1977 Yamaha XS 650 Custom Chopper Bobber Build

by Brash on November 11, 2009

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.

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aberfitch82 February 19, 2009 at 4:28 pm

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.

mattchristojones February 19, 2009 at 5:25 pm

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.

thewelford March 2, 2009 at 1:50 am

Sounds great !

JuniorNasty May 3, 2009 at 10:43 pm

What bars are those? Look sick!

mattchristojones May 4, 2009 at 1:20 am

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.

coshyno June 19, 2009 at 8:11 pm

more vids !!

gunnabefamous69 September 8, 2009 at 4:56 pm

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

paulfranke September 16, 2009 at 1:53 am

your XS650 definitely sounds like a beast. did you have custom exhaust pipes made or just chop the factory pipes?

mattchristojones September 16, 2009 at 5:08 am

Actually, those are the stock header pipes. All I did was pull the mufflers off and wrap ‘em with fiberglass heatwrap.

luvmuziq September 22, 2009 at 9:11 pm

nice man, what’s the spec on this bike and how tall are you?

mattchristojones September 22, 2009 at 11:28 pm

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.

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