Comments on: THE MANALISHI

By: mookie

mookie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:27 +0000

tough crowd today…
i see a lot of work gone into this bike-not to mention money spent on hard parts.
according to some labor should be free and with some, well a LOT of the bikes i see on here there was no labor so yeah. point taken there…

hey Roger.. is that a new exhaust?
-didn’t see it listed in the parts.

oh and from my armchair i’d like to thank you for NOT chopping the rear half of the bike off and sticking another damn hardtail on it!(i won’t do THAT again!!)

By: RJ from the ole school

RJ from the ole school — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:54:35 +0000

I’m a first time builder so I look at all these bikes to get inspiration ( stuff to copy ). I dont care what the owner wants for it,,,,,thats his business ,,,, the bike looks ok to me. I like the overall shape and even the tank color is different. Powder coating is cool but it drives the cost up,,,,so sand blast and paint,,,,,spend the $ on good ignition, decent tires and brakes and better than stock electrics….its no good to anyone if it wont keep running. I got lucky and found a basket case 80 for free,,,but missing parts runs up the cost quickly,,,,its not how much it costs but how much fun it was to build and ride,,,one mans trash is another mans treasure………….

By: rcknrllrog

rcknrllrog — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:26:05 +0000

Seems to be a lot of attention towards this bike.
The first one I’ll answer is the one regarding the ride height…I actually lowered the rear end and the front end of the bike a bit later after these photos were taken back in 2010 and the tank ended up being black…because that’s what the buyer wanted.
I do believe the days of “dirt cheap” XS650’s is long since past. When I began building these bikes over ten years ago you could pick them up for only a couple hundred bucks then after you spent a solid month or so re-building everything and getting all the parts you need (including tapered steering bearings I might add) ALL of my bikes have tapered bearings and after posting numerous bikes on here I guess I just figured people would know that…my mistake, and I apologize to all for my oversight.
In regards to the pricing on this bike…or anyone’s custom built bike for that matter those that cry foul because a builder sees fit to get a decent return on all of the work that is put into the project I can only speculate that they don’t place much value in their time and effort. I have to admit that I do.

Yes you’re right…these bikes aren’t Harley Davidson’s and thank goodness for that because if they were they probably wouldn’t run worth a damn and they’d be big and clunky and ugly as all get out.

Okay I’ve ranted…now I feel better.

By: MidwestMyriad

MidwestMyriad — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:09:44 +0000

Would be sick if it was like 3.5-4″ lower front and rear

By: scott

scott — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:36:50 +0000

idiotic comments. you think this guy’s only got a grand in this bike?? whats the big deal w/ powdercoating? i won’t buy a $4k xs w/o tapered bearings. geez! beyond ridiculous. i don’t care for the “design” of this build but the guy obviously has a lot of attention to detail. i’m working on one myself right now and have over $4k in it. and that doesn’t include my own labor! i’d like to see one of your $2k xs customs. it’ll be a rusty xs w/ 30k miles and an old harley peanut tank strapped to it. guess i won’t read anymore comments on this site – just check out the pics.

By: 58dub

58dub — Mon, 03 May 2010 00:27:17 +0000

Over here in Australia its very rare that you will find a XS650 for under $4000 thats just for a stock bike. Well hope all works out for your sale, but personally i’ve seen some pretty wild chops on ebay going for less than your chasing. Cheers

By: Tim crash81

Tim crash81 — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:49:09 +0000

Woooow!! I didn’t know that posting your bike on here means you get your Ball’s Busted.. Come on guys I’ll agree with the stuff about trying to sell bike’s on this site but take a look on ebay and see what a plain 650 in good shape is going for. There’s one on there right now with a bid of 1000$,,very low mile’s but it’s been dumped and banged up. They ain’t cheap anymore fella’s. Dude,, nice bike and nice job.. Now just post it on ebay and we’ll all be happy.

By: Idaho chad

Idaho chad — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:57:14 +0000

to each their own I guess. but there is hardly anything custom about this. it just looks like a catalog order bike to me. with the time I have in my frame alone I could build 3 of these. well, if I had thousands to spend on parts…… sorry for the rant, but lets keep this a garage build site.

By: reynoldburton

reynoldburton — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:08:54 +0000

But at least it´s real fugly!

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:11:35 +0000

I agree, this is nuts…. come on man.. really… you can look in the local paper and pick up a xs for dirt cheap, throw a grand at it and have twice the scooter… get real… this is really getting out of hand.. this thing needs a HD badge…..

By: Bruce reed

Bruce reed — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:57:48 +0000

I think the site should charge for .. for sale bikes so this doesn’t become ebay rather than a place for people to show off their homemade unique bikes. Nothing against selling stuff but it becomes really boring to see nothing but bike companies selling their stuff. We already have craigslist and sites like that to bore us.Having said that I will be selling a bike in a month or so so where do I send my 10 bucks?

By: Bruce reed

Bruce reed — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:43:24 +0000

Why is powdercoating a selling point? It’s easy boring and cheap.

By: Trey

Trey — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:43:03 +0000

R.C. Thanks i glad im not the only one feeling this way and im sure there others, speek up fella’s these arent Harley Davidsons.

By: R.C

R.C — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:33:42 +0000

I wont apologize. 4800!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????? wtf? I got slammed on hard over my chop and all I was asking for was a swap! or an offer.. and I know damn well mine is ahelva alot more “Custom” that that…..
Prices like that are what is killing the term “custom”
and will all the parts you list you dont mention the one single and yet simple BUT OH SO IMPORTANT thing? TAPERED HEAD STEM BEARINGS…. SORry but I dont buy into a 4000k+ xs knowing there are some real sweet rides out here that can be had for a song

By: Trey

Trey — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:41:37 +0000

Sorry dude that was rude. I just have a hard time with all the expensive xs650’s lately. Again I apologize for my rudeness.

By: Trey

Trey — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:36:47 +0000

Wow maybe if you left the Harley badge on the tank it would be worth more…