On the edge of Sturgis
Right now I’m heading toward Montana, but we took a day off from driving around Mount Rushmore… The day before the Sturgis rally starts. In a nutshell, this means that the local towns are already full of Harley riders (and other bikes). Lucky for me, there are quite a few sales tents that are up here just for the traffic – I picked up a new pair of leather chaps (My past dinks have involved rashing my knees.) And have been plotting the restoration of my 1980 Yamaha XS 850 – a unique bike for the three cylinders it sports. Check out this 750 cafe racer conversion, it’s just gorgeous.
This is a 750 conversion built by a German fellow named Hernrik. I’m interested in the exhaust routing, the black mags and the silver tank. I’ve been leaning towards a silver tank on mine, but I really like the way this bike looks. Mine will stay a cruiser, but I’ll probably replace the bars with some better geometry and the stock exhaust really bugs me for some reason…
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Comments
Comment from Jake Jones
Time: October 5, 2009, 7:49 pm
I also have an XS750 and this is EXACTLY the way I want mine to look. I need to know what front end parts and handle bars he used. I would greatly appreciate the info. Thanks.
Comment from willo
Time: October 5, 2009, 8:41 pm
If you check out yamaha-triples.org and visit the how-to section, you’ll find more info on this bike.
That’s a fork from a Triumph Sprint. However, I’m going a different direction.
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Time: October 6, 2009, 4:53 pm
[...] had quite a few comments looking for Henrik afterI posted a pic of his bike. A short while after I put it up, I found it in the how-to section at yamaha-triples.org. [...]
Comment from christophe
Time: November 5, 2009, 5:42 am
yep, I would like to know what is the model of the fork ? please. Thinks a lot. You’ve got a very nice XS… @+
Comment from willo
Time: November 7, 2009, 11:39 am
That’s a fork from a triumph spirit.
Comment from Henrik
Time: November 10, 2009, 6:09 am
I’m glad you’ll like my bike..nut I’m from Sweden… not Germany.
/H
Comment from Itamar Nissany
Time: January 30, 2010, 1:23 am
Dear will,
I couldn’t find your Email address. I wish to get your help regarding your mini mill CNC mod.
Please be kind and provide me with an Email address.
regards,
Itamar.
Comment from Antonio
Time: January 26, 2011, 5:32 pm
è molto bella, linea pulita e filante, io però abbassrei un pò di più il manubrio e toglierei la batteria, è il caso di nasconderla sotto la sella. Complimenti!
Comment from detlef stiewe
Time: August 18, 2009, 3:13 pm
hi, can you give me the mail adress of your german fellow. I’m from germany too and I want to ask him some questions about the xs 750.
Or give my adress to him, that will be better..
txs