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Hey, I know it's not a 650--I don't have one--YET! This is my first attempt at a custom bike--it's an XT 500 engine in a frame that me and a friend built from scratch. The rest of it is miscellaneous Japanese parts I had laying around the shop--Honda CL 250 front end, Suzuki TS 250 gas tank, etc. Suicide clutch and jockey shifter with a tiny Honda piston for a shift knob. It was a blast to build and is fun to ride, even on the rough roads of Papua New Guinea, where we built it.