Deals Gap Dragon on a 1972 XS650 DO THE TON Cafe Racer Oct 2010

[@JLynch1993]

What a beautiful place to ride. I've gotta get out there someday!

[@brewersbest]

one of the best camera mounts I've seen.

[@dothetoncaferacers]

It's a vintage 1950's Terry's bicycle stop watch mount. I picked it up a few years back but they're really hard to find. Sadly the watch finally gave up the ghost, killed by the XS incessant vibrations. I've since rephased the motor so it's smoother, but its also a big bore hot cam monster now too :) Have to replace the watch (which went flying off the bike during a high speed run a few months back).

[@captaindynamo78]

I really like your videos, thanks for posting them. Any chance you could do a walk-around description of your bike? I'd really like to see more of it. From what I've seen it looks like a really cool bike.

[@purplezinger]

Beautiful, nice ride, good skills. A great road, I've ridden it many times, if you don't ride it with respect, it will kill you.

[@rogueandbrandstudios]

I'm gonna be building a 78 gs550 cafe pretty soon, oh I can't wait to ride the dragon

[@dothetontim]

I got it on eBay a number of years ago. There was only one guy selling them, and he listed a few one at a time to maximize the selling price :) Thankfully it's stainless steel so it should last a lifetime. BTW sorry for the mixed responses - I run DO THE TON, a website dedicated to vintage bikes and was logged into KZbin under that account when I replied.

[@TheMuffin175]

Love the sound of the bike! And i like the idea with the stopwatch...could you please tell me how you mounted it on the bike?

[@skiraf]

bike sounds great. do you have any other videos showing a walk around of the bike?

[@TheMuffin175]

Thanks for the quick response! Was it a Hanhart stopwatch? It looks like one and i wanted to buy one, but if it can't stand the vibrations...

[@klipherrd]

I bet that was a blast. I'm an XS rider myself. I'm digging the mini speedometer/tach combo. Were those hard to install? Stock speedo cable works for that? I'm guessing there are internal lights. Are those hard to hook up?

[@kyhlmann1961]

And for once we actually can hear the engine running and not just some noise from the wind. Nice work and nice bike.....

[@dothetoncaferacers]

Don't recall the make. No mechanical stopwatch (aside from those hyper-expensive TAG models etc. that are designed for rally cars) are intended to be vibrated like this. I paid $15 for the watch and it was on there for a couple years, so no big deal. Will buy another.

[@dothetontim]

Swing by DO THE TON (Google "Tim's XS Project"- can't post the link in comments here). You can see every nut and bolt of the bike build from start to finish :) and more pics.

[@Gussechan]

Love it!

[@fanoboss]

that XS sounds like an orchestra.

[@TheMuffin175]

Well thanks for the tip :-) Can you tell me where you found your stop watch mount? They are really hard to find!

[@scout4924]

Learn to counter steer. It looks like your driving the bike not riding it.

[@dothetontim]

I'm rolling along at 20-30MPH on a 40 year old motorcycle with drum brakes, not trying to drag a knee. Oh, and learn to spell. It looks like you're not paying enough attention when you type your comments.