The bike was finished in 2012, The man who built it is Ken and his shop is called “Back Alley Speed” In Detroit, MI.
Continue Reading →Fawksey’s 650 Special
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.
1979 xs650 s#itbox
Bought this bike complete for $200. It hadn’t been cranked in 25 years. Spent a few minutes cleaning the carbs and working out some electrical issues and fired it up. After that I started chopping!
Stevens xs650 Chopper
This is my very first bike build. It started as a bone stock 1981 XS that I bought off craigslist for 1000$. Got the bike to run right away with a fluid swap, plugs, and carb rebuild.
Continue Reading →Kevins 81 Xs650
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.
Continue Reading →79 Bobbed Rat
Found this ’79 with under 6K miles. Didn’t run, and the owner didn’t have the patience to see it through.