Owner: Wes Smith
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| Triple X-Rated! |
It's time to put the kids to bed and get your partner to put on those slinky satin undies,
as you are about to see something VERY X-Rated!.
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| Side-mounted licence plate and custom fabricated X brake light. |
Do you think Yamaha knew what their simple metric cruisers would be transformed into when they were developing these bikes? I seriously doubt it! But many owners have taken to these bikes like they are a blank canvas and have created some true works of art.
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| Strenched gas tank and Kuryakn Hypercharger. |
And Wes is no exception! The list of accesories Wes has added to this humble V-Star 650 is as long as your arm:
- Hypercharger from Kuryakn for looks
- Barons Big Air Kit for power
- Bub Big Willy exhaust
- Rizoma forward controls
- Arlen Ness grips
- Arlen Ness throttle housing
- Steel braided Cables
- 5" daggers for passenger pegs
- Axle spikes made for Harleys
- Kuryakn flush mount turnsignals
- Arlen Ness side mount license plate bracket
- Chrome rear axle bolt covers
- Custom made mirrors by Thunder Cycle Designs
- Carlini "Clean sweep" handlebars
- Arlen Ness grooved teardrop headlight
- 18" RC Components "Sabre" wheels
- Low profile tires
- Lots of bolt on chrome and chrome inserts
- Rizoma volt regulator cover
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| 11 degree rake, stainless cables and forward controls. |
And it doesn't stop there. He has had some truly unique custom work performed on it to make your eyes water!
- Front end chromed
- Shaft drive housing chromed
- Chromed all engine mounts and passenger peg mounts
- Front end raked 11 degrees over stock
- Lowered bike 5-6 inches in back, 2 inches in front
- Speedo housing removed
- Relocated gas cap to center of tank
- Stretched gas tank 8"
- Replaced top of triple tree to accept Harley handlebars
- Tapped left side of front wheel shaft to accept bolt for axle spike
- Replaced Yamaha headlight mount with Arlen Ness mount for teardrop headlight
- Polished lower fins of engine
- Custom made seat with suede insert
- Filled in all holes on rear fender
- Inserted LED brake light flush to rear fender
- Fabricated into an X for brake
- Side mounted the license plate
- Put on 18" wheels made for V-Star 1100
- Replaced stock brake rotor with polished RC Components rotor that matches the wheels
- Relocated starter and turnsignal switch to side cover
- Custom painted black with Cheetah ripped out graphics
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| Carlini handlebar, custom mirrors and grooved teardrop headlight. |
Of course to make such a piece of work, you need some top quality help and Wes had the following craftsmen see his vision and brought it to reality:
All custom work done by Carlos and the crew at
Dragon Motorcycles. (954)894-8664
Body work and black paint done by Bobby at Mad Mods. (954)965-8070
Graphics done by Bones at Bones Designs. (561)792-6458
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| Flush mount turn signals and Bub exhaust. |
OK... Enough of the XXX stuff... Ummm, yes... I *am* happy to see you! ;-)
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