XS650 Chopper

So the story starts with me and my buddy went and picked up a xs650 has we both loved it! It was a hard tail bike already!

I acquired my 1981 XS650 Special this year as my previous bike a Triumph Street Triple R had unfortunately been crashed and written off beyond repair.

Bought this bike complete for $200. It hadn’t been cranked in 25 years. Spent a few minutes cleaning the carbs and working out some electrical issues and fired it up. After that I started chopping!

This is my very first bike build. It started as a bone stock 1981 XS that I bought off craigslist for 1000$. Got the bike to run right away with a fluid swap, plugs, and carb rebuild.

81 xs650 I bought as a basket case with a butchered hardtail job and really terrible welds all over. The only quality things it had going for it were the front forks had been lowered and it had a David Bird looped hardtail.