XJ Bobber Hardtail Project - ('81 XJ650)

the seat from ebay its a ultima i still want to get it tooled but no funds at the moment to many other projects going on

 

Right on right on! I've had mine to two local bike nights and had a lot of compliments with very few turned up noses.

 

With the mustang in the background your eyeballing the vw? Please tell me you're making a poor attempt at a joke. :roll:

 

the mustang looks nice in the pic but its a piece the rabbit is alot nicer and faster

 

I have owned dozens of VW's in my lifetime. Including 3 GTi's. When you can take cloverleafs at 60+ mph and still have more you will know why. Light weight and when built right will out handle almost anything.

 

the rabbit has a forged aba motor big valve head and its also got a cam and short ratio trans /lightened flywheel and some more goodies

 

Keep the vw. I'll take an american rig anyday of the week. But thats off topic. Loving the build. Keep up the good work.

 

thanks

 

took the bike to its first bike night tonight i was surprised with all the positive comments from the young and old it was a good time cant wait to do some more work on it real soon

 

was going to go to bike night tonight but of course its going to rain just like everyday this week so far

 

took it out too two wheeled tuesday bike night locally tonight great time bikes running awsome need to tune some on the carbs and starting to collect pieces for hand made header

 

where are you going to route your header?

 

waiting to get more peices to see how im going to run it

 

Can't wait to see the pics. If the bike doesn't sell I may see if I can get a stock header to cut up and build something to hug up tighter under the bike and make something a little more radical.

 

Thanks for this write up! I love the bike and am aiming for the same look with my bike The tan seat looks great with the black... One thing i still have not figured out and seems everyone else is thinking about the same thing is What to do with the exhaust .. cant wait to see how you run yours!

 

Cool deal. If I can just give you one piece of advice though....Get rid of the tab that mounts to the hub gear box and replace it with one of the original shock mounts. Looks much cleaner. Just cut off the mount from the shock and there ya go. Plus, the rubber bushing will keep you from cracking the aluminum case from the vibration and potholes it'll be seeing. What little give the bushing has is just enough to help out with the stress but not overstress the right side mounting point. Especially if you air down the tire a bit, which makes for a more comfortable ride as well. Worth the bit of mileage you'll lose on that tire.

 

thanks for the advice love the bike and the suicide shifter thats awsome

 

havent posted in about a month been busy bike just sits no time to ride hopefully will get it out this thursday for bike night

 

thanks! any new updates?

 

I love it! My project it similure.. I do have a question for you. You, like I, have removed the air box and opted for cone filters. This is all fine for me, except once the bike is hot.. I get a lot of oil vapor/smoke coming fron the oil cone filter on the gear selector cover. Is this normal? Did you have to overcome this issue, if so, how? :0)