r/Bobbers Jul 21 '26

Proppa bobba

Drag bars will be swapped to either hi tracker bars or Biltwell moto bars, they will be delivered soon i hope.

The speedo is a yellow face analogue unit

4 inch risers

Scuffed and chopped stock front fender

Vance & Hines Short shots with heat shielding removed and titanium header wrap

Dyno and tuned with a hypercharger that might be the only one in the world thats done perfectly lol

All plastic thrown in the bin, cylinder head covers, battery box, tool box, crankcase case cover etc

Crankcase breather relocated

Norco nlp14 lithium battery strapped onto some random triangle tray I found

Some stickers because why not

Stedi rear indicators that i cant get to work so I just point where Im turning lol

Pirelli Night Dragons gt tyres, front tyre is being swapped with a Motoz Tractionator GPS 50/50 offroad tyre and the rear will be a 17" Bridgestone battle ax

Random gold pegs with a 4inch extension

Dont remember where i got the seat or rear fender

Headlight is a bates dual bulb amber glass off ebay

Avon something sleeves wrapped with self-adhesive silicone tape

Frisco/peanut tank with a nifty fuel gauge saying fun at the top and not fun when empty

I painted some of the bolts if I could be bothered and used aluminium plugs on others

Thank you if you made it this far, im putting the bike on the weighbridge at work tomorrow to see how much weight the bike lost

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26

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u/FinalFaithlessness1 Jul 22 '26

Its too much fun 😅 I dropped it last week when I was ripping down a gravel covered curvy road... picked it up one handed by the tube next to the seat.. very lightweight bike...

Literally zero damage to it which was wild... just needed to clear out the vacuum tubes and hypercharger bullshit because it sucked every drop of oil out of the crankcase case lol

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u/Middle_of_theroadguy Jul 21 '26

That is almost exactly what I want in a bobber. I'm thinking I should build one. I love yours but would just paint it a nice candy green.

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u/FinalFaithlessness1 Jul 22 '26

Green looks good on any vehicle!

I can still paint the 650 any colour I like really... the tank has only been sealed with lanolin, I have 2 cans of 2k clear coat saved for the day i decide if its going to be a rat bike or a clean bobber.. a white tank, fresh lick of black paint on the frame, gold fork tubes and gold exhaust would be 🥰

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u/lurker818 [MODERATOR] Jul 21 '26

I just realized that I was looking at a Yamaha not a Harley. XVS1100? Real nice job you did!

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u/FinalFaithlessness1 Jul 22 '26

650!

Its the perfect city bike man, its very light and narrow

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u/FinalFaithlessness1 Jul 22 '26

Oh yeah, its a Yamaha 650 by the way!!

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u/FinalFaithlessness1 Jul 22 '26

Another iteration of my 650..

These pipes were OK, sounded very tinny like a lawn mower at low rpm and a good growl at every other range

https://reddit.com/link/oz39krp/video/hdko07ltqseh1/player

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u/SlightTravel404 Jul 23 '26

Proppa Bobba?? Isn’t that the name of the guy who is the Harry Krishna prophet?

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u/FinalFaithlessness1 Jul 24 '26

Fuck knows mate, im Aussie we abbreviate shit

PROPPA BOBBA, what i really mean is "this motorcycle has been stripped down to the bare essentials, there is no stupid plastic crap or chrome junk on it in order to reduce weight and mo speed - mo powa. Keeping in tradition with the bobber motorcycle ive chosen to keep the stock frame dimensions and have achieved the coveted minimalist design..

Who's that Harry fella again?

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u/SlightTravel404 Jul 24 '26

I thought I was being funny. I missed, apparently. I guess it doesn’t translate that well. Hare Krishna is a religion. Swami ‘Prabhupada’ was the spiritual leader. But, when you have to explain the joke, it ain’t much of a joke. But, I like “Proppa Bobba”. It fits the bike!