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I keep mine stock because mechanically I am just dangerous enough to make the bike more maintenance intensive than it already is. Although I think I would prefer to have a rig like tech7's posts or Gordonscott. Those are some killer bikes.
So, when the bike is on the center stand I can grab the rear wheel and move it side to side it moves about 1/8 of an inch. Does that mean I need to replace the bushings in the swing arm now?
When I bought mine last year it had 14k miles on it for an 80XS. I took a guy who has ridden motorcycles most of his life. After all what would I know on a test ride. It started, ran smooth, no smoke, shifted well, only had a headlight issue. Once new brushes were installed I haven't had an...
Wow, I don't know about riding in 12.6 degree weather. About the lowest I've gone out in was 28 and that was plenty frigid. I like many other posters hope alot of the good information from the old site makes it to this one. Many of you really helped me out with headlight/electrical issues...