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    Finally finished the graphics.....almost!

    Thanks!! Yeah...did it in the driveway when the wind wasn't blowing and in behind the fence beside the garage when it was blowing to get out of it, but had to contend with the damned BUGS in the cal spot there..........AND while doing the paint, I had some adult supervision from my...
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    Finally finished the graphics.....almost!

    The basic bike was all done a while back, but now after spending several days FINALLY getting to it and screwing around with taping, painting,sanding, taping again, painting more, sanding, etc., it is finally mostly done. The only thing left to do is figure out what I want to put in the (now...
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    Tracker build series (First set)

    I had some chain guard issues with the aluminum one I made that is on the bike in the pictures. It was getting hit by the chain occasionally, resulting in the chain starting to chew its way up through the front part of the guard. I made a new one..this time with slightly different dimensions...
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    How To: Remove the Camshaft Rocker Arms

    I'm curious as to what you are referring to. Would those possibly be the parts that Yamaha calls cylinder head cover sleeves? There are 4 of them and they all get O rings..... Are you SURE they aren't there or maybe in the parts boxes somewhere if you didn't take the engine apart yourself? If...
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    Good Heart, Bad Intentions: another build thread

    osteoderm, I really like all that you have done/made with this XS650 and I admire your patience and your ability to slow down and take pictures to share with us. Me...I am to impatient and forgetful, not to mention IMPATIENT! I totally understand about doing things YOUR way, to suit your own...
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    Need exhausts for your bike? Make what you want!

    My opinion is that the way to get what you want is to make them to your own design. This is the latest set I built to go on my Yammie street tracker. They are equal length 1 5/8 inch stainless 16 ga. tubing. I bought the mandrel bends I figured I'd need and got to work measuring, cutting and...
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    oops!

    How do you delete stuff posted by mistake, anyway?
  8. This is how the first ones were...They were equal length, but I think the right hand one was UGLY!

    This is how the first ones were...They were equal length, but I think the right hand one was UGLY!

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  9. Overall shot of the way the bike looked with the first pipes I made...I think the right one sticks out WAAYY too much....don't know what I was thinkin

    Overall shot of the way the bike looked with the first pipes I made...I think the right one sticks out WAAYY too much....don't know what I was thinkin

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  10. I cut the first right hand pipe up that I had on here and used a piece of a J-bend of the same stuff I had left over from when I made the first ones t

    I cut the first right hand pipe up that I had on here and used a piece of a J-bend of the same stuff I had left over from when I made the first ones t

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  11. I think this pipe (the right one) looks a lot better than what I made before.

    I think this pipe (the right one) looks a lot better than what I made before.

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  12. The new right hand pipe was carefully measured and cut so that the finished pipe was within about 1/8 inch of the length of the left one. The way I lo

    The new right hand pipe was carefully measured and cut so that the finished pipe was within about 1/8 inch of the length of the left one. The way I lo

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  13. Over all shot of the bike with the right hand pipe remade so that it doesn't stick out so bad....I thought the first one was ugly!! There are pictures

    Over all shot of the bike with the right hand pipe remade so that it doesn't stick out so bad....I thought the first one was ugly!! There are pictures

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  14. Pipes Remade

    Pipes Remade

    I didn't like the right exhaust pipe on the tracker I built, so today I changed it to the one in these pictures.
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    Tracker build series (First set)

    Thanks for the comments! The Hammerheads seem decent so far, but then I have only ridden the bike on fairly smooth (paved) streets so far, so can't really comment on how they work when pushed.
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