Got my hands on a 1978 XS650 thats been sitting in a shed for 15 years and looks like it was pretty shagged prior to that. Always fancied a build out of an old bike though and these seems pretty versatile. Would make a pretty cool street tracker or cafe racer.
What I am trying to decide is whether to get the old engine rebuilt (or get one that runs) or actually chuck in a fuel injected lump from a newer bike. It'd still have to thump - maybe an XT?
Has anyone had a bash and trying to put a different lump in a XS frame?
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29-03-2010, 01:54 PM #1Weekend Warrior
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29-03-2010, 03:26 PM #2Power Hungry, Law Disregarder
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my 5c cents is to use the original donk. The XS has a pretty cult following now so you may be attacked in the night if you swapped motors
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29-03-2010, 06:36 PM #3Weekend Warrior
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Yep - getting that feeling now I've found everything I can on it.
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29-03-2010, 06:41 PM #4Bloke with a smaller stick
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Check out the Choppers Australia site mate...loads of XS'perts on there.
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30-03-2010, 03:44 AM #5ASF Premium Full Member
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I'm sure theres enough shit laying around here to actually piece of of those things back together!
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