Comments on: G&L Choppers, 1981 650…Soul Delivery

By: Don Miller

Don Miller — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:45:13 +0000

BEWARE of G&L Choppers!
They’ve had my bike & $4,000 for well over 3 YEARS and still refuse to answer my calls!
I’m not the only one. Check out the XS650 Forums, Chop Cult, Chopper Underground, SOHC, Bobber Talk or the Garage Journal and judge for yourself.

By: fanoboss

fanoboss — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:37:23 +0000

fanoboss@yahoo.com

By: fanoboss

fanoboss — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:37:02 +0000

WAY TO GO Kaveeks !!! Hope to see it here soon. Where can I get some pipes like those Josh Scott?

By: Kaveeks

Kaveeks — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:02:35 +0000

Such a sweet ride man. I’m picking up my G&L next week!!

By: Drew Rollins

Drew Rollins — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:44:35 +0000

Nice ride . G&L makes top notch stuff . Laid out real clean .

By: visimpact

visimpact — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:37:21 +0000

Just a great, well put together package. Everything flows perfectly. The color choices and finishes and details. Great job.

By: Todd V.

Todd V. — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:23:22 +0000

All on Steve Havens then. Love the pin. I was not really expecting it but it was spot on in every way.

By: josh

josh — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:02:58 +0000

I can’t take credit for the pinstriping! That is all STEVE HAVENS, he does all of G&L’s striping!!! Wish I did it, looks killer man!

Josh

By: Todd V.

Todd V. — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:00:03 +0000

Let’s see, risers are DNA’s I believe. The rear lens (whole assembly) comes from Low Brow Customs. I think Bling Cycles is the fabricator? The bars, ah, that’s an unknown for me. I spec’d for flat tracker bars and Rich Ford the wizard man pulled it together. 21″ HD rim on the front. 16.5″ HD rim on the back, 40 spoke count. Rich cuts his own rear sprocket. It has DNA brakes on front & rear. And no, the neck is not raked but the rear has G&L’s 4″ stretch. No clear coat since it’s all powder coated semi matte Midnight Black. Rich talked me off of a dull black grey paint job. Amen to Rich. Pin stripping was Josh’s handy work. The seat, yes, it fits the look; scale, proportion. I was already used to a hard seat so I love it and the springs do the job.

Busting on DNA’s? That’s like arguing over McD’s or Bk’s hamburgers, ridiculous.

By: uknowme2goog

uknowme2goog — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:30:21 +0000

were did u get the lens for the side mounted brake lamp from..i need to replace mine

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:56:34 +0000

@ Todd V. it definitely is a well-designed and proportioned bike. I really dig the back rim and tire choice. I also love that you ran the exhaust along the bottom rail of the frame. G&L builds some great rides. Thanks for taking the great pictures and send them in.

By: johnwayne

johnwayne — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:03:15 +0000

JUST WANTED TO SAY WOT A NICE BIKE MATE, ALOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN AUSTRALIA DIG,, speacialy in our XS650 CLUB, we also want to no wot riseres and where can we get risers and handle bars like these we run dna springers?
cheers.
can u email on.. wdclarkson@hotmail.com

By: Todd Vogt

Todd Vogt — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:59:25 +0000

Roger in Atlanta, the email is tvogt at copper dot net. Let me know and we’ll get together and you can have a look for yourself if you want.

Rotors and brakes, everybody’s crazy for them for some reason (?) so I’ll take a look and report back.

p.s. I don’t care if it’s 40 degrees outside here in Atl, I ride.

By: workingclass

workingclass — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:08:34 +0000

Love the bike, great lines. What rear wheel are you running? I’m looking to upgrade my rear to a disk brake set up and really like the one you are running.

By: fanoboss

fanoboss — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:40:41 +0000

Just thought I would reiterate, for me, the FINEST EXAMPLE completed.

By: Ryan Iwasiw

Ryan Iwasiw — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:29:51 +0000

Amazing bike!
G & L does amazing work!
Best in the biz bar none!

Question for Josh Scott

hey man, I know that you no longer work at G&L choppers
But i have a bit of a problem that i am hoping that you could help me out with

Rich is building me a bike, and i am having problem gettin a hold of him
Do you have any contact info that you could send me (other then the shop phone #/Email)…
Or could you get in touch with him for me?
my email:
dna_pi_3.14@hotmail.com

thanks in advance for teh help

Ryan

By: josh

josh — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:05:27 +0000

I dont remember on the master cylinder/perch, nothing special though. This frame is stock rake.

And I will thank you now for the Bourbon and gift Todd. You don’t know how much we appreciated that! Doesn’t happen very often, if at all!

josh

By: The Flying Imp

The Flying Imp — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:32:18 +0000

good stance

By: Flying Imp

Flying Imp — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:31:30 +0000

Hey man real nice sled, I love it. Is the neck raked? If so what is the rake? Also, is it hard to adapt the harley rear wheel for the 650 sprocket and what not?

By: rusty

rusty — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:30:17 +0000

Love the bike including the forwards and the dna. I personally dont get some peoples obcession with mid controls on these bikes. They look ok, but you feel like youre riding on a shriners parade bike. this bike is cool and I think you hit a home run with the overall design. I know its fashionable to bash dna springers at the present, but I have 4 bikes and I know what you mean about the way it rides. This is my 2nd one and I love lt for that bike. I know there are better ones, but they are still a bargain. Nice build.

By: roger

roger — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:52:59 +0000

nice bobber Ted, could I get your email address, so I could get some more info, I’m thinking about getting a bobber, I live in Atlanta too, thanks Roger.

By: david valentine

david valentine — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:09:37 +0000

nice looking bike. is their a second break fluid reservoir on the frame?
and where did you get the pipes from?

By: Thaise recepten

Thaise recepten — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:55:01 +0000

Freaking love it, great looking bike!

By: bigpup

bigpup — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:23:03 +0000

Bike looks great, G&L boys know what they are doing. Flat black looks really nice on it. Hows the seat? I have been looking at there website and might pick one up.

By: Chino

Chino — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:03:13 +0000

Killer chop.
What was the cost of the build and how long did it take?

By: Todd V.

Todd V. — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:55:07 +0000

Oh…knew I forgot one thing. Tubes vs Springer: nothing against tubes personally, I’ve ridden both. There’s more to what makes a ride a ride than someone’s subjective claim about either. You’ll have to make up your own mind. For me, when I’m done at the end of ride and I look back at my bike…I want to go again.

peace

By: Todd V.

Todd V. — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:23:20 +0000

Thanks all for the compliments. Appreciated. Been slackin’ on answering some of these q’s -stuck on jury duty for days.

First off -All to Rich and Josh, totally. Enjoying that Woodford bourbon yet guys? Lol
Second, is Ted (the site) -Thanks for showing it man, best site for these bikes -eveh!

Q’s: is the engine stock? Yes+Upgraded carbs. The Master/perch/cylinder/etc., I gotta go look, I didn’t spec that part. I knew riding around in Atlanta I had no choice, I needed it. Josh may know, do you recall Josh?

By: DetroitDM

DetroitDM — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:53:19 +0000

Yet another great build coming out of that shop. Classy bike man, with tons of “SOUL.”
Was curious about the master cylinder too… and any specs on the front brake? Rotor/piston/caliper…etc? Is the dna springer really that bad?

By: I_am_10_ninjas

I_am_10_ninjas — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:38:39 +0000

Anybody know what that bar mounted master cylinder, lever and perch are from? Nice size.

By: I_am_10_ninjas

I_am_10_ninjas — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:31:52 +0000

Usually don’t like blacked out engines. They remind me of Virago aged ick! But on this bike it’s workin’ for me. Great lines. Those G&L boys make a nice frame fo shoah.

By: Joshua Rasmussen

Joshua Rasmussen — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:07:07 +0000

That is one of the best 650’s I have ever seen. Great job.

By: josh

josh — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:44:15 +0000

Todd, glad you dig the bike man! Rich and I have a blast building it and although I am no longer working at G&L (moved out of state) this was one of my favorites out of the 22 bikes I helped Rich build!! Ride it with pride man!

Josh Scott

By: Don

Don — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:33:54 +0000

Def a G and L build, Looks good man!

By: MCW RACING

MCW RACING — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:12:31 +0000

LOVE YOUR BIKES. YOU ARE A GREAT INSPIRATION TO MY BUILDS. THANXS

By: Fabbastard in Greenwood b.c. Canada

Fabbastard in Greenwood b.c. Canada — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:21:13 +0000

Stylin ride! Looks like u def got your monies worth in that bike, looks comfy too! Is the engine rebuilt stock, or did u do anything special to give it a bit more ooomph?

By: fanoboss

fanoboss — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:29:08 +0000

Keep the forwards LOL

By: Tommy Guns

Tommy Guns — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:33:56 +0000

Lose the forwards and that bike would be killer!!

By: Grease Nipples

Grease Nipples — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:55:23 +0000

G & L puts out a nice scoot.

By: Grease Nipples

Grease Nipples — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:51:00 +0000

Howard: Once you go black, you’ll never go back.

Robin: That’s not true…

By: fanoboss

fanoboss — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:20:02 +0000

One of the best on this site.

By: MIKE

MIKE — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:57:47 +0000

Nice bike.. favorite G&L build.

By: HAPPY DAN

HAPPY DAN — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:47:35 +0000

Im diggin the axle adjuster area,Its like the arlen ness digger style,timless and very cool,cool ride.

By: theirie1

theirie1 — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:46:54 +0000

Bike looks good. I can’t wait to get my frame to the guys at G&L. Did you use a clear coat on the finish.