The TADPOLE
This bike is a 1972 Yamaha XS650 or “XS2”. Although it was built using an older...
Read MoreThis bike is a 1972 Yamaha XS650 or “XS2”. Although it was built using an older...
Read MoreWe started out with a 1974 xs 650 as a starting point, which is basically relatively mundane...
Read MoreMarcel – It wasn’t that I had bit off more than I could chew, I just had to chew a lot longer than I’d planned. Other than a few bolt on mods on my other bike I had never really wielded a spanner or taken a motorbike...
Read MoreJack Gilbert – This is my customized 1976 XS650C. I bought the bike last summer as a derelict with no front end. It was a rusty heap but I knew it had great potential. I used a TC Brothers weld-on hard tail to transform...
Read MoreRodney J. A. – THIS WOULD BE MY SECOND BUILD OF A XS650 AND TRULY ENJOY BUILDING THESE BIKES. IT’S A 1980 XS 650 STOCK MOTOR (REBUILT) WITH A CUSTOM 2 TO 1 INTAKE, CUSTOM BUILT FRAME, HEI IGNITION, BRAND NEW TIRES ON...
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