# another cafe build... 82 xs650
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [August 6, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264 "2011-08-06T22:02:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@woz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/woz)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/1 "2011-08-06T22:02:07Z")
So to add to the list of current cafe builds here is what i have been working on slowly over the past 7 months.
Here is what I started with…
I bought the bike for a couple hundred bucks last summer and was told all it needed was a valve adjustment. It turned out that it needed an entire top end rebuild. I replaced the jugs and pistons, and all the top end gaskets and seals. I also rebuild the carbs and replaced the brushes on the charging system, a weak charge was allowing the bike to idle perfect but it would not rev over 3k.
Before it went back in…
Now that it was running I started on a few other things
-getting an 18in rear wheels
-new gold o-ring chain
-xs750 tank
-clubman bars
-k&n pod filters
-cafe seat from [hotwingglass.com](http://hotwingglass.com) (this included chopping/reworking the rear portion of the frame)
-triumph thruxton rear shocks (a LOT taller than the factory parts, the center stand no longer lifts the rear wheel off the ground)
-custom battery tray under seat
-building my own wiring harness
this is what it looks like currently…
also got a tail light off a cbr100rr w/integrated signals that after taking a bit off the tail section is going to work great…
plans are to get it wired back up and ride it a bit to make sure things are mechanically sound then take it apart again and get everything cleaned up, painted/powder coated and replace things like swing arm bushings, steering head bearings, progressive springs in the front, upgraded front disc/caliper and rearsets.
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### Author:  [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/2 "2011-08-06T22:10:50Z")
I like it! Get some more pictures!!
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### Author:  [@woz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/woz)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/3 "2011-08-06T22:17:15Z")
thanks, i need to get better with taking pictures.
i have a 2nd xs650 that i will be turning into a bobber once this gets going a bit more, that is a real rats nest though, got it for $100.
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### Author:  [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/4 "2011-08-06T22:20:02Z")
That tail light looks pretty clean on there :tup:
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### Author:  [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/5 "2011-08-07T05:52:42Z")
Pretty cool, I like it :tup:
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### Author:  [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/6 "2011-08-07T06:19:15Z")
:tup: andy
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### Author:  [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/7 "2011-08-07T07:07:53Z")
fuck yes! awesome
:tup:
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### Author:  [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2011, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/8 "2011-08-07T08:24:29Z")
^
YES! Fucking awesome!!
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### Author:  [@GTiKyle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GTiKyle)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/9 "2011-08-07T19:01:37Z")
650 love! That’s a xs750 tank right? Oh and can I buy the petcocks from your 650 tank? I need them bad!
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### Author:  [@woz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/woz)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/10 "2011-08-07T23:59:43Z")
yes to xs750 tank. it is not a direct swap on, the front mounts the opposite way the 650 tank mounts, so that required some cutting an welding.
the petcock from my 650 tank leaks.
just buy a rebuild kit from mikesxs? or a new petcock, thats what i did.
and i saw your going to use a tank to build your tail section but just an fyi, the one i bought from hotwingglass was only $105 shipped.
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### Author:  [@GTiKyle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GTiKyle)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-cafe-build-82-xs650/215264/11 "2011-08-08T04:48:52Z")
Mikes doesn’t have a rebuild kit for vacuum petcock anymore. They also don’t have any petcocks instock that I can use. They only sell the non vacuum replacement that isn’t in stock. Also the tank I bought requires 2 petcocks and I’m down one. Nick ( focusinprogress) and I are going to fab up a universal manual petcock and block for the other side.
And as for the seat I am going with more of a brat style seat without the hump for now. I have 2 tanks Nd if I decide to make one nick has already made one so he knows what he is doing… I think lol