13th May 2013
Photoset with 113 notes
Remember Mike from Canada and his AMAZING CBX1000? It was one of the most popular bikes I’ve ever featured.
Mike sent me some pics of his ex. The Japanese custom shops punch out some amazing SR’s (I’ve featured a few here) but Mike’s SR is as good as ANY.
Sure the red frame, red engine, red carby, red everthing is over the top but (and I can’t believe I’m saying this…) it’s over the top in a good way.
If you think the pictures a good, read the story behind the bike. The muffler is originally from a Toyota Camry!
“While my, beloved, SR has moved on ( whereabouts unknown) here are a few shots of it; Highlights (?!)
Regarding the Mighty SR, it was always more of a work in progress. Just when you figured you’d taken it about as far as you wanted/could, something else would pull you in. For instance;
- The headlight ‘fairing’ is an aftermarket, fiberglass, R6 front fender I ‘McGyvered’
- GSXR 750 front end
- The oil cooler was a class project a buddy gave me from his machine shop course ( thanks again, Dave). It started out as bar stock alloy.
- RZ350 rear mono. My friend, Joel, dropped off the rolling chassis after he blew up the motor. He figured that I just might have a use for it.
- Mags from a Yammie FZR6
- Rear caliper from a ZX750 on a ,modded, SR500 bracket.
- ‘Chin’ fairing is a fiberglass copy I fabbed from a RZ350 ( the original,plastic, one didn’t hold up long to the SR’s vibration). I mounted it using,rubber, radiator mounts for a Toyota.
- More Toyota bits? That would be the ‘muffler’. It started life as a resonator on a Camry.The,alloy, vapor catch tank came from another Camry…it was a receiver/dryer for an A.C. unit.
- Kickstarter arm from an XS650. I ‘McGyvered’ it too, its a stronger bit than the original SR item.
- Clutch lever from a Honda 900RR.
- Rear master from a CBR600.
- Front,radial pump, master from a ZX10R.
- Speedo uses RZ350 innards. I printed the face using the computer I’m typing this to you with, then shot clear coat over it to keep the colors fast.
- I got some end-cuts from a, local, plastics distributor and fabbed the clear cam & clutch ‘windows’. I just thought they looked kinda cool.
- Mirrors are metal copies of the, plastic, ones on my mountain bike. More bits I had lying around.
- The tailpiece is a modded RS250 fiberglass bit. It won’t challange any Gold Wings for comfort, but it looks ‘right.
- TT500 electrics. The, original, SR mag fried and rather than risk another stranding I went for the TT’s simplicity. Actually, a fairly easy mod.
- Carrilo rod and (I think…its been awhile, a third over piston). Other than that, the motor is pretty much stock.
- Rearsets are buddy pegs from my old GSXR welded to some, nice, alloy bar stock ( ok a trailer hitch) I found in a parking lot.
Sooo much fun to ride. No worries about being a hero, it is a 500 single after all. Just mount up, kick it to life, and go for a ride. Though….on a twisty road it was never passed, and there weren’t many bikes could run from it. Staight sections? Well, you just had to hope that there would be twisty bits along in short order.
The kick start is a real crowd pleaser. Always fun to watch someone, with no kicker experience, reduce themselves to a sweaty mass of frustration, as the SR mocks their efforts.
Tagged: Motorcyclecafe racercustomsr500yamahacanadatoyotaRS250RZ350TT500CBR600XS650ZX10RFZR6ZX750900RRGSXR750McGyverToyota Camry
7th April 2013
Photoset with 136 notes
Got a message from Thomas in Sweden and all it said was “Yamaha 650XS”
Messaged Thomas and asked “was there suppossed to be anything else” and he sends me another message saying “yeh, pictures”
Here are the four pics that Thomas the conversationalist sent me.
Assuming he built it himself, he’s nailed the look on a perfectly usuable daily rider. Nice one.
EDIT: Thomas sent me the spec and a before pic.
Technically not much has been done to the engine apart from Mikuni carbs if i remember correctly, and open air pods of course. Plus a more 2 into 1 open Emgo exhaust.
Other changes include:
- Fork gaiters
- Custom built seat and seat pan.
- Rear fender from a 1970’s BMW (originally a front fender)
- Painted wheels
- Minimized electricity
- Triumph headlight
- Texas rearlight
- Knee pads
- Handlebars and grips (gran turismo from DimeCity Cycles)
EDIT #2: Thomas wanted to correct a detail.
“I live and own and drive the bike in Copenhagen, Denmark and I bought the bike in Goteborg, Sweden, where Johan Wallquist build the bike”
And here is the before pic of the 1980 Yamaha XS650…
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2nd April 2013
Photo with 113 notes
Pretty cool ride by Kingston Customs from Germany.
What are your thoughts on Brown seats in general?
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11th January 2013
Photo with 95 notes
Was checking out the XS650 Chopper site for a particular build I was tld was on there. I had to scroll through a lot of bikes to find what I was looking for. As each bike came up on my screeen, my thoughts were…
- CRAP!
- Made by a blind person (apologies to blind people, you could make a much better looking bike)
- Rubbish
- What has been seen cannot be unseen
- Yawn…
- Shithouse
- What the hell were they thinking?
I was about to close the page when I came across this amazing bike. Of course it’s a love it or hate it type bike and I absolutely love certain aspects about it. Namely the wheels (anyone know what they are off?) and bikini fairing.
Go to the site for the full story and the rest of the pics.
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26th December 2012
Photoset with 195 notes
Here is another bike by ATJ Project out of Poland. A lovely Yamaha XS650 done in the Japanese Brat Style.
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11th October 2012
Photoset with 335 notes
I was sent these pics of a XS650 months ago by a guy from Guadelope. Seems like he sent the pics to a bunch of other blogs so I lost interest in posting them.
My queue is getting low so I’m looking for interesting bikes to post. Have you got a bike you’d like featured?
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18th September 2012
Photoset with 87 notes
One of my favourite artists Death Spray Custom who created the amazing Anatomy Suit and “Boner” the XS650 Street Tracker with glow in the dark paint has now produced this stunning helmet. My favourite peice…until the next one of course!
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9th September 2012
Photo with 42 notes
An XS650 by Flakes Motorcycles out of Japan. The flatslides and the detail work set this aside from most custom jobs.
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18th June 2012
Photoset reblogged from HI-SHINE MOTO with 233 notes
A simple but attractive Yamaha XS650 Street Tracker.
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31st May 2012
Photo with 49 notes
Really like this XS650 by Bobber Fucker in France.
This is their 10th bike and if it appeared on bikeEXIF, the commentators would go silent. Do you want to know why they’d go silent and not put on their keyboard warrior frowns? Because as soon as they laid eyes on it they’d gouge their own eyes out before their brain exploded.
No doubt they’d still try and give their opinions but it’d probably look like this…
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Hard to type if you’ve just ripped your eyes out but they’d still know what to complain about.
Tell me you wouldn’t stop and check this bike out if you saw it on the side of the road?
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