1980 XJ650 hand built café racer

Folks,
A few pics of my XJ650 that I just built from the remnants of two bikes. First time trying any fibreglass work (seat unit). Chopped the frame and a friend welded a hoop on, removed surplus brackets, etc. Overhaul and re-bore of engine, cut front mud guard, rewired and relocated electrics, and finally a hand made exhaust!

Maybe not everybody’s choice but definitely a one-off and ‘built not bought’!

 

I normally dont care for cafe mods, but yours looks great!

 

Thanks, appreciate the comments

 

that is superb!!

any more info?...especially big bore and hand made exhaust

 

My back hurts thinking about sport bikes and cafe racers but I do think they are cool.
Any idea on what your weight ended up at?
Where is the battery?

 

Blimey, a cafe that actually got finished and one I quite like.
Well done.

 

Wasn't a big bore just went .75mm oversize to clean up the bore. Hand made exhaust was simply a case of cutting the damaged silencer off the original and welding on a bit of stainless pipe. Fitted a small baffle off Ebay so pipe didnt look empty if law man looked in the end!!!

 

Sorry no idea of weight. Battery is under the seat hump, fitted a smaller Lithium battery - physically smaller but enough power to turn her over

 

Thanks

 

i wouldt want a lawman looking up my exhaust either..lol

 

Ha ha, I’ll be ok, it has a little baffle stuck in the end of the pipe. Doesn’t do much but if somebody does look in the end at least it doesn’t look like a straight through bit of pipe!!

 

Stumbled on this looking for ideas about lithium batteries for my XJ550 project. Nice work, definitely some inspiration to be had here.