How about an XS400 bobber ???.......
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:25 pmyeh as the title says - been busy on bikes other than Kawasaki's at the moment ! (well, apart from finishing the Shadowfax.)
First cab off the rank has been an XS400 bobber. I am sorting out the electrics on this bike - essentially using a stock harness and shortening it to suit the new frame. Marinko (from RHOK helmets) bought this bike a few months ago - an unfinished project
these always come with some issues....... 
- and I offered to do the wiring as I am kinda OK with electrics.....
The actual build of this bike is something else again, and I will add some photos here shortly. It uses a stock XS250 frame (same frame as XS400) - which has been modified to a hard-tail design. Special Talon hubs have been spoked up to some really wide rims, which barely fit between the frame-rails at the rear and the forks at the front.....but they do fit. They also look particularly shit-hot
A springer seat has been added as well as an Ossa tank. There are a few other minor mods - pictures tell a thousand words though....
The electrical mods have been required as the bike now has no sidecovers at all, and a seat that hides nothing. A custom battery-box has been added below the seat - and I have hidden pretty much all the major electrics in another box which hangs below the battery and in front of the rear wheel. Things like the reg/rectifier, flasher relay, auto-cancelling relay (blinkers) and a few other minor bits - are all housed in this box. A blade-fuse sealed holder has been added to the front of this box for all the fuses. The only electrical component which sits out in the breeze - is the starter solenoid. I have added a bracket for this so it sits on a tube directly under the seat - looks pretty cool as it is basically self-contained anyway.
Most of the mods have been completed to the harness, I am doing the finishing touches this arvo. Looking for a test-start in the morning
This bike has already been entered in a Shannons bike show where it won Best Bobber. It has a very unique style to the 'finish' which will become clear once I get some photos added here.......keep your eyes peeled. This bike - even though it only uses an old XS400 motor - does actually look really cool in the flesh.
First cab off the rank has been an XS400 bobber. I am sorting out the electrics on this bike - essentially using a stock harness and shortening it to suit the new frame. Marinko (from RHOK helmets) bought this bike a few months ago - an unfinished project
these always come with some issues....... - and I offered to do the wiring as I am kinda OK with electrics.....The actual build of this bike is something else again, and I will add some photos here shortly. It uses a stock XS250 frame (same frame as XS400) - which has been modified to a hard-tail design. Special Talon hubs have been spoked up to some really wide rims, which barely fit between the frame-rails at the rear and the forks at the front.....but they do fit. They also look particularly shit-hot
A springer seat has been added as well as an Ossa tank. There are a few other minor mods - pictures tell a thousand words though....
The electrical mods have been required as the bike now has no sidecovers at all, and a seat that hides nothing. A custom battery-box has been added below the seat - and I have hidden pretty much all the major electrics in another box which hangs below the battery and in front of the rear wheel. Things like the reg/rectifier, flasher relay, auto-cancelling relay (blinkers) and a few other minor bits - are all housed in this box. A blade-fuse sealed holder has been added to the front of this box for all the fuses. The only electrical component which sits out in the breeze - is the starter solenoid. I have added a bracket for this so it sits on a tube directly under the seat - looks pretty cool as it is basically self-contained anyway.
Most of the mods have been completed to the harness, I am doing the finishing touches this arvo. Looking for a test-start in the morning
This bike has already been entered in a Shannons bike show where it won Best Bobber. It has a very unique style to the 'finish' which will become clear once I get some photos added here.......keep your eyes peeled. This bike - even though it only uses an old XS400 motor - does actually look really cool in the flesh.
I am looking forward to a spin on this little jigger once the rear mudguard is sorted out.