Recent content by catfish33

Oh I WILL drink WAY too much. LOL

DD looks good and a fair price. Getting ready to take a vacation soon so i am a little low on chopper money. I will hit you up when we get back. Hopefully you will still have it.

Not really because the dipstick is towards the rear while the pick up is forward of that. so even if I leveled the engine filled to full, when I let it down it then read high.

Would like to just put a side cover with the sight glass on it and use that as my oil level gauge. thought about adding a sight glass to my cover but I need some accurate measurements off of one with the glass to determine where to put it.

Guess I should have phrased that better. Actually know where that filter is. Just trying to figure out a new oil level in the bike. Sounds like I need to measure kindof like Detale recommended and get a difference front to back and add a mark that much higher on my dipstick?

Sounds reasonable. Does anyone know where the oil pick up is in one of these motors?

Looking for a clutch cover with sight glass that will fit my 1980 XS650. I am in Indiana if that helps for shipping price.

Any chance I could run TOO much oil? Should I go like 1/2" more up the dipstick maybe? 1"?

Here is a pic of how my bike is sitting (stance wise) right now. Should I run a little extra oil in to prevent oil starvation?

My XS has started sounding gravely at the top end. Not a tapping sound really but kind of a whirring sound. Seems louder under acceleration too. She is still runnning fine but am trying to diagnose the problem. Could it just be the cam chain and valves need adjusted or should I be looking at...

h3llb3nt1 what do you want for the shift lever shipped to 47246? I forgot that with my hardtailed frame I no longer have the mounting locations for the stock peg mounts, so I am just going to make my own mid controls and use the Harley master cylinder I have mounted now. garage187 I believe I...

I am looking for the factory rear brake setup for my 1980 rear disc brakes. I am needing the factory pegs, rear mastercylinder/reservoir, rear brake lever and pivot. Also need a factory shift lever. I am currently running forward controls and am thinking of going back to the factory setup.

Well I can't leave well enough alone on mine. Here is "Trouble" with her new coffin tank. May pull the tank soon and go ahead and paint it. Or I may say the hell with it and just ride. Sorry about the picture quality on these.

Well after checking things last night, I found that the girder is set in the + rake position but on the XS only gives it about +5. I did the math and drew it out on the computer this morning and it has -.5" trail. So it looks like I will be raking the neck soon. Looks like I need to add about...

Did some swapping around last night. Swapped on the Girder for the stock telescopic front end. I think the girder is a +10 but am unsure. It didn't make the XS sit as high in the nose as I thought it would. Has a little 60's-70's stance to it but it isn't too bad. Think I will leave it like it...