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You Might Think That This Is Just Another Yamaha Street Tracker, But Look Again!
« on: February 10, 2009, 09:14:56 PM »


      Look this one over closely AND THEN, read about what all he's done to this one. Pretty involved, I'd say. ;)  The "Hidden" headlight is a cool touch! 8)

          

       

         

         

         

         Yeeeha, it's finally done!!!!!   

Here is the finished project I started about a year and a half ago. I started out with a 81 XS Special that I got from one of my buddies who has a street tracker. I built an aluminum tank, rear fender, chromoly swingarm, stainless mile pipes, and seat. I modified the frame, so I could route both carburetors out to the right side. I built two manifolds that curve to the right, and it works great! The headlights pop out of the number plate, and locks in place while in use. M4 built me a special set of carbon fiber mufflers. The tires are Maxxis D5 -7.5 x19 DT. The front wheel is off of an XS1100 road cruiser, and the rear is the stock front from the original bike. I machined the hubs to accept the sprocket, and rotor myself. My 13 year old son drilled the stock rotors.....Did a fine job, If I may say so! The rear tailight/brakelight is a Custom Dynamics LED strip that is "Frenched" into the rear hoop. Lots of carbon fiber goodies are used. The motor is kinda mild, but after the Dallas car show, I'm taking It out and I'm gonna build it up to a 750. Then, it's time to build another....maybe I'll build my boy a SR500 tracker!    Thanks for all the inspiration, ideas, and advice from all of you guys on 650's!

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Re: You Might Think That This Is Just Another Yamaha Street Tracker, But Look Again!
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 11:49:45 PM »
Bill

That's one sweet bike.

Thanks for sharing
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Re: You Might Think That This Is Just Another Yamaha Street Tracker, But Look Again!
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 12:54:53 AM »
That's an awesome bike. I bet it's a fun ride.
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Re: You Might Think That This Is Just Another Yamaha Street Tracker, But Look Again!
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2009, 06:41:50 PM »
That bike is sexy as hell.

Too bad my XS650 is chopped into a hard tail... Cause I like that overall look WAAAAY Better!
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Re: You Might Think That This Is Just Another Yamaha Street Tracker, But Look Again!
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2009, 07:34:21 PM »
Kool Billy ;)

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Re: You Might Think That This Is Just Another Yamaha Street Tracker, But Look Again!
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2009, 08:04:41 PM »


      Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool myself AND THEN, I got to looking at it (and reading about it) and realized the detail that had gone into it AND NOW, I'm REALLY IMPRESSED by it! 8) ;)
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Re: You Might Think That This Is Just Another Yamaha Street Tracker, But Look Again!
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2009, 01:06:59 AM »
gah...what a time for this to show up...Must resist urge to make the GPz into street track....ok..i fail...GPz Street tracker here i come...
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Re: You Might Think That This Is Just Another Yamaha Street Tracker, But Look Again!
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2009, 09:38:22 AM »
Just caught this... wow! It's bikes like this that really impress because of the well thought out and executed detail.

I'd really like to see this one in the flesh to get up close and personal. I'll take this kind of work over an overabundance of chrome and trendy paint schemes any day; this should also be in the inspiration thread IMO.

Thanks Bill!
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