Now that’s good old fashioned dirt ridin. You guys are obviously excellent riders with much experience. Those bikes are heavy road bikes and not made for off road. Still can’t believe the white XS650 is in the water like that. Zero ground clearance etc. Thanks. Enjoyed watching.
Too many to list. My two friends have several XS650's with a variety of modes including electrical, suspension, lighting and one XS motor is mounted in a Champion Flat Track Racing Frame.
@@crankydad.6769 I will have to verify with my friend but I believe he has installed CR125 forks, longer rear shocks, not sure where they came from, custom front fender, longer kick stand, home made header and muffler, chopped rear fender, custom seat, stock fuel tank, home made skid plate. He also upgraded the electrical charging unit. I will try to get a complete list of what he has changed on the bike. My friends do not "restore" XS's. They "refresh" them, get them running and try to fix inherent known problems.
I probably need to do a separate video on my friends 1974 XS650 because there has been alot of custom work and fabrication done on this bike. He does love to take it off road. Here is a partial list of parts: CR125M front forks and wheel with stiffer springs, Large rear sprocket to gear it down with a custom chain tensioner and chain guide to keep the chain from falling off, CZ Desert Gas Tank, stock header and Harley Davidson mufflers, Acerbis headlight.
Great video, thanks to share with us. I´m having three XS 650 Yams and the first is a restored XS2 ,second is a cafe racer project -82 Special and the third is -78/79 standard and I hope it will be scrambler or some kind enduro one day.
Well done, shows is about the rider as much as the machine.
Now that’s good old fashioned dirt ridin. You guys are obviously excellent riders with much experience.
Those bikes are heavy road bikes and not made for off road.
Still can’t believe the white XS650 is in the water like that. Zero ground clearance etc.
Thanks. Enjoyed watching.
Loved it - do the same out here in Australia
What mods have you done to make it dirt bike?
@@crankydad.6769 Ground up - Knobby tyres, lower gearing, bashplate, high rise exhaust, single seat [when needed], Carbs replaced with VM34mm Roundslide Mikunis
Great bikes 650xs what a lot of fun
XS650 is an amazing motor. They should bring it back into production
Bravo! great job all the way around!
what mods?
Too many to list. My two friends have several XS650's with a variety of modes including electrical, suspension, lighting and one XS motor is mounted in a Champion Flat Track Racing Frame.
Please list the mods to make it dirt bike. Pleeeaaase
@@crankydad.6769 I will have to verify with my friend but I believe he has installed CR125 forks, longer rear shocks, not sure where they came from, custom front fender, longer kick stand, home made header and muffler, chopped rear fender, custom seat, stock fuel tank, home made skid plate. He also upgraded the electrical charging unit. I will try to get a complete list of what he has changed on the bike. My friends do not "restore" XS's. They "refresh" them, get them running and try to fix inherent known problems.
I probably need to do a separate video on my friends 1974 XS650 because there has been alot of custom work and fabrication done on this bike. He does love to take it off road. Here is a partial list of parts: CR125M front forks and wheel with stiffer springs, Large rear sprocket to gear it down with a custom chain tensioner and chain guide to keep the chain from falling off, CZ Desert Gas Tank, stock header and Harley Davidson mufflers, Acerbis headlight.
The XS with the white gas tank in this video is not the XS with these parts. That is his other XS he is currently riding off road.
Great video, thanks to share with us. I´m having three XS 650 Yams and the first is a restored XS2 ,second is a cafe racer project -82 Special and the third is -78/79 standard and I hope it will be scrambler or some kind enduro one day.
Both of these riders have another XS650 stock bike they use as daily commuter bikes. They love these bikes.
I will never sell my XS650SE. Great sound. Kick-start never fails. (Electric-start does :D)
Bad ass!