and front-end from Seca 550. Bars and hand controls donated from a new H-D Deuce. Carbs and ignition are from you, as you already knew. I'll send more as its gets finished.

If I knew how to edit pix, i'd post em. but here's the link...
http://www.650choppers.com/GaryC.html

Jay

 

try www.chopperunderground.com . There is a guy on there named horton. look for him in the jap section of the forum. He builds kick ass frames. You send him the neck and he will use it to keep registration simple.

 

i remember someone sayin early in the thread about 350 anyone have pics of a honda 250 turned into a bobber or something similar? i got one i learned how to ride on a while ago but now it's just rustin up in my back yard. maybe if any of them look cool i might chop it up

 

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Wait till you hear my NEXT bike, though...a 'wing-dinger' (two stroke!).

I'll call it the "Chainsaw Chopper"!!!

 

Check out www.chopperunderground.com

 

I have no interest in bikes. But damned if you guys aren't making me want one.

 

Sweet Jeebusss!!!

Year-old posts RUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

that thing is PIMP.

I want to do a CB750 flat track/cafe style. For a commuter bike. sick of spending $100 a week on gas.

 

just a note, as i noticed the company names mentioned here, about frames...

Tallon Customs has been apparently not shipping items that were paid for, and has more than a few guys after him.

Horton is going out of business, for other reasons... but the frames of late are less than great.


dont take my word for it, do a search on just about any chopper board. lots of pissed off guys...

 

does burndup even post anymore?

I have an XS now. Hatch is making it pretty for me. I blame it on the HAMB. And I'm going to sell my Ducati.

 

I do paint work for a guy in Wallace that digs this kind of stuff. The name of the shop is River Rats. 1-843-921-8903 Tell him Ryan Young told you to call. I built my own but they are going to help me build my next bike. Jap chops are the shit by the way!

 

What was that Kawasaki they made that looked like a Norton?

That was a cool bike.

 

Don't forget the GB500... hard to believe it's a honda..

 

does any one have any info on how to eliminate the electric starter on the 650s i heard that you could somehow add a mag. but i dont know if that is true. any info will be appreciated.

 

Yeah! Street Trackers & Super -Motard style is bichin'. Also you can get these XS's up to 850cc.

 

no... mister CRX is gone...

i liked his old signature so much i stole it once i was sure he'd gone for good!

 

I want to build an old Jap bike Mad Max style. Either The Goose's bike or the toecutters will work.

http://www.madmax-jp.com/movie/kwaka1.mov

 

Yeah, I know you've all seen it, but I love the way the new pipes turned out

 

What is &amp??

 

Here's a 650 I'm building now.



more pics here
http://photobucket.com/albums/v371/lilbill2180/XS650 CHOPPER/

 

sorry about the electric start question what i meant was how to eliminate the batt. since they are required to kick start a yama chopper. if any one has any info on how to eliminate the battery and replace it with a mag or something it would be helpful

thanx

 

Got one, it's the coolest Honda ever made. I bought it from an old guy in Austin, his back couldn't take the crouched seating position, so he had to quit riding it.

It has a flatslide carb and a Supertrapp silencer, it runs like stink for a 500cc engine, and sounds so sweeeeet. Sometimes I go out to the garage and just look at it. Here's a shot from the Cycle World show last fall in Dallas...



FatHack, what kind of two-smoker are you building?

 

I can weld up a frame for you for around $450, I have a jig and i make about 8-10 of these a year

 

Since it's been four years ago, I kinda doubt he needs it.


Rich

 

Skaaly,

This thread is from 2005 !!!!!!!!!!!!


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