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    For Sale - 1975 xs650 original, stock, nice. bay area, ca

    New shocks, fork seals, tires, seat, misc stuff. Was sitting for awhile, went thru it, rode it about 100 miles since. Runs decent but could prob use some fine tuning. Non op. Bought it with 3 other bikes as a package deal, was too clean to chop up so fixed it up to sell, too many bikes to keep...
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    Tail light/dash light questions -blue wire. 1975 xs650 stock

    Nevermind. I'm an idiot. R/y goes to switch, blue goes to light switch. I had it right but at some point had turned the switch off and got distracted by that third park position wire
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    Tail light/dash light questions -blue wire. 1975 xs650 stock

    I'm having trouble getting my tail light/dash light to work properly on my 75 xs650. The po messed with the wiring but it all looks correct compared with the diagram. In the third ignition switch (park) position the blue wire gets power, tail light and dash lights come on. In the second position...
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    79 xs650 piston pin and crank questions

    I don't have what I need to check runout. Starter and related gears/everything else you listed were in good shape. I got the crank out of the other motor and checking it it was .55mm big end and .8mm small end, and it's a rusty mess. Pretty disappointed at how bad shape everything in the...
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    79 xs650 piston pin and crank questions

    Had been sitting for quite some time when I got it, got it running and at higher rpm it started making an awful rattling sound. Had to ride it 100 miles for a build competition, sound got a lot worse (go figure). By the end, anything a bit over idle would bring the noise, Nothing at idle...
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    Making a spacer for FZR rotor

    This is what I did to mount a gsxr front end on a Harley with a 21" rim. I gave the measurements to a shop in Oregon and they made me one that worked beautifully and they were a real pleasure to deal with. A quick search I couldn't find the name but I could dig deeper if you're interested
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    My 79 xs650 chop for dirtbag challenge 2015

    Fixed pics. I think?
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    My 79 xs650 chop for dirtbag challenge 2015

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