Yamaha Xs650 Cafe Racer Build

Seats are thick 3/16 black abs shaped around my own handmade mould.

Yamaha xs650 cafe racer build. Xs 650 rocket boy garage. “inspiration for our build came from the history of yamaha’s xs650. At the heart of the xs is a indestructible engine. “the frame is very simple, and we got a nice clean look after removing all those brackets and holders.” hookie fabricated a pair of matching bum stops and seats, and embedded a small led taillight in each rear frame loop.

This is a 1979 xs 650. 1979 xs650 cafe racer meticulously built from the frame up, this xs650 build has cut no corners. This xs650 cafe racer is the work of moto nisto a small team of talented mechanics, fabricators and designers who traditionally build modified harley sportsters. But since moving to the new shop and the lack of xs650 donor bikes around here.

Yamaha 650 xs, modèle 447 de 1975. The rest was added to suit the bike as the build progressed. Auto fabrica xs650 cafe racer. Ally rims and center hubs with stainless spokes.

In this thread i'll document my current build efforts. Prior to taking delivery of the xs, it had been accommodating mice in the garage where it sat for 25 years. 1975 yahama xs650 cafe racer, less than 5000kms on rebuilt engine, just freshened up with new gaskets, brand new clutch, keihin carbs, kick only, custom painted tank by smith concepts in brookvale sydney, custom made seat by stitched up trim at tuggerah, new chain and sprockets, firestone deluxe champion tyres (1500kms old), electronic ignition, posh switches, biltwell throttle and grips. All parts get media blasted and powdercoated.

The best parallel twin ever built. The bike is an 1979 xs650 that i bought for $650 from a friend of my mine who lost interest. Ezio continues to impress with custom bikes that incorporate vintage style, modern tech, and bold details. There’s no denying that yamaha took massive styling cues from triumph’s bonneville twins when building the xs, so when we built this bike classic british cafe racers were our major influence.”

Moving interstate and then house twice, not having a work space and joining a business tends to get in the way of such things. It has a kawasaki zx10 front end. It was built in 2013. Yamaha xs650 ‘techno tracker’ by gunn design.

How thrive inspired and adapted the build to a xs650 cafe racer is true work of art. Ok here is my newest build. Hand made top aluminum yoke. To do that, i have collected the following parts in addition to the donor.

Once i get it running that is. Pretty sick little cafe… here is the non running project i picked up. Yamaha 650 xs cafe racer. This lead me to making my own vacuum form machine and manufacturing my own cafe racer seats out of abs.

Tough durability, classic look and abundance of cheap parts make the xs650 the perfect platform to build a killer yamaha xs650 hardtail or café racer. I've fallen into building a couple of sr500's and other stuff. This bike started out as an xs special but as you can see, it’s no longer that. “the yamaha xs650 has a perfect stance right out of the box,” says nico.

Read on to see how he transformed it into this amazing cafe racer. I am however as keen as ever to get the bike finished and have been making some great progress. I'll try to make a steampunk cafe racer out of it. All the panels, including the tank are custom made, of course, and have a sharp boxy look.

Did you know that the evergreen yamaha xs650 was launched over half a century ago? The best parallel twin ever built. The xs650, in america and worldwide has developed a cult following for good reason. At the heart of the xs is a indestructible engine.

The xs650, in america and worldwide has developed a cult following for good reason. The bike’s based on an early 80s yamaha xs650 special. Mainly what i am wondering, is what is the cheapest way to build this into a cafe racer. Hand made front mudguard, seat and tank in grp.

There are four bikes in the yamaha xs series, each can make a great cafe racer.the smallest is the xs400, next up are the xs650, xs750/850 (both triples), and the xs1100 for the bravest among you. 1977 xs650 bobber first startup. For his client’s xs650 cafe racer, he wanted to make the bike sleek and narrow, emphasizing the beauty of the motor. Essentially, i want to a bike that is a view of what yamaha might have built in response to the gb500, but using my xs650.

The 1980 xs650 is the sixth bike by moto nisto and is the personal ride of marcel nistor one of the moto nisto founders. While it was styled after the british twins of the era, the bike was properly modern, featuring unit construction (engine and gearbox in same casing), a horizontally split crankcase, and sohc valve operation. Clean, crisp, and appealing to everyone like an oxford shirt. Jesse meyer's aptly named 'oxford' yamaha xs750 cafe racer ticks all the boxes.

This latest project is the furthest thing, stylistically, from a cafe racer you can get: My xs650 yamaha cafe racer project has been a slow build to say the least. Not much of a bike at this point. The idea was dreamt up after the donor for the project, a 1980 yamaha xs650 special, was acquired from a friend.

I have searched a little for what is needed to build a cafe racer, and am looking for a little guidance. Rather than building an exact replica, he opted to combine the engineering of the king’s flat track xs650 with the styling of his tz750 track bike. I promise there will be a lot of pictures. Below, we get the full story on the build.

And think its time to make something out of it. Simple inspiration for this build is what norton have done with their latest incarnation. Tough durability, classic look and abundance of cheap parts make the xs650 the perfect platform to build a killer yamaha xs650 hardtail or café racer. The yamaha xs650 is one of our favorite vintage motorcycles.