A sleek 1980 Yamaha XS650 bobber from Taipei

Roughly a year ago we featured a slammed 1982 Yamaha XS650, resplendent in an intricate gold paintjob. It was built by Taipei-based Mark Huang, who still has it and rides it regularly. He's since built another XS650 in the same Japanese street-bobber style—and it looks just as great. It was commissioned by a good customer and friend of Mark's, Gregory Wu. Mark had built an off-the-wall SR400 for Greg back in 2011, but the customized SR wasn't road legal in Taiwan, making it difficult to ride freely. So, Greg asked Mark to modify another bike for him—less radically this time....