Povertys XS650 build

POVERTY · #1 (**permalink**) 01-13-2012, 07:30 PM

Road trip tomorrow to get my doner bike, its a 81 with 16k, clean as hell. Ill post up some pictures. This should move fast. I have some drywall and painting to do and my shop will be finished. Then its game on. The only part of the stock frame that will be used is the titled steering head, reworked stock mag wheels and front end. Im excited....My goal is to keep the total cost under $3500

evorider · #2 (**permalink**) 01-13-2012, 07:32 PM

Looking forward to seeing the progress on this build! Good Luck

POVERTY · #3 (**permalink**) 01-14-2012, 11:09 AM

got up at 4am to go get my doner bike.....and.....two and a half feet of snow. Fucking shit.haha.

evorider · #4 (**permalink**) 01-14-2012, 11:13 AM

I am just South East of you.. First snow fall and already hating this shit. Bring on Spring already!

POVERTY · #5 (**permalink**) 01-14-2012, 11:33 AM

Yeah im over by perry, we got slammed. I dont hate the snow, I just hate when it screws with my plans. If I lose this clean ass bike over a snow storm, Im going to be pissed off

PACO · #6 (**permalink**) 01-14-2012, 03:37 PM

Pov ... I'm sure the dude that has it understands. Just hope it was inside a garage as now you'd need to dig it out of a snow bank!!!

That's why I moved south. Very little of the white stuff.

PACO

POVERTY · #7 (**permalink**) 01-15-2012, 03:37 AM

Yeah he understood and said he had another guy waiting to see if I showed. No biggie...I had a guy call me thats looking to get out of XS650's. He has two clean titled bikes and like four motors and a buncha parts and is only an hour away not four like the other one. I think were over three feet of snow since friday night.

POVERTY · #8 (**permalink**) 01-20-2012, 03:42 PM

So...found a guy with two bikes and a buncha wheels , disassembled motors, but he wont move on his price and is dragging his feet on getting the parts from his basement. I never thought it would be this hard to get a clean ohio titled running bike...the search continues. Still working on my shop, got a new TIG, and am getting pumped to get all my seat making stuff all back and organized

evorider · #9 (**permalink**) 01-20-2012, 03:44 PM

Seat making stuff? What is it that you do to them? Looking to make changes to mine.

POVERTY · #10 (**permalink**) 01-20-2012, 03:50 PM

Hand make them...Ive had a buncha magazine covers, feature bikes, discovery build off. I had a legit business, but a divorce about three and a half years ago ended my business. I kept my stuff and trying to get re-established again.

POVERTY · #11 (**permalink**) 01-22-2012, 06:54 AM

Sent a few emails out this morning....lets see if I can find someone to sell me something. It trips me out, I have a fistfull of cash and people either do want to come off thier price even a couple hundred or are like well....im busy and I cant get it out of my garage....or they think a motor in pieces in a box is worth hundreds. If its not together with compression...its not a motor its a box of parts. The saga continues....Still working on my shop. Paint and grey floor epoxy this week...then move everything in.

POVERTY · #12 (**permalink**) 01-30-2012, 08:12 PM

Soooo....I picked up a clean titled doner bike today. Clean bike new tires, top end of the motor is apart. Im picking up two more clean title bikes that run , two basket case motors, a buncha wheels (stocker mags). Im not fucking around. Painting my shop now, should be move in ready soon...i cant wait to saw the stearing head off . I have to figure out how to post pics again.

PACO · #13 (**permalink**) 02-01-2012, 07:51 AM

Good start dude.

Picture up ...

PACO

POVERTY · #14 (**permalink**) 02-01-2012, 05:26 PM

Yep...I got three clean title bikes...five motors, two running.....and a ton of parts. Im excited to get working. It will have a Paco seat pan, of coarse.

POVERTY · #15 (**permalink**) 02-09-2012, 02:19 PM

I have been talking to Tigman for the past couple days about this and that for the frame. I think we have it all nailed down. Im thinking this first build should go pretty quick.