first chopper build from a 1981 xs650 special in pa

jdog_kustoms · Full Member Joined: Apr 01, 2009 Posts: 20

im from around gettysburg pa and new to the xs650 seen but i am really satified with my bike i cut off the exhuast and it sounds great next is to hard tail it and make a stockish chopper will try to post pics of work anyone else local to me would love to check out your bike and get together

cretin75xs650 · Full Member Joined: Dec 24, 2008 Posts: 99

Welcome, I'm a PA resident, Myerstown, outside of Lebanon, PA. I have a 1981 XS650 that I'm making a cafe style motorcycle. Here is a pic of my build without a seat. Still deciding on what to put on at this time. Looking to purchase another XS650 so my next build would be a hardtail bobber. Keep us posted on your build.

pumps

Looking really good.

jdog_kustoms · Full Member Joined: Apr 01, 2009 Posts: 20

THIS IS PICS OM MY BIKE AS OF NOW I THINK $400 WAS A STEEL

xjwmx

Yo. Wots the sissy bar off of? I want one.

jdog_kustoms · Full Member Joined: Apr 01, 2009 Posts: 20

whats it worth to ya

xjwmx

Think of ya when I'm out west with a pack tied to it, or do ya need some bread instead?

jimmythetrucker · Full Member Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1283

That IS a dandy-fine looking sissy bar. Notice how the angle at which it rises behind the seat exactly echos the angle at which the forks reach down. THAT'S why I'M talkin' about.

A lot of guys either don't recognize or don't respect that angle, so they don't bother to repeat it. They end up with a toinky sissy bar that sprouts off the back of the seat at whatever angle and ends up lookin' like some tortured piece of lawn furniture.

Yours looks RIGHT, dude.

blackwidow

Looks real good damn that engine is clean here is a pic of my bike That I built

jdog_kustoms · Full Member Joined: Apr 01, 2009 Posts: 20

im choppin the big to sorta look like blackwidows bike nice
bike blackwidow is that a tc bros rear hardtail and forward controls

blackwidow

jdog_kustoms wrote:

im choppin the big to sorta look like blackwidows bike nice
bike blackwidow is that a tc bros rear hardtail and forward controls

Yes it is

cretin75xs650 · Full Member Joined: Dec 24, 2008 Posts: 99

I'm liking ur build blackwidow, is that a hardtail frame or a weld on?

blackwidow

It's a weld on

BeanerBiker · Full Member Joined: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 103

Jdog - Check your mail.

Also..Im from Thurmont MD...just below you. I work at Beckleys Camping Center. Let me know and we can hook up for a ride...Im thinking the two bikes when finished will look pretty good heading down the road together! Smile

BeanerBiker · Full Member Joined: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 103

blackwidow wrote:

Looks real good damn that engine is clean here is a pic of my bike That I built

Where did you get that mirror? I've been looking for something like that. It fits in the stock mount?

blackwidow

BeanerBiker wrote:

blackwidow wrote:

Looks real good damn that engine is clean here is a pic of my bike That I built

Where did you get that mirror? I've been looking for something like that. It fits in the stock mount?

Yes it fits in the stock mount I got it from ebay and I also have the other side but I don't have the front brake so I'm gonna buy a bracket to add it on from mikesxs

jayel

blackwidow wrote:

first chopper build from a 1981 xs650 special in pa

aw come on now I'm sure someone has made a 81 into a chop somewhere in Pennsylvania before this! after all it's a fairly large state Shocked

jdog_kustoms · Full Member Joined: Apr 01, 2009 Posts: 20

first chopper build for me not pa

nj1639

xjwmx wrote:

Yo. Wots the sissy bar off of? I want one.

Be hasty and grab it up!
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