XS650 Chopper by G&L Choppers
Listen up chumly, I’m gonna turn the mic over to Josh, he’s gonna give you the downlow on this this righteous XS650 chopper.
This 1977 XS650 D was built by G&L Choppers in Colorado Springs, CO with
help from the owner Ron B. from Castle Rock, CO. We originally built
the frame and the battery box last year for Ron. The rest of his first
go around was built in his garage taking three weeks. He then rode her
to Sturgis. This year Ron came back to G&L Choppers to upgrade his
forwards controls with our set. At least that’s where it started. With
the help of Ron we totally transformed his original build into what you
see before you. Here’s a short list of what was done.Owner: Ron B. Castle Rock, Co
Bike: 1977 XS650 D
Frame: G&L Choppers
Electric Box: G&L Choppers
Carbs: 34mm Mikuni’s w/G&L Choppers Turnout intakes
Pipes: stockers Mikes XS
Fender: G&L Choppers/Owner Ribbed style rear
Tail light: Side mount Model A style G&L Choppers
Headlight: 5 3/4
Wiring: G&L Choppers
Tank: Sportster mounted by Owner
Bars: Clip on bars
Forward Controls/Pegs: G&L Choppers
Right Hand Jockey Shifter: G&L Choppers
Paint: G&L Choppers (HOK) Kandy Root Beer Base over Gold BaseRichard Ford, owner, G&L Choppers
719-550-0096
glchoppers@msn.com
www.freewebs.com/glchoppers
Hands down, this is one of the nicest XS650 choppers I’ve laid my peepers on. I talk about the lines of a bike a lot because to me, with out a good flow from front to back, the whole thing is shot. No doubt that this one’s got the flow. The throw back retro paint design fits in perfect, it’s a simple design but it’s got a lot of style. The clip-ons and sporty tank work real good together, bugger looks mean. The battery box and fake oil tank is done perfectly, I can really dig that as someone who is having to deal with the same thing on my project. Shit is hot, dig into it.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:09 am |
really nice bike!
March 12th, 2008 at 9:01 pm |
Props to G&L this is a sweet looking ride, but… I’m presently sofa-building my xs chop and, I’m sure like many others I have a huge reference file of xs choppers collected from various websites, of all these builds I see a common “visual” feature (prior to seeing this bike I would have said flaw, but the look is now growing on me) in the greater majority of hardtail conversions that stems from folks trying maintain the line of the top tube through the top bars of the rear triangle (a-la Harley rigid frames) whilst maintaining stock clearance and rake. This is the easiest path to chopperizing an xs with a smaller diameter rear wheel but it does create a huge gap between back of engine and front of rear tyre. strange as it may sound building to accommodate a larger dia rear wheel will narrow the gap through both the larger radius and bringing the rear axle forward whilst maintaining that top tube flow. but I never see this done. A digger style XS with a single SU carb conversion and short travel forks is where I am heading at the moment. But I’ve gotta get there first…
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm |
here’s mine
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