1977 Yamaha XS 650 Custom Chopper Bobber Build
November 11th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 11 Comments »I built this bike this year, and it’s a beast. I wish I had better audio on my camera because it just doesn’t do justice to this bike’s deep and throaty growl. I love kicking this beast into action.
Like the ride… Did you do the work yourself? I’m surprised by how easily you got that sucker to start up, I take it you already warmed it up before taping.
Thanks. TC bros. Choppers welded the hardtail for me and a local powdercoater did the paint, but everything else I did. It usually takes a couple kicks to get it started when cold outside, but it was a little warmer this day and it fired right up.
Sounds great !
What bars are those? Look sick!
I don’t recall, but I bought ‘em on ebay. Did a search for 7/8″ high bars apes. Some company manufacter’s ‘em, so they had quite a few at the time.
more vids !!
love it man i just bought a 1977 xs 650and the plan is to bob it this winter and be ready come spring time i live in canada though so i cant chop the frame without having insane insurance so im gunna try to make my own look while keeping the frame stock
your XS650 definitely sounds like a beast. did you have custom exhaust pipes made or just chop the factory pipes?
Actually, those are the stock header pipes. All I did was pull the mufflers off and wrap ‘em with fiberglass heatwrap.
nice man, what’s the spec on this bike and how tall are you?
Not sure what you mean by spec, but it’s got a tc bros weld-on hardtail with 3 inches of stretch on the stock frame. I’m 5′ 10 and it fit me perfectly. If there was one thing I’d change on this bike, it’d be raising the footpegs a bit to get more cornering clearance.