dieselchanic
Active Member
I recently acquired a gloriously crusty, all original, 1982 Yamaha xs650 Heritage Special. I nobly told the world that I was going to leave this one 'stock'. Then them buckhorns got to me... People in the 80's were made different to be able to tolerate such awful handlebars. So I swapped them out for some lower bars with less pullback. That was the tip of the iceberg, now my head is reeling with plans. I want to keep it rider friendly with some of the creature comforts of stock, so a cafe flavor seems to be the ticket. I've been wanting to try my hand at this style for a while anyways.. My plan is to go for a better (lower) seating position and lower ride height with a little better overall appearance. This will be strictly aesthetics as I've got nowhere to push the bikes performance abilities and it will be used mainly for commuting.
Here it is as I got it:
Here it is after the bar change:
It may be a bit before I get to this build as I've got to finish a Harley I've been working on plus my XS chop, but since the engine is leaking pretty bad I'll have to pull it and fix it and I'd like to just do it all at once.
Here it is as I got it:
Here it is after the bar change:
It may be a bit before I get to this build as I've got to finish a Harley I've been working on plus my XS chop, but since the engine is leaking pretty bad I'll have to pull it and fix it and I'd like to just do it all at once.