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  Topic: Best way to strip a frame
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 7
Views: 6072

PostForum: Frames   Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:50 pm   Subject: Re: Best way to strip a frame
Sand it if you just like doing the work, but 20-30 minutes in a blast cabinet will strip a powder coated frame to a bare metal frame including every nook & cranny you can imagine. At $1.50 minute, tha ...
  Topic: I'm hooked.... time for a chop! -weld on hardtail choice?
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 5
Views: 5664

PostForum: Chopper jobs   Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:08 pm   Subject: Re: I'm hooked.... time for a chop! -weld on hardtail choice?
I have a TC Bros and it's first rate stuff.
Had my local TIG guy weld it on after I cut & tacked & it looks like a million bucks.
Haunt the fleabay auctions for the TCB and you can get it for about ...
  Topic: Frame give away plus many engine parts - GIVEN TO edunphe
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 10
Views: 3341

PostForum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways   Posted: July 21, 2009, 9:44 pm   Subject: Re: Frame give away plus many engine parts
If nobody steps up to the plate, I'll take just the bottom portion of the frame to make an engine stand.

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: a little chopper paint....
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 5
Views: 4180

PostForum: Chopper jobs   Posted: July 10, 2009, 8:37 pm   Subject: Re: a little chopper paint....
I can see that on a twisted springer chopper with a big sissy bar and a go-go girl in white corduroy bell bottoms & a headband posing next to it.

And all looking good! ;D

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: Lay frame on it's side to remove engine?
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 2
Views: 1485

PostForum: Engine   Posted: July 5, 2009, 9:25 pm   Subject: Lay frame on it's side to remove engine?
I seem to remember something about this but a search only comes close without finding the actual procedure.

Do I need to pull the carbs?
Which side goes to the floor for easiest removal of engine ...
  Topic: Looking for a pair of carbs
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 8
Views: 1873

PostForum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways   Posted: June 3, 2009, 11:04 pm   Subject: Re: Looking for a pair of carbs
[quote="royfisk"]also have a set of 72 38's . they were rebuilt 4 years ago and not used. for shipping cost.[/quote]


Heck that's a deal I can't pass up!
You can expect a PM from me!

Cheers,
...
  Topic: Looking for a pair of carbs
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 8
Views: 1873

PostForum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways   Posted: May 29, 2009, 11:30 pm   Subject: Looking for a pair of carbs
Looking for a pair of carbs for my spare 82 XS650 engine, preferably in the US & the Midwest is even batter.
All I ask is that they're complete and not damaged or altered.
They can need work and I d ...
  Topic: gordonscott's homemade hardtail
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 60
Views: 40801

PostForum: Chopper jobs   Posted: May 26, 2009, 9:08 pm   Subject: Re: gordonscott's homemade hardtail
OMG Dude - that headlight RULES!
I wish I'd thought of that one. SICK!
Whole bike is sweet - keep posting!

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: 2" over springer w/ TCBros Hardtail question
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 1
Views: 3246

PostForum: Front / Rear Ends and Shocks   Posted: May 9, 2009, 11:49 pm   Subject: 2" over springer w/ TCBros Hardtail question
Hi all,
I'm building a neo-retro 30s-40s style street bike out of a 77 XS650. I recently found a good deal on a DNA 2 over springer but I don't want to end up with 'just another chopper'. I'm not go ...
  Topic: Fat tires on aluminum rims?
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 4
Views: 1891

PostForum: Drive   Posted: May 7, 2009, 11:23 pm   Subject: Re: Fat tires on aluminum rims?
These aren't the alloy or mag wheels, they're the spoked aluminum wheels with the high ridge all the way around.

Cheers
  Topic: Fat tires on aluminum rims?
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 4
Views: 1891

PostForum: Drive   Posted: May 6, 2009, 11:36 pm   Subject: Fat tires on aluminum rims?
Hi all,
I have a pair of aluminum rims for my XS and for the look I'm going for I'd like some real donuts on it. Not chopper slicks, more like big old 30s-50s looking balloons.

How far can I go b ...
  Topic: can i even ride one of these?
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 18
Views: 8549

PostForum: Did you say Bob? No I said Bobber!   Posted: May 6, 2009, 11:26 pm   Subject: Re: can i even ride one of these?
jrscott9, I lightened your picture up a little for you.

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: I need a Sportster petcock and gas cap
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 7
Views: 3699

PostForum: Front / Rear Ends and Shocks   Posted: April 28, 2009, 10:51 pm   Subject: Re: I need a Sportster petcock and gas cap
Kragen Auto?

[url=http://www.cskauto.com/]Google is your friend! Cool

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: 79 parts, excellent condition!!
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 7
Views: 1449

PostForum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways   Posted: April 28, 2009, 10:40 pm   Subject: Re: 79 parts, excellent condition!!
Interested in the rear rack.
Price?

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: My XS 650 Chopper
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 47
Views: 42957

PostForum: Chopper jobs   Posted: April 19, 2009, 5:29 pm   Subject: Re: My XS 650 Chopper
Every time I look at the lines of the exhaust crossing the frame tubes I think of my chick with her legs wrapped around me.

Bad me. Shocked

Nice bike! Cool

Laughing Wink
  Topic: My 09 build.
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 11
Views: 3392

PostForum: Did you say Bob? No I said Bobber!   Posted: March 31, 2009, 7:59 pm   Subject: Re: My 09 build.
Very cool ride!
  Topic: WTB: '71 side cover badges rear fender / clean stock cans
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 22
Views: 5529

PostForum: Stock Parts   Posted: March 31, 2009, 7:29 pm   Subject: Re: WTB: '71 side cover badges rear fender / clean stock cans
Very nice looking bike!
Let me know when you're done with the turnouts.
I'm putting a former ice racer back on the street and they'd look good on it.

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: Most parts of an 81xs650 including carbs (can part out)
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 17
Views: 2711

PostForum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways   Posted: March 29, 2009, 11:02 pm   Subject: Re: Most parts of an 81xs650 including carbs (can part out)
Hi,
Is this a Special or standard?
My wife's Special has a crack in the seat.

Cheers
  Topic: all gone
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 7
Views: 1743

PostForum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways   Posted: March 26, 2009, 10:58 pm   Subject: Re: 79 headlight and tail light, etc
I'd love the case guards but I don't see where to PM or email you.
I might be too new here to reply directly or something.
Let me know.

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: So it begins
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 84
Views: 23492

PostForum: Did you say Bob? No I said Bobber!   Posted: March 26, 2009, 10:55 pm   Subject: Re: So it begins
Love the color scheme. Very stealthy.
NICE!

Cheers
  Topic: My Chop
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 28
Views: 13632

PostForum: Chopper jobs   Posted: March 26, 2009, 10:53 pm   Subject: Re: My Chop
Suh-WEET!
Also diggin the springer. What kind of wheel/brake is on that?
Looks really sharp - post more pics!

Cheers,
- JJ
  Topic: TC Bros Forwards with what exhaust?
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 13
Views: 8035

PostForum: Chopper jobs   Posted: March 20, 2009, 12:22 am   Subject: Re: TC Bros Forwards with what exhaust?
I'm far from an expert in this but most of the pics I've seen of the TC forwards are not with both pipes on one side. I'm sure someone's using them this way but the ones I've seen are 2 into 2 with on ...
  Topic: Howdy from Hooterville!
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 3
Views: 982

PostForum: Introduce yourself to the community here   Posted: March 20, 2009, 12:19 am   Subject: Howdy from Hooterville!
Wink OK, maybe not Hooterville, but right down the road from it.
Fort Atkinson actually & I work at a Yamaha dealership in sales, both floor and internet.

Anyway I just scored a couple XS650s i ...
  Topic: Some pics of my XS650 project
BubbaKahuna

Replies: 270
Views: 162281

PostForum: Chopper jobs   Posted: March 12, 2009, 11:35 pm   Subject: Re: Some pics of my XS650 project
I was shocked to see how fast that thing airs up.

POP!

Schwiiiing!
 
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