Recent content by ash13brook

Drilling the arm is also on the agenda. I'm starting to get a little excited to finally be able to ride mine. I've been fooling around for 6 years trying to get it running good enough that I feel confident leaving the house without having my "recovery" trailer hooked up and my wife near the...

Oh, also, does the Motion Pro cable get lubed? Matt

Thanks, all. I can see already that I gave the guy working on it the wrong steel plates. I have the MikesXS clutch cable, so I think I'll go with the Motion Pro. That may or may not make a difference, but it won't hurt. Then, I might have to go back to working on it myself so I have a better...

I have a guy working on my XS2. I bought replacement friction plates, including the extra one needed for an XS2. MikesXS didnt have steel plates in stock at the time, so I bought a couple off the "bay". The clutch is together and seems to be functioning properly, but I cant pull the handle in...

Does anyone know if this battery https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-agm-battery-ptx14ahlbs-fs.html will fit the stock battery box on an 72 XS2? I have the old one Mikes used to carry, but then stopped. The dimensions on this one is 3/16" higher and 1/4" wider front to back than the old one...

Barncat- Can you tell me the width of your battery? The dimensions listed don't really specify. I can't go any wider than 3 3/16 or the battery rests on my fender by only one bottom edge of the battery. I DIDN'T know it was Lithion Iron. It's really expensive. I think I'd rather buy a new cheap...

I have a 72 XS2 with Pamco ignition and the PMA from Mike's XS. Any reason I couldn't use this battery? http://shoraipower.com/lfx14a5-bs12-p74 Pricey, but I've heard they're worth the money and it's the only one I've found that fits my battery box. Thanks, Matt

I replaced the orings a couple of months ago. I put Sil-Glide on them first. If I pull the tubes to check the number, do I need new orings? Do I even have to pull the tubes out to check the number? Matt

So, I know the needle is not the jet. Is the jet the same as the tube with the little orings on it? Matt

Can you give me a source for the fuel resistant neoprene? Is it the same as Nitrile NBR? And, also, you say that it has to be near flush. But not completely flush, either? Say, like 1/64 or 1/32 from flush? Matt

So, a bad plunger would also explain my idle being a little off? Matt

I guess I thought the enricher -that's the "choke", right - only operated on one carb. There's no linkage to the other carb. How does fuel get across? Through one of the two tubes and that run between them? Matt

Or so I thought. My son and I have been on a couple of rides totaling close to 200 miles. He said it smelled like I am running rich, so I pulled the plugs and it still is. So, as a last resort before I replace the carbs, is there any reason I shouldn't move the clip in the needle from the 4...

I did swap out the screws for socket heads, but I've had them on and off about twenty times in the past couple of months and one of them is breaking right by the part where the bolt goes through. I guess I'll try a hose clamp again. I didn't work at it much because it didn't look like it would...

With all of the on/off/on of trying to get my carbs right, I've got a carb holder clamp that is breaking. I have the carb holders with the slotted metal cover. I ordered a set of clamps from MikesXS a couple of years ago, but they are not up to the task. I ordered a couple of Yamaha nos from...