81' XS650 Rephased Cafe

[zuehl666]

Ok fellas, I've been working on this for a couple months now. Its about 75% there, as of right now.

81 XS650 Special, 277 Rephase, Pamco ignition, XS Performance coils, completely rewired, starter delete, Mikuni VM34 carbs, Ascot 2-2 exhaust, bronze swing arm bushings, XS850 Special tank, clipons that are useless with that tank, some other odds and ends.

It still needs: tires, rear sets, fork brace, new clipons, and a pma kit.

[devon]

Wow! I love the unusual colors, that frame really pops! and the paint job on the tank is really slick.

[DP9]

Yes. Yes. Yes.

that is a fantastic bike.  the overall lines are phenomenal.  exhaust is fantastic looking.  when you start it up can we get a vid to hear that beast?

[devon]

and check out tarozzis clip ons they have all sorts of off sets should find one that'll work with that tank

fast from the past sells em

[zuehl666]

Thanks guys. I was thinking about getting these offset clipons, no bracket to worry about clipping the tank, and should give the bars a little more clearance.

 

[zuehl666]

Another thing I need to figure out are the petcocks. The xs850 petcocks that came on that tank have no off position, they have diaphragms that work on a vacuum, so when the motor shut off, they shut off. Im not sure if there's a way to rig these to work, or i should put the 650 petcock on the tank and get a second one for the right side.

[zuehl666]

Started working on the gauge / switch mount.  Kill switch and headlight hi/lo and off.

[BigBSBusa]

That's gonna be nice.

[montesa]

You can run those petcocks in prime.  Bypasses the diaphragm.  650 petcocks might be a different bolt spacing..

[zuehl666]

I'll have to test them, hopefully they work out.

[Dale]

Nice proportions. Cool colours. Great looking bike with some cool ideas. Where did you get your rear fibreglass?

[Cornish Pixie]

Nice work, liking the look of this a lot.

I tried a pair of 650 fuel taps in one of my 750 tanks the other day and they went in just fine. My 650 tank had vacum taps fitted to it though.

[zuehl666]

The seat is the "medium" seat from cafeseat.com. Here's the link:
http://cafeseat.com/MediumCafeSeat.html

It took a few weeks to get, and when i did finally get it, it was in kinda rough shape, needed a bunch of sanding and some filler to get smooth. Other than that i just shortened it, and cut the rear at an angle.

[zuehl666]

Thanks man, I figure worst case I'll just rock the manual 650 petcocks

Nice work, liking the look of this a lot.

I tried a pair of 650 fuel taps in one of my 750 tanks the other day and they went in just fine. My 650 tank had vacum taps fitted to it though.

[Dale]

Thanks for the link - I like the crease. Good luck with the rest of your build. Looks pretty close now...