BicycleBobe
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That's badass very nice build.
XS 650 Street Tracker Mod-Style
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HollywoodMX
Coast to Coast
Re: Re: XS 650 Street Tracker Mod-Style
I agree. A very well executed build. Step by step good choices were made and battled.
I'm normally am a big fan of the yellow lighting (had it on my first yz) but you picked the right blue to pull it off.
Few questions. Who did the paint? Are the stripes paint or vinyl? No numbers? Xs650 's benefit from power bombs mid pipe?
john83 said:
I agree. A very well executed build. Step by step good choices were made and battled.
I'm normally am a big fan of the yellow lighting (had it on my first yz) but you picked the right blue to pull it off.
Few questions. Who did the paint? Are the stripes paint or vinyl? No numbers? Xs650 's benefit from power bombs mid pipe?
Re: Re: XS 650 Street Tracker Mod-Style
Unfortunately I have only been able to do a couple of short test rides because of the weather here, so I still need to dial it in somewhat. I am not 100% sure if the powerbombs make a huge difference, But the bike pulls really well and has good response.
I've seen your TR1 build. Just started my XV920R build so I'm sure I will be over at your thread soon asking some questions.
I was on the fence about painting the bike yellow or blue, but decided on blue for 2 reasons one is the more modern styling that I chose and 2 is there are so many yellow trackers that have been done already. I have to say the pics don't do this blue paint justice it looks so much better in person. I had a friend of mine do the paint. I actually laid out the Yamaha stripes and painted them myself, but he did the rest. The YAMAHA lettering on the tank is a graphic. I may do a graphic number on the side panel still not sure though.HollywoodMX said:
Unfortunately I have only been able to do a couple of short test rides because of the weather here, so I still need to dial it in somewhat. I am not 100% sure if the powerbombs make a huge difference, But the bike pulls really well and has good response.
I've seen your TR1 build. Just started my XV920R build so I'm sure I will be over at your thread soon asking some questions.
HollywoodMX
Coast to Coast
Re: Re: Re: XS 650 Street Tracker Mod-Style
Ya no problem hit me up any time.
So what made you go with power bombs to begin with? I'm just curious because I have never seen one on a street build before and I'm interested in exhaust tech. Did you use any torque inserts? I know that's popular with the xs650 crowd.
JAGspeed said:
Ya no problem hit me up any time.
So what made you go with power bombs to begin with? I'm just curious because I have never seen one on a street build before and I'm interested in exhaust tech. Did you use any torque inserts? I know that's popular with the xs650 crowd.
Re: Re: Re: XS 650 Street Tracker Mod-Style
I have not tried any torque insert yet. I do have plans to tear down this engine in the future and do a big bore, cam, porting and rephase, but for now I am just going to ride it and have some fun so I can spend some time on the XV build.
I have used FMF power bomb pipes on my motocross bike and really liked them. The thing that gave me the initial idea is the material I used to build the pipe. I used a CBR1000RR head pipe for most of my bends. If you look at the CBR head pipe you can see where Honda used 2 power bomb looking pieces in the pipe. (page 1 of this thread). FMF claims it gives there pipe 10% better flow. The only way I could know for sure would be to build an identical set pipes and dyno both, so I'm just going to trust that the technology is working for me.HollywoodMX said:
I have not tried any torque insert yet. I do have plans to tear down this engine in the future and do a big bore, cam, porting and rephase, but for now I am just going to ride it and have some fun so I can spend some time on the XV build.
Tune-A-Fish
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This... " looks like it could be a stock Yamaha" is really the best complement, Yamaha would of sold many.
Bravo!
RD
Bravo!
RD
Tune-A-Fish
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crazypj said:
I don't think Yamaha other than limited addition has had a yellow black hurricane since the late 80's, Motocross has been Blue and white for a long time, the last yellow YZ I had was an 83 and then they were red and white for a while.
RD
