Slight Hell 1975 Yamaha XS650—Pure Hell

This 1975 Yamaha XS650 Thin Slight Hell with the motor bumped up to 770 cc has special paintwork by John Dills, who was inspired by the “Pure Hell” race car. The entire bike is built specially with a custom fabbed frame, 23-inch wheels stretched, dropped, smashed, and welded.

•  Version 8 lighting

•  For more lighting details: www.frankjbott.com/setup

•  Hugh’s website: www.hughshandbuilt.com

This bike is another in a line of amazing bikes built and rebuilt by Hugh of Hugh’s HandBuilt. This is, without a doubt, the thinnest bike I have ever photographed.

The lines on the bike are very aggressive with a bit of a reach to the handle bars. Visually, I wan’t sure I found the significant lines to the bike, until I photographed the bike from the back and front, showing how thin the bike was. The red tank was also a challenge, like all bikes where the color red is involved. Not until we moved the studio and did the lighting setup in Version 14 would I say that I managed to lock down the Kelvin temperature and keep the color red recorded as an accurate red.