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The LC Fabrications bike you see here, Chicken Salad, came about when Jeremy was given 1979 Yamaha XS650 by a friend, Bruce Walker. “Bruce is that guy,’ you know the one who is so cool the temperature drops ten degrees when he walks in the room, the one with the big black trucks, sweet little roadsters, and all the fine women,” Jeremy said. “Bruce had picked up this ’79 XS650 from one of his drivers for cheap. This bike was near mint condition with only 11K on the 31-year-old odometer. One late night filled with good ideas, Bruce did a nice Sawzall induced hack job on the frame. That’s where the bike sat for over a year. One day I’m at the shop focusing on parts, wishing I was building a bike, and Bruce pulls up outside with the XS-half on his truck. The ‘bike’ had finally gotten in his way and he wanted to know if I could use it. Bruce said, ‘Man it’s just a f-n Yamaha,’ and he donated it to the cause.”

Jeremy knew right away what he wanted to do. “I see a lot of these done as flat trackers, and I love them, I wanted a flat track/bobber/LC Fab-looking combination,” he said.

The unusual name of the bike? “That comes from an expression we have around here about making chicken salad out of chicken sh*t,” Jeremy chuckles. The build was supposed to be an easy, quick, winter project but it didn’t stay that way for long. “This was just a fun, simple bike that just got out of hand, although I am pleased with the outcome,” he said.

Jeremy added that his favorite aspect of the finished bike is “the cantilevered seat thing came out real cool, and the stock mags seem perfect for this one.” The charging system, however, gave him some trouble. He offered some helpful advice to builders everywhere: “Don’t buy cheap stuff!” He also had some engine problems. “Oil leaks, hard shifting, and the charging system,” he said. “We had to work all that out a little at a time.” He’s especially pleased with “The XS performance cylinder kit, it’s very nice,” he said. “Great quality and I really like the added cooling fins.”

With plenty of daily riders at his disposal, Chicken Salad, his fifth build, is for sale. “I haven’t ridden it all that much. Good break in and a handful of blasts up the road, then back to work. I ride my hardtailed ’07 Triumph Bonneville every day,” he said. Up next for Jeremy is top secret. “Yes, I’m working on something, but I’d rather not give it away…I plan to go back to AMD at Sturgis in 2011.”

To read Jeremy’s account of each build [it’s good stuff], or to get a look at LC Fabrications latest projects, finished bikes, parts and accessories, click on over to his website at LC Fabrications.