Recent content by Eire Taylor

Free rimmage?? Yessssh please!!!! :bike:

thanks, i think it looks alot better than wires just draped or taped up! The cans and the whole exhausts were hand made by the previous owner, he is a welder/fabricator, i just happened to be down with him getting an alloy wheel welded for my car when i mentioned i was looking for an XS and...

none of the parts in that pic are your guides, the guide is the part in the head in which the valve slides! Check and make sure it didnt get cracked etc, the bend on the valve is not too bad so id say it should be ok!

thanks, ive only got the bike a few weeks but this site has been a massive help already! :thumbsup:

Alright guys, new guy here from Ireland. Got this 81 XS650 a couple of weeks back, im only 23 and its my first bike so im looking forward to doing alot with it! I got it as a non runner, im a car mechanic by trade so i know my way around engines and with that knowledge and from reading on...