lars509
New member
- Joined
- Aug 26, 2014
- Location
- Diablo Valley
- Moto(s)
- monster, streetfighter, supermoto, scrambler
- Name
- Lars
As a fall project I took a chopper style 1979 Yamaha XS650 Special II that had been stored in a shed since 1993 and made it into something I found more useful.
I made it into something that is not quite a dirt-bike or a scrambler or a dirt tracker so I guess I will just call it a gravel-tracker.
I did a lot of changes on this bike. The bike only had 5500 miles on it so I left the engine pretty much stock except for K&N air filters and jetting the carbs. Apart from that I think I changed pretty much every bolt on the bike. I lighted the bike almost 100lb by getting rid of most of the old crap. Built new wheels (19" front and 18" rear with Karoo 3's), repainted the frame and everything else, changed the tank to a Honda tank I had laying around, built a new exhaust, built a new seat including seat pan, replaced the original skinny rear swing arm with one from a 1988 Radian, new Shorai Lithium battery, new rear sets, new shocks, new wiring harness, new controls, new cables, new filters, new mini speedo, built a new rear end, new brakes, new chain, new lights, new tires, new... it seems like I changed everything including every bolt.
It was/is a fun project and it's just about done.
Thanks for looking.
Added some new pictures:
I made it into something that is not quite a dirt-bike or a scrambler or a dirt tracker so I guess I will just call it a gravel-tracker.
I did a lot of changes on this bike. The bike only had 5500 miles on it so I left the engine pretty much stock except for K&N air filters and jetting the carbs. Apart from that I think I changed pretty much every bolt on the bike. I lighted the bike almost 100lb by getting rid of most of the old crap. Built new wheels (19" front and 18" rear with Karoo 3's), repainted the frame and everything else, changed the tank to a Honda tank I had laying around, built a new exhaust, built a new seat including seat pan, replaced the original skinny rear swing arm with one from a 1988 Radian, new Shorai Lithium battery, new rear sets, new shocks, new wiring harness, new controls, new cables, new filters, new mini speedo, built a new rear end, new brakes, new chain, new lights, new tires, new... it seems like I changed everything including every bolt.
It was/is a fun project and it's just about done.
Thanks for looking.
Added some new pictures:
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