so, my buddy just got his bike up and goin, its an early 80's i think, yamaha XS 650 with an 01 ZX6 front end and a cafe style tail piece.

i don't really want the cafe style tail, and don't even really need the front end. but i DO want that style bike, v-twin, loooooow to the ground, and somethin cheap, and somethin that a lot of people customize so that aftermarket parts and support isn't hard to find. any ideas on what kind of bikes to look for?

and he said he has a grand into the bike, which is why i want to do this so bad. i think his bike looks sick, and for a grand or so i can have two bikes

thanks in advance for your help

 

post some pics up

 

just a few i found on google in like 5 minutes

and no i don't want to put big ape hangers on it, probably something like drag bars, or a crotch rocket front end

frame work is a no, so nothing major with that either, just some good ideas for a good starting platform, and some possible routes to go from there...

the last picture, i dno't really like the way that bike looks,. i want a tail on it, just put that up to give an idea of what a decent starting bike may look like, and all those bikes are xs 650's as far as i know, cuz thats what i typed in

 

that looks like it's right up Steve's alley!!

 

I really want to build one also.

 

If I remember correctly, the XS650 is the same motor he's dropping into his new choppa...

 

so i guess you know bobby too huh? lol. his bike is indeed an XS650. he wants to build something like my old XS from what he told me.






i only had about $800 in that one

there's all sorts of bikes out there that would make great donors for something like that. cb's, xs's, old kz's, etc. it's all in what you can find, and afford.

i happen to have a set of inverted forks and trees that wil go into an XS frame easily, if you're interested. just add a pre-96 gsxr front wheel and brakes.

you can go nuts on them too, i even went so far on mine to switch from a twin-shock setup to a modern mono-shock with an aluminum swingarm and a zx-9 shock. it just takes alot of thought, and playing with different parts to see what it will take to fit.

 

that's an xs400.

 

yup, and stay tuned later tonight for updated pics of it

 

nice project:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1979-...QQcmdZViewItem

nice bike!:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamah...QQcmdZViewItem