Tanked

I stumbled across an image of one of these machines a while back but was unable to find the source or the builder of this machine. I finally tracked it down to being a gentleman by the name of Chicara …A Japanese native from Kyusyu Island, Chicara doesn't use any fancy machines to build these works of art, but simple hand tools.

Pics by Nathan DiClaudioPreviously I had a post about a custom shop calledthat created an amazing looking . But now they've taken what the previous owner called _"just a f\*&@'n Yamaha"_ which was a half cut 79 XS650 …I really like the lines on this bike, the exhausts run parallel with the tail piece, and the whitespace between the seat and the frame really opens it up to more of a higher riding position than the traditional bobber.