JRP01
XS650 Enthusiast
I got this 74 TX650A from Littlebill in Feb. this year. Again, many thanks LittleBill. I forget all of the history but allegedly has 100k miles on it.
Checked the oil, quick cleaned the float bowls then tried to start it using alt fuel supply. No go. It has a full PAMCO ignition and I found a loose ground wire. After fixing that it fired up but ran very rough, but it ran, yay.
I planned to clean the fuel petcocks and test ride it.
During a quick once over,I discovered that the rear wheel had almost a half inch of play side to side. Not gonna ride that haha.
Thanks to all of the great people who shared their info on this forum ( and some online hand holding by gggGary). I was able to replace the bushings and pin to achieve a nice tight fit.
The rear wheel bearings were pretty rough so I replaced those, straightened and tightened a few spokes and got it all back together.
Checked the oil, quick cleaned the float bowls then tried to start it using alt fuel supply. No go. It has a full PAMCO ignition and I found a loose ground wire. After fixing that it fired up but ran very rough, but it ran, yay.
I planned to clean the fuel petcocks and test ride it.
During a quick once over,I discovered that the rear wheel had almost a half inch of play side to side. Not gonna ride that haha.
Thanks to all of the great people who shared their info on this forum ( and some online hand holding by gggGary). I was able to replace the bushings and pin to achieve a nice tight fit.
The rear wheel bearings were pretty rough so I replaced those, straightened and tightened a few spokes and got it all back together.
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