1981 Yamaha XS650sh

Captmilk76

Coast to Coast
This is the oldest picture I have of the bike. I bought it from a guy on criagslist for $400, and drove it home 40miles, with falling mirrors, and it kept stalling. It originally had a blue beatup tank on it and the carbs were attached by what looked to be melted cheese.
 

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In that picture U had already upgraded the carbs to the Mikuni VM34's and added that fairing, which broke from vibrations.
 
Here is it a little farther down the makeover path. I went to chrome front and rear fenders and a two to one exhaust. Also my big purchase was the 750 tank.
 

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I always hated that stock seat. So I started slow by shaving it.
Also at this point I polished the engine side covers and installed the Pamco Ultimate High output ignition coil. I upgraded the side covers to medal and did a little pinstriping.
 

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Here I cut the seat pan and pounded it into the shape I wanted. I even further shaved the seat down. Cut the rear grab bar and mounted a new rear light.
 

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I added a gel pad under the green foam

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Then I lowered the front shocks using Hugh's lowering kit. I dropped it 3" in the front and 1" in the back and installed new springs in the front forks. I polished and shaved the forks. I polished and shave the top triple tree as well. I was having issues with the 2 to 1 mikesxs.net pipes so they let me exchange them for the stainless headers with the commando mufflers.(I had to pay the difference) Also I installed Hugh's PMA
 

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Last week I painted the engine and polished the finns. I wen't with gloss black. I masked the engine off.
 

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Eariler this week I re-covered the seat and installed Napoleon bar end mirrors. I orginally had the Emgo mirrors but the actual napoleon mirrors are so far much better quality for the price.
http://www.dimecitycycles.com/vintage-caferacer-cafe-racer-bobber-chopper-brat-custom-motorcycle-handlebar-parts-black-british-triumph-baron-bar-end-mirror-ap-104.html
I haven't put the grab strap on yet but it's coming. I also got aluminum signals installed.
http://www.dimecitycycles.com/vintage-cafe-racer-caferacer-bobber-brat-chopper-custom-motorcycle-electronic-parts-clear-round-aluminum-markers-blinkers-turn-signals-25-8331.html
This picture shows the finns polished.
 

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One thing I forgot is the Hugh's hydraulic clutch I installed a month or so ago. Hugh is a great guy to buy from, he responds quickly to emails and helps out. Super smooth shifting. Two weeks ago I added the Aluminum racing manifolds from 650central.com, man I feel a little more pull in higher speeds. Mike at 650central is a good guy to deal with.
 

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I bought a mini tach from a DTT member kneedragger74, he hooked me up. I mounted it on the handle bar bolt like I did for my mini speedo but I think i'm going to try to make my own mount out of aluminum. I'd like to get the gauges lower. I'll put up some pics later today.
 
Before
 

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After I installed my bracket
 

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Here is my crude aluminum bracket
After some rough measurements and on the spot hole drilling...lol it fit. I'll need to clean up the wiring and connect the Tach lighting. That sounds like a Sunday project..
 

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Monday I had a squeaking sound coming from the mufflers, I noticed that the mounting bolt was lose on one side. So yesterday I pulled out the tools to fix the squeak, only to find out that the metal for the mount had broken off. I just got these mufflers a few months back. Both mufflers had the same problem. A quick weld on both sides and I'm squeak free.

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