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I've been lurking long enough, figured it was about time to start my build thread. Originally I was going to build a cafe cb350f, but then I came across this.
I couldn't find a motor for the 350 anyway so it's good timing I guess.
Here it is after a couple hours.
When I spoke with the previous owner, he said it was running just fine then one day wouldn't start. I figured it had something to do with the electrical or charging system because of his hack job, that and it wouldn't be out of the question for these 650s. But I had good chuckle when I found this.
My plan so far is to switch out the charging system with a perm mag alt. Re-wire the entire thing and focus on just getting it running.
Re: "Old Dirty Bastard" XS650 brat style budget build
Decided to go ahead and use what I had. There was plenty of good thread left on the rod. Also got the new coil mounted and wired up. Its coming along slowly, but at least its coming along.
I'm interested to see what I think about it as well. Lol
It'll be another couple weeks before I can fire her up. Waiting on more parts. I did manage to get the coil mounted.
Not a whole lot of progress goin on. Got some shocks and put on the tank and fender for mock up, to see how she sits. Undecided whether or not I should lower the front.
Still waiting on handle bars, controls and wires.....
Thanks man. I've hit a couple snags along the way, but who doesn't. The handle bars finally came in but they weren't exactly what was advertised so I returned them. The carbs need to be gone thru again(my fault, did a half assed job cleaning them). And since I've decided to sell off my cb350f cafe project, this will now be going cafe.
The banshee swap was a breeze. The hardest part was filing down the woodruff key. Course I don't know if it functions quite yet, so we shall see.
After diving into the carbs a little further, I found out the PO mixed and matched a few earlier model parts in these type 2 BS38s. While still retaining stock jetting. I don't know how he got this thing to ever run right.
But I've something special planned for it now. Hehehehe
Wow, gotta love PO's, lol.
Can't wait to see how this turns out, lots of XS650's being built all a sudden. Seemed to me this time last year there were only 3 to 5 XS650's on DTT.
Looking forward to what yer gonna do with the 1-2 intake. I have a big ol vm34 kicking around I wanna try patching onto mine. Might los out at th higher RPM's but who the hell revs the shit out of a XS anyways..
I'm hoping everything will fit nicely between the back bone and rear fender. If I have to i'l extend the swing arm, but that's only if it doesn't fit. I'll be running a flatslide, so it should be a bit smaller than the BS38s.
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Waiting on more parts. I did manage to get the coil mounted.
