Regular's Rides: Mai's Yamaha XS650

Mai brought her XS650 into the Shed last week. The bike was designed by Mai, and built with help from Skate Interiors. The finishing touch - a scorpion sealed onto the tank.
Mai is one of the three founders of VC London, a women's riding collective. VC London ladies nights are held here every first Wednesday of the month at The Bike Shed, 384 Old Street, London, EC1V 9LT
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[@yahoodlums]

This is a beautifully made chopper. So many good decisions on the build. Love rear end with full length sissy bar and the way the exhaust pipes rise up at the same angle. Superb.

[@williammalouhos4142]

thats just what i wa going to say till i saw yours yea killer

[@arjunsubrahmanian5155]

I just can't get over that pipes. It's so clean and blends in with whole Design.

[@clilaux]

This has to be one of the best bikes I've seen on this channel. An absolute beauty 👍

[@motorcyclerider7150]

Amazing Bike, I have a goal of having a Chopper and a cafe racer one day, Cafe Racer is what brought me to this channel but Bikes like these are finding there way in the garage of my soul.

[@rrobotman]

Super nice chop.

[@tylerseely]

First street bike I ever rode was my Dad's 1981 XS650. When I was even younger my dad and I would get on it and go on weekend trips which were some of my best childhood memories. This is what started it all for me and now I've got my own Yamaha's an FZ6 and an MT-09 (not as classic but a total beast of a bike). Yamaha's rule!!!

[@stephenmarshall4427]

So many small details bring together a coherent bike, Mai. My favourites from yours are (in order) 1. frame / tank / mudguard / battery box being the same light colour. 2. The pipes kicking up at the same angle as the chainstays. Would love to do an xs650 or 750 next (albeit each lending themselves to very different outcomes in my head). Great result, you must be the envy of your mates!

[@danielpotter8957]

That's beautiful. Love the lines and the scorpion is a nice touch.

[@deepwaters8248]

Nicely thought out and well built bike, Mai seems to enjoy it and rides it like it’s meant to be , well cool

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

Nice, nice ,nice. Very lean and simple. The bike matches the scorpion perfectly. Great job all around.

[@Zygote24]

Sweet!! Love the clean lines of the bike...great job 😊

[@modelleg]

Blown-away by these videos.

[@johannilsson1889]

Super cool bike and owner!

[@dimitri2132]

What an amazing person. I was just thinking about a resin cast back hump on cafe racer build. Now I know how I'm going to fill out a small dent in the tank. You rock

[@SaulHudson69]

Hats off my lady. We need more girls like you

[@ragimundvonwallat8961]

calm down thirsty pajeet

[@mandingo4698]

@@ragimundvonwallat8961 you. I like you

[@user-oq9zd5rx3e]

fucking simp

[@hirdy161]

Come and work in a uk blue collar job you'll meet plenty

[@skwaab]

m'lady.

[@glennstatham960]

Probably the best 650 Yam chopper I've ever seen, love it!

[@maximXX]

Lucky you ! Fantastic looking and amazing sounding bike! Just a little jealous.

[@bluesharp59]

Very cool bike. You got my thumbs up also. Great job the way it turned out. Ride safe and have a good Saturday.

[@rsbharley4766]

Very cool ride, thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@michesgqlledobbiln8928]

That's a nice bike! Congrats on the build, very sharp.

[@david555montez9]

Gorgeous the both!!!!! 😉🤘

[@andywright5147]

Beautiful lines on that bike, looks badass

[@talltom1129]

I like Mia,as well. Cute,and humble. A nice way to present the build.

[@jishnudev5957]

The sound is irresistable

[@phillyb598]

Sweet bike!

[@shedbuiltmoto]

Love the Scorpion nice touch 👍

[@Rettungssocke]

Looks pretty nice and the white painting fits perfect to the drivers hair 😁👌

[@Ferreal92]

Nicely done. It doesn’t matter what a bike looks like or how it’s equipped, as long as it’s ridden and loved.

[@atomicat]

XS650 engine shape is exceptional.. Very beautiful and simple

[@jeffruebens8355]

It is a much more reliable copy of the Triumph parallel twin. They have a roller bearing crankshaft to go with their lack of a rev limiter and course mesh screen as an oil filter. Some can not live with the engine vibration, and others get used to it. I was fine with it at 60 mph, not so happy at 105 mph. Also the heat coming up from the air cooled engine roasts you at stoplights in the summer. I now have 2 liquid cooled engines, a 600cc Honda V-twin with about 30 horsepower, and a 600cc Kawasaki inline-4 with about 90 horsepower. I enjoy one on most Saturdays and the other on Sundays.

[@garethlipyeart6520]

wow really cool to see these women getting into custom bikes,respect xxx

[@dannyflydays7166]

Beautiful bike. Nice work

[@johnmathews3027]

I like the style of the bike and it suits you symmetrically well. Very nice

[@swampfox1953]

The exhaust sound is amazing.

[@mr.noneofyourbusiness3234]

Nice bike!! Running a classic tire setup makes the bike really. Very clean indeed!

[@rockbay79]

I LOVE your bike! The fact that you helped with the design and build is really impressive. I'm not say this because you are a lady, girls can build choppers as well as any man. However, you are one of the few that does build. I wish you much success and ride free! :)

[@gasmann6746]

Love what you did there 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@missioncapable4658]

Nice job! Sounds great.

[@talltom1129]

One of the nicer bikes I've seen on this channel!

[@lazartsaprev2580]

Agreed

[@Cristi4n_Ariel]

What a nice bike! The white color gives it a very unique style.

[@SuperCody1124]

Great choice of bike to convert I owned and luved my XS650 great engine and motorcycle in general. also handled great , hope you were able to keep that in your hard tail conversion . Bravo SIS looks awesome

[@westcoast3595]

Nice ride. Glad you kept the exhaust right where it landed. It is slick there. Love the way you pronounce yamaha. 👍

[@jimwortham8634]

This date and time so refreshing to see something old school ish also love Kickstarter

[@omkarshinde9939]

The intro music is AMAZING.

[@royledford5673]

YOU GO GIRL!! Mine is an '82 Bobber with solo seat and Wide Glide rear fender, gloss black with metallic royal blue wings on the tank. "Little Wing"

[@harrisbambang8605]

Her bike is gorgeous

[@ericswanson7134]

Great video..super cool bike!!!

[@lalthakimasailo4330]

Very beautiful chopper

[@tigermoth3194]

I love the 'Old Skool' look Choppers and Bobbers

[@jonnykowe2309]

looks great

[@MCBCest]

Very nice, clean Machine! 👌

[@rohanstephens8559]

Absolutely gorgeous...

[@dannyb20vtec28]

These bikes are so damn fun to build, I have a 79 xs . Full ground up build. Springer front end and custom hardtail.. almost finished with the build. Going big bore on it. Bad ass, her chop looks great, period correct, fresh out of the 70’s chopper

[@johnspindler9732]

Great bike it was my first commute bike back-and-forth to work and school

[@rogerscott9332]

Sweet, really like those upswept pipes. Sounds good too.

[@Oirub]

SO GOOD!

[@KenmeriCaptain]

absolutely perfect XS. love it

[@mohammedkassak9109]

Really awesome bike!!

[@mancubzavala865289]

Great build!

[@chrisfloyd9224]

I like it. Beautiful bike

[@Dave-sw2dm]

Beautiful motorcycle art. Couldn't imagine how my back and kidneys would be after riding that bike more than 10 miles at a time.

[@MichelBakhos]

Sick !! Good Job 👏

[@jangosen5409]

That's a beautifully made chopper, greetings from the Netherlands

[@realestaterider]

This bike is sick!!

[@InetteMotoBiker]

That seat is impeccable!

[@jerryhelm5118]

Wow.thats one epic Yamaha..looks on in awe..😮

[@jimkubitza3820]

Very cool bike!

[@rohanstephens8559]

Love this bike...

[@andymoore5476]

Lovely bike top marks!

[@desmofan1864]

that stealth ignition is SICK!!! great bike!

[@yoosuuup]

Great build, it's beautifull

[@tommylud4324]

That exhaust pipe is absolutely perfect!!!!

[@elpresidente3397]

Yes oh yes

[@alfrediwanek5507]

Great ! Beautiful!!!

[@garytallard2321]

Nicely done

[@Johnclark300]

That bike is on point 100%

[@MayheM_72]

I fell in love with the XS650 back when AWOL magazine was giving a red chopped one away back in the early 90s. You get the basic air cooled, unit construction, vertical twin like a classic Brit bike, but with Japanese price amd reliability. I'd love one with lowered rear shocks, solo seat, forward controls, updated carbs/exhaust/cam/ignition, some mild head work, and a big bore 750 kit. (I'm a big boy, at over 300lbs, so it's not just for insane speed!)

[@user-bf3bf9rd2n]

Beautiful

[@radar2116]

Oh man! Its reminiscent of my stingray bicycle when I was a kid! Frickin love it!

[@charlesparr3296]

Radar 211, I had a Schwinn Lemon Peeler when I was a kid, so I know about your Sting Ray!!!!

[@cyclhed]

Very nice bike!

[@richard9444]

Very nice ,and that bike.

[@theheroblob5036]

Sweet little chop... 👍👌

[@adeh503]

That's a nice bike, not over the top yet different 👍👍🏁🏁🏁

[@michelvaillancourt3833]

I am not a chopper fan...at all...but this built...WoW...you nailed it lady !!!

[@529flips6]

Awesome bike 🏍

[@harleybigdadbiker9503]

I had a 1981 xs 650 soecial,loved the power of the mimicked 650 parallel twin engine,great reliability as well.

[@harleybigdadbiker9503]

mimicked to the british parallel twin.

[@jimvandemoter6961]

This is very cool. My first bike was a '72 XS650.

[@kdsowen2882]

Nice clean lines and your exhaust sounds awsome . Dave Aotearoa nz

[@sporsterini]

Turned out really nice. I agree about how nice your bike was stock but hey it's your machine. There's a bunch of those bikes around so you did good. Your old parts can go toward keeping an old stock bike going.

[@kimhorton6109]

I had a friend who was a roomie at one time who bought one of these new. I had a Z1 at the time, had given up a Honda CB500F4. This bike was sooo cool. I’d love to have something like this now. Good on you for having the vision. Takes me back to my bSA 500 Gold Star rigid,.

[@wescobts]

Sounds great

[@stepheneldridge6998]

Great bike....sounds really good!. That scorpion might start a trend! Steve

[@adityapundir8128]

both of them are beautiful and dance sounds amazing.

[@WhiteNacho]

Nice putt really dig the pipes!

[@krispewkrem3]

Always wanted a cruiser but never wanted a Harley. But THIS! Looks sickkkk!

[@chrisnail9169]

Beautiful and uncluttered as it should

[@markdrinkard4150]

Thats gorgeous

[@GorillazMach1]

Very nice machine

[@bailey78]

Nice Ride. It really has a European sports car sound with that long exhaust.

[@user-rm7wv3yk2q]

Love the scorpion

[@propaneandpropaneaccessori3446]

Very nice.

[@BigChuck_1]

One of the sweetest XS650's I've ever seen. I love white motorcycles. 😎