Comments on: XS650 Cafe Racer and Street Tracker Conversions

By: kandon-8883

kandon-8883 — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:08:19 +0000

can you get a harly wide glide forks,trees to fit a 75 xs 650 ? dose anybody sell bearing kits

By: Chris Lowe

Chris Lowe — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:59:08 +0000

Yep thanks Todd, I also seen a few other sites that offer up parts. But that seat is sold at Omars and I think its the narrow one. Just picked up my XS and excited to get it how I want it looking.

By: todd

todd — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:53:27 +0000

Omar has the seat you want.
http://omarsdtr.com/cafenew5.html

-todd

By: chris lowe

chris lowe — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:19:28 +0000

were can i get that seat thats being used on the cafe xs650?

By: MotoCasa

MotoCasa — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:02:52 +0000

I have 9 of these right now and always loking for more. I love them for 2 reasons. 1 is the parts access is the best for any vintage bikes worth working on. 2 is the motor is bulletproof. The down side is the are very heavy and not well proportioned for some builds. They look okay in cafe from but too top heavy and awkward to really be considered a great cafe performer. Many other bikes work better in that format. I wish I could find a cherry totally stock mid 70s one for a fair price. They look great that way.

They make great bobber bikes. Frame takes hardtails very easy. Lots of torque and they can sound good with the right open pipes. Many Yamaha parts interchange and most everything can be found easy. The frame has lots of metal that can be removed but will require your brain power to lower it somehow. Very tall frames, seat height. A popular mod is the street (dirt) tracker look. Lots of after market body parts and advice for this. They look cool done right. Not fast, not agile, not high tech. I still love them though and will buy yours at the right price.