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Chappell Customs

Yamaha XS650 Café Racer by Chappell Customs

Ben Branch May 1, 2012
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The Yamaha XS650 is a bike that gets a lot of love on the custom motorcycle scene, the parallel twin is renowned for reliability and a solid power to weight ratio and so it seems a little strange that most of the customs based on the model have been hardtail chopper/bobbers rather than café racers or flat trackers.

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