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just found out that an old friend has a xs650 for sale and the thing is just a couple miles away from here! I am going over to see the girl tomorrow. she has a clean title.
 
just found out that an old friend has a xs650 for sale and the thing is just a couple miles away from here! I am going over to see the girl tomorrow. she has a clean title.

:popcorn::popcorn: whats it going to be this time Carbon ?:wink2::D
 
:popcorn::popcorn: whats it going to be this time Carbon ?:wink2::D

Hey Peanut. I haven't been able to come to an agreement with him.
But if we can I am going to build a tracker or a Thruxton look alike.

But I the mean time I have tapped the mirror mount on the HHB front master cylinder.
I have also installed it this morning.
It works just as expected. Thanks Hugh!
So now I have the look I am wanting.
I also took a couple minutes to install my cruise control.

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So jealous you are still riding!

are you shovelling snow to get to your shed yet Paul ?:D

Carbon ..I Love the finishing details and subtle colour theme
:thumbsup:

I've been meaning to ask you what the walls and roof panels of your garage are made of :shrug:
They look like prefabbed composite panels . How are they braced?
 
Carbon ..I Love the finishing details and subtle colour theme
:thumbsup:

I've been meaning to ask you what the walls and roof panels of your garage are made of :shrug:
They look like prefabbed composite panels . How are they braced?
Thanks for the complement :)
My old home is CBS or concrete block system
The walls are in the garage are made of concrete block covered with stucco cement.
The green larder is made of plywood custom build to my Moms specs.
there are some composite panels glued and screwed to the walls.
And the shelves are built into place also glued and screwed to the wall.
The celling panels are access to the AC and to get it in and out.

So jealous you are still riding! :D
Living in the subtropics does have its perks.
 
Carbon, those mirrors certainly match the bike. I have been trawling eBay for some banana-shaped. No surprise, there isn't a big demand. I might try some bar-end mirrors.

I need mirrors - I nearly got wiped out by some idiot who thought it was fun to overtake on the inside.

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My best friend had told me he thought the bike needed some Maltese crosses on it.
So I went with them.
They look old school for sure.
I just got an adaptor to raise the left mirror to match the height master cylinder mirror.
So now both mirrors are the same height.
 
I has been running around with out front turn signals.
The fork covers had made the first mounts not work .
So all I had rears which I think are most important.
I pondered on what to do for mounts and decided to go with this.
It is 1/8' aluminum plate cut into pieces then welded together.
Then fitted, holes marked n drilled, then refitted.
then I mounted lights to the mount, then mounted mount n lights to lower yoke
I still have to reroute the brake line the wire holding the brake line is going to be changed right after this post.
Then take it apart and paint it and put it back together.
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