Comments on: Ju’s Bobber Project Part 4

By: Ju Clayton

Ju Clayton — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:21:03 +0000

Hi, I’ve not been here for a while & see there are more posts about the bike. There’s a fifth installment on the site at:https://xs650chopper.com/2010/11/ju%E2%80%99s-bobber-project-part-5/

Bike’s running great & makes me smile each time I ride it.

Cheers

By: buster

buster — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:07:20 +0000

nice ride man,totally captured the bobber style…ride proud dude

By: norm younger

norm younger — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:41:37 +0000

Great pipes and tank.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:55:29 +0000

Geez, I am always hoping Ju will give us a followup on this. I love it so far. There is a swingarm bike here with many of the same attributes that I have been trying to find again. Can anyone point me in the right direction? My email: dacol58@hotmail.com

By: norm younger

norm younger — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:35:40 +0000

Great tank and Taillight.

By: greg

greg — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:58:30 +0000

I love the fat style I ‘m looking for the same style but maybe big whitewall tires , black powder coat rims and a lighter tan style seat with some custom carving. Really nice bike man!

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 30 May 2011 10:34:39 +0000

Any more updates? I’d love to see how it turned out, especially the tank.

By: Smithy

Smithy — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:16:01 +0000

JU’S , mate……. nice rig does she handle good?
Smithy

By: Ju

Ju — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:39:41 +0000

Hi, the bike’s done & on the road now. It’s great to ride & you’ll never have a cold leg.. Have sent another update but it doesn’t appear to have been added yet. The front sprocket has a 3mm offset to match the rear wheel but didn’t need this to clear the tyre, it misses by about 5mm. This was done by simply adding washers behind the sprocket.

The forks went in quite easy as the bearings are the same size but the stem had to be stretched by an inch or so as the Yam head stock is deeper than the Triumphs. This gave it a nice squat look & as yet the forks haven’t bottomed out.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:36:01 +0000

this bike looks great. it’s different, but still tasteful. nice stance and lines, too. how did the fork swap go, though? did you have to do any customizing to get the triumph stem to fit in your yamaha frame? i’m trying to do a fork swap with forks off a different brand cycle, so i’m really curious if people find stuff that is just plug and play, or do they have to run different bearings or something.

By: theirie1

theirie1 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:06:39 +0000

I love your build. Running a 150 tire on the rear..Did you have to use any type of offset in order for it to work?

By: Ju

Ju — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:43:16 +0000

Hi, the discs are from a Harley but I don’t know what model. The pipes are home made using 40mm stainless tubes, this is a standard size for UK cars. So got the tubes with some 90 degree bends from the local exhaust specialist, got busy with the hacksaw & welder neighbour, wrapped em & hey presto. Got the tank about done so another update soon.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:00:56 +0000

Very slick!
Where did you get those pipes? love ’em

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:32:11 +0000

what type of rear disk did you use?

By: Mason

Mason — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:52:15 +0000

Great looking bike, really like the forks. Keep up the good work

By: Ju

Ju — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:02:42 +0000

Hi Bodhi. The forks are from a 1999 Triumph Daytona. A bonus with these is the head stock bearing size is the same as the Yam’s but the stem length is about an inch too short so needs a bit of length adding which is a fairly straight forward thing to do. Then it’s time for all the other engineering bits at the other end…

By: BLACKWIDOW

BLACKWIDOW — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:50:15 +0000

the fat wheels and the fat tank makes the bike look full I like it

By: Bodhi

Bodhi — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:33:23 +0000

oh yea, try “stubby”

By: Bodhi

Bodhi — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:31:39 +0000

I like the Exile style and was leaning towards a wide glide front end but money held me back. However if that wasn’t an issue I’d go with a little rake up front as well.

So where did you get that set of forks, which bike ????
I didnt realize there was another option.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:17:26 +0000

love the tail light. very slick.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:54:12 +0000

Im diggin the fatty up front, Im always game for modern forks. Gotta say though, that rear rotor needs swiss cheesed!

By: I_am_10_ninjas

I_am_10_ninjas — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:20:08 +0000

Something you don’t see a lot of… fat 650 twins. And what’s more rare is one done right. What I like about this bike is it’s called a bobber and its actually styled after one (unlike 90% of bikes called bobbers that are not). Great choices on parts. Love the tank and front end. I’m liking the vision. Can’t wait to see part five… paint?

By: Harry Carmony

Harry Carmony — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:54:45 +0000

Thank you for Info…- This bike is deffinately influencing my Braincells….

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:55:06 +0000

@ Harry Carmony- Yap, this bike has a lot of class. It as a real solid look to it with very little empty space. I really dig the back fender with the light..

@ Ju Clayton- Awesome work…

By: Ju Clayton

Ju Clayton — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:45:13 +0000

Hi All and thanks for the comments, it’s nice to have your work appreciated. The seat’s from Customized Choppers & is the Flame Solo. Link to the site is; http://stores.customizedchoppers.com/

By: Rusty Nutz

Rusty Nutz — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:22:23 +0000

Yeah big tires make a nice statement.

By: tadd442

tadd442 — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:21:06 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot…..STOUT!

By: Harry Carmony

Harry Carmony — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:20:07 +0000

Bantam even…lol…(Okay yeah…)

By: Harry Carmony

Harry Carmony — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:17:15 +0000

If tank is from BSA Phantom I will try to find…- is maybe best looking tank I have seen yet….- Would like to know where that seat is from….
I love the oil tank batt box…- and fire extinguisher wire-box…
As reynold and tadd said…- “Low, Fat, and Thick….”…bet it is like the little bulldog on the hood of a Mack Truck…lol…- SOLID Muscle…-Great!!!

By: tadd442

tadd442 — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:21:10 +0000

THICK…..nicely done!

By: Sean from boston.

Sean from boston. — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:39:02 +0000

“I can dig it” looking really good

By: shawn

shawn — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:06:06 +0000

your bike is sweet! the front end looks sick…how are the mid controls mounted so low? i’ve got mine down low like that but was thinking they might be a little low for cornering…

By: Harry Carmony

Harry Carmony — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:52:36 +0000

I really like this a lot…
What kind of gastank and where can I get, – and what kind of seat, and where can I get…- Seat looks like about the best design I have ever seen…
Love this chopper…

By: chevy53

chevy53 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:02:09 +0000

good lookin bike bro. very compact lookin.

By: adam

adam — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:29:35 +0000

yes low and fat.dig the frontend and pipes.good combo

By: reynoldburton

reynoldburton — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:56:16 +0000

I like it! Its really clean & compact, low & fat – good job!