1980 Yamaha XS650 Cafe Racer “Delilah”

November 6th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 15 Comments »

1980 Yamaha XS650 done up in traditional British cafe racer form.

15 Responses

  1. socko12345 says:

    Those bikes sound soooo good!

  2. HumbleBum76 says:

    I’m so glad that someone seems to realise just what a Cafe Racer is, and where it originated from, there are alot of Harleys being “converted” into Cafe Racer’s, and they really do look nothing like a real Cafe Racer.

  3. vorhese says:

    Yeh, it’s getting weird out there. I try not to label my bikes.

  4. dacptn says:

    lovely exhaust note mate!

  5. dogchop says:

    Beautiful Mate,sounds sweet too, lookin for a xs650 at the moment to do something similar to yours. What tank did you use, is it a Roadster one?

  6. vorhese says:

    That’s just the good ol Special tank

  7. rpiian says:

    amen to that

  8. What do you consider “traditional”?
    i have a kz440 that i want to Cafe…

  9. vorhese says:

    Bare bones, spokes, not a lot of flash.

  10. GenuineVanillaFace says:

    Great bike and color! Im working on my 1980 xs400 special II right now. It needs A LOT of work to get going, but its worth it.

  11. Props to your Yami build, most think only a Triumph or a Honda makes a good cafe. Way to prove’m wrong m8. Sounds sweet as well.

  12. neraru says:

    I’m posting this for a friend, who wnats to comment but doesn’t have a Youtube account:

    How did you get your XS to sound like that?

  13. vorhese says:

    It’s just straight pipes (removed baffle) and pod filters. Actually this video was taken when the baffles were still in.

  14. ronsfi says:

    Dude ok straight pipes with baffles but what mufflers? Commandos?

  15. 02redbird says:

    Very very sweet. I am looking for a nice exhaust that will slip onto the original header. The header alone is to loud for my style. Way cool
    keep the rubber side down.

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