Recent content by Brian

I did move the kickstarter and didn't see the pistons move. Pete, I'll try to remove the PMA tomorrow. I'm really hoping this is an easy fix.

I currently have the bike jacked up and can shift through the gears. It is definitely not in neutral.

I replaced the original alternator with a PMA. After putting it on I wanted to mark TDC. However, now when I'm rotating my wheel with the chain on to rotate the drive shaft my pistons are not moving and neither is the rotor shaft. I'm sure this is a noobish question but I was hoping someone...

Thanks guys for the praise. I need to finish up the wiring and tune the carbs and can't wait to get her on the road. I've been held up as my friend whose place I've working on it at has been over seas serving in the Army. Can't wait to ride it down the road and hopefully turn some heads. I will...

Thanks Leo, I think I might just wire in a simple toggle switch somewhere near my battery box. I start wiring it up tomorrow and hope that I can get it fired up and running by the end of the week. I know I have to get back and read the carb section to make sure it's jetted right and have the...

I made the seat pan out of 16ga steel that I picked up at Lowe's. I kept the original seat support rail that's on the frame and have found that with the mounting points I choose I don't need any additional reinforcement. It's shape is also made to sit directly on the rails themselves and due to...

In my quest to build a brat style XS650 I chose to go down the road of a flat seat rather than a drop seat. I thought I'd share the photos I took during the fabrication of the seat and see what you guys thought. I started of course with cutting out the basic shape of the seat pan. Then...

I went back and have spent hours looking over my wiring diagram and trying to find the mistakes I had made and am confident in everything but the headlight. I also put in a 6 fuse fuse block that I picked up from Autozone to separate the brake light, horn/neutral and turn signals. The only...

first of all I've been on the site since I started restoring my bike and have to say that you guys have been incredibly. I have gotten a lot of great information from reading through the forums and tech section. I found the specific model of my bike and have been looking to simplify the wiring...