XS 650 Chopper Re-Phased!!

by Brash on November 6, 2009

Re-Phased XS 650 Engine. Bored to 707CC, Ported and Polished head, Custom intakes, Port Matched Carbs and Intakes, Dual Lectron Flatslide carbs 34MM, Custom Pamcopete Ignition (all electric baby!!!) 277 Degrees of Re-Phase, all done by myself. Just got it running in this video, needs tuning and timing, a bit rich still, but seems to run fine otherwise.

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fleischegurken March 27, 2009 at 10:11 pm

DAMN!!! That sounds good! I need to get off my ass and re-phase one of mine…The price of the cam is what’s scaring me…More vids please….

punkskalar March 27, 2009 at 11:28 pm

Cam was CHEAP. Just cut, bore, sleeve, weld and make sure its all square!!!

badfish61063 March 29, 2009 at 6:56 am

Sounds tuff man. I got mine here on the tube as well. I just have stock pipes cut off at the muffs, would like to get actual headers for a deeper tone.

punkskalar March 31, 2009 at 11:48 pm

The pipes on this bike are about the same length as the stock headpipes. 1 3/8″ ID

rcowboy4 April 4, 2009 at 4:32 pm

What as the jet size for the open pies?

rcowboy4 April 4, 2009 at 4:33 pm

Pipes I mean, I think I was hungry

punkskalar April 4, 2009 at 4:59 pm

I’m Using LECTRON Flatslide Carbs. They don’t use main jets, but rather different tapered needles. I’m using #5 Needles though, if that helps?

rcowboy4 April 11, 2009 at 3:15 am

I bet shes alot smoother ride since the rephase

violence30 April 23, 2009 at 4:05 am

AWESOME. I want to build one…

enginecontrol32 May 27, 2009 at 3:39 am

I bought one from Ebay for $300 this guy had a few, and a really nice red one that would have been really cool to restore but someone bought the other three, good luck with the build

enginecontrol32 May 27, 2009 at 3:43 am

sweet punksalar!! my dad and I had our 79′ xs 650 bored to 753cc and at 707cc yours is really cool!! where did you get your weld-on from? 5*!

punkskalar May 27, 2009 at 1:07 pm

It’s not a kit. I bent the tubes and welded up the frame myself. I built the bars, seat, frame (back half at least), wheels, etc…

sircraigery May 27, 2009 at 7:56 pm

Awesome! Can I pick your brain about that?

I’m looking for a good method to make sure it goes on straight. I mean, I can weld together a back part just fine…but how did you make sure it’s on the rest of the frame straight?

enginecontrol32 May 28, 2009 at 3:30 am

sweet man, you do a hell of a good job

iowancamera June 17, 2009 at 7:14 pm

I read your whole build thread on that 4×4 board. I envy your ability to do so much of the machine work. I just got my XS, so I’m learning as I go. I’m keeping it bratstyle because I know what’d happen if I tried to line up my own hardtail frame. I don’t have near the patience you do to spend so much time on the forks, wheels, etc… Your thread was great motivation to let me know that anything is possible. I don’t find the XS650 boards to be much help. They hate the idea of cutting em up.

cautioninc June 20, 2009 at 5:34 pm

You need a frame jig. Make sure you keep a motor bolted in the front loop so the front half isn’t tweaked. The chopperhandbook website has info on frame jigs.

TheThy83 August 23, 2009 at 7:18 pm

cool !

aviewtodeath September 12, 2009 at 12:30 pm

that motor sounds great, once you rephase those things it almost has a sound that would stump a harley guy if they werent looking.

paulfranke September 16, 2009 at 2:14 am

wow. that sounds like a BEAST! good job!

GavinS1965 October 7, 2009 at 1:07 pm

Cheap option,go down your local steelyard and get an offcut of big section RSJ or Hsection or I beam whatever you call it over there,and weld/bolt stuff to it,it aint gonna bend anywhere,we built a Honda chop on one,cost 7 quid.

mark February 2, 2010 at 5:08 pm

It really seems to rev very freely, Sounds Great!

What camshaft did you use for this? You mentioned above that you cut, bored, sleeved, and welded, but did you start with a stock grind or is it a performance grind that you are running? Is there a link for the cam rephasing operation? A few pics would definately be a plus, I have an engine just waiting to be done.

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