Recent content by 1rarebru

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    Shallow Grave

    Dam, if you take off the bars and sissy bar it looks like what I started w/ last summer. 1rarebru.
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    Had a xs400 dropped off.

    Had a guy who saw the 650 I bobbed drop off a xs400 yesterday, I think its like a 78' but really havent had time too look at it in the daylight yet, (work issues). Its way more complete than the 650 when I started w/ it. Just wondering if there is a major support site like this for them? how...
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    What does your screen name mean ?

    1rarebru cuz I bought me a 92 subaru svx this spring, sort of a rare car made like 3500 in 92. made them from 91 to 97 and only made 17,000. sweet little car, was to compete w/ porsche and the rest of the "supercars". out of the factory had a top speed of 153. I have had mine up to 140...
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    can you adjust voltage w/chrysler reg,radioshack rect

    Is the voltage adjustable when using perminate magnet/radioshack rectifier/chrysler regulator? if so how is it done?
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    still grinnin, maiden voyage.

    like gggGary said"?" actualy I searched localy etc couldnt find any sets on list, so I started looking for the right measurments. thats how I came up w/ the kaw set up but I didnt realize at the time that it wouldnt fit on xs crank as hadnt yet gotten rotor puller from Mikesxs. so needing to...
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    still grinnin, maiden voyage.

    I guess I took this project on before I found this site. seems like I always have to dive in before learning to swim. but so far Ive made it to shore.
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    still grinnin, maiden voyage.

    sorry but cameras and I dont work together well, didnt document the rotor refab but can tell you what I did. wasnt able to locate a yamaha rotor that went outside of the stator( they all had the stator mounted to the cover case), so I found a '86 kaw 600 something that had the right stator...
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    still grinnin, maiden voyage.

    Man, been a while since I have made any thing this cool (like never) from scrap iron. I have owned harleys since '87, and take alot of pride and joy in them. But just didnt have to do all that much modifacation to them. The bobber started out as a '79 xs which I found in a iron pile. It had...
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    thanks for advice?

    I dont know whos posts I have read but: as for most thanks a boatload, just finaly after 5 months of garage therapy and remedial cussing classes (got an A) I just moments ago fired up and actualy had it making noise w/ pipes and making its own electricity. It being a 79 xs I found in an iron...
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    Unusual XS 650 F Available

    This one was something between red and orange I think, (the only thing w/ paint was the tank and its real faded. but now the frame is rattle can hammered grey, the honda some kind of old dirtbike (found in an abanded barn) tank is purple/silver w/ orange pinstripes and "supersport" like in...
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    Unusual XS 650 F Available

    vin: is 2f0-157314 yes it has non-steel cast wheels
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    Unusual XS 650 F Available

    cool, its realy rather fun to fabricate and solve the problems that arise when fixing and modifing these units. amazingly simple bikes. wish I had started doing this project years ago.
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    Unusual XS 650 F Available

    If I may butt in, Im rather new at these models, I salvaged a '79 (Im told it was called a roadster) sn is a 2fo. was far from a complete bike, so in thinking I was going to teach my 15 yo son some of my mad mech skills (ya right) I imediatly dropped it, and hardtailed it w/still using the...
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    Rat Bike?

    I looked up rat bike in the dictionary: says "what my scooter looked like when I pulled it out of a farmers iron pile. no bars, missing tins, the chain is a break, just a seat pan, squared tires, but it had compression. the dude that helped me load it in my p/u asked me 4 times if I was sure...
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    fng trying to figure out if rectifier is good

    thanks, any idea where to look for pamco's idea book?
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