Spring is coming...

Well with another foot of snow coming Friday it is getting hard to think that spring is here and with it comes riding your bike again. Before you jump on it for the first time this year do yourself a little favor and check the bike over. I always like to go over a few things before that first ride. Before you even start up check the tires for dry cracks and under inflation. Next up go through your lights. After this I give the brakes a squeeze and make sure the pads have plenty of meat. Next make sure you have oil in the tank and trans. And primary. After this fresh gas and a little fuel treatment and you should be off. If you ever have any questions call your local shop and schedule a check up!
Spring services starting at $45.00

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Worth the wait

Just got these wheels back, when they left they were rusty pieces of shit!



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Part needed

I am looking for a rear caliper to fit a xs 650 any help would be great

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Summer hours

Stop by the shop m-f 9-5 and sat 9-3 for all you service, parts and custom needs!


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Hoodies are in!

If you are local swing by open today till 3:00 or call to order 35.00 plus ship


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Battery Box

Hold a ytx7l-bs nice for kickstart bikes


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Coming Soon

New design for the CSC hoodies. Should be in next week. Please email if you are interested for pre-buy info@chopshopcycles.com

Finished Doninator Frame Modification

Step 4

One everything is fit just final weld. Remember you can take measurements off of the motor mounts to the rear axle to make sure everything is square. Take you r time and it will look nice. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

Part 3

Here is a picture of the Chop Shop Cycles Hardtail ready to go.
Fish mouthing the up posts to ft the hardtail.
Locating the bottom rails to the old frame.
It is always easier to grind a little at a time. Fitting the tail section with this method is not an exact science, we have found that different years of XS's are different and we can't tell you just where to cut.
This is how the bottom lays in. The slugs will go in the frame in the location the directions say, you just need to fit the up post to this section by fish mouthing it also.

Part 2

More details of the cuts.

XS Hardtail with a twist...PART 1

For this hardtail conversion we are going to leave the center section in place. You may have seen this look on the XS650 Choppper Site before. I believe the Fong Bros are known for the look we call it our dominator hardtail.
Here you can seen the rough cut made to the frame, we trim it off at the seat hoop and just behind the up post for the controls . We will cut back more as we fit the Hardtail.
In this picture and the one below you can see the brace we use to keep everything square. We are cutting out the cross brace in the frame so you need to brace it or you will have trouble aligning it later.

New Parts

New parts available in the store www.chopshopcycles.com

Another Ironhead with bad wiring

If you use a car style key switch on the older style starters you still need a relay to handle the current. The switch just doesn't hold up.


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Thank you Nathan

I helped out Nathan @ Nathan Ekis Photography a couple weeks ago on a project he was doing. This is the end results and I think it came out nice.

Sneak Peak

XS650 Hardtail coming real soon call the shop to pre order or email 603-672-5619 info@chopshopcycles.com



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Kickstand problems? We got a solution.

If you are running mid mounts on a Harley Frame that has the kickstand mounted to the old forward controls we have a mounting plate to keep the kickstand in place without and welding.
The mount is $40.00 in a raw finish add 10 for powder coat.

XS650 Hardtails

Doing a run of our xs Hardtails today if anyone is looking for one 250.00 shipped. Pics and a how to to come

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Time for some service

Old 08 is in for some clutch work. This bike is a rider and it's owner does just that. Check out more on this bike in the July 09 issue of Cycle Source.


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March is here

Get ready for spring with free mount and balance when you buy a Dunlop tire also spring services available at great prices

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Back to the XS's

We are doing three XS 650's builds currently. This is the first on, hopefully next week we will have the other two hard-tailed and going. This is the TC Bros hard-tail. The other two we are hard-tailing in house. We are now a dealer for TC Bros if any of you New England XS guys need any thing give us a call I hope to start stocking some of there stuff.

Doing seat posts today.

As always ours are available in 2 lengths 5/8 and 1-1/8

Tank for the Super Pan

Started with a stretched sporty tank and added 1.75 inches to it in length. Added a 2" wide pie to the middle and now dishing the sides. Lot of work!