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    For Sale - Boat Load of PARTS -- Motivated Seller!

    I want the best 35mm forks you have. call me 561-704-5791. gentlemanjim737@bellsouth.net
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    Help with front end swap

    i'll look TY
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    Help with front end swap

    Thats a thought. What years XS650's had 34mm triples?
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    Help with front end swap

    RZ's are not as common as XS. I'll sure look.
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    Help with front end swap

    Thanks, That's what I recall. Not that discs are bad, going for the vintage look.
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    Help with front end swap

    I'm building a Honda XL250 Cafe bike. The only I believe I can lose that god awful 21" front wheel is to swap in XS650 35mm forks. Si Need the following parts or other advice. I want the drum bike front hub, but I think that I must also get drum bike fork lowers and if I remember they aare...
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    For Sale - Misc items for sale

    can you with any of this? Wanted XS650 Front End 35MM fork tubes - Forks complete with lower legs - Front Wheel Hub prefer drum brake if fork tubes are 35mm If I need to go hydraulic to get 35 mm forks - Caliper - Master cylinder - Rotor
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    For Sale - 1972 XS2 Parting Out

    Can you help with any of these? Wanted XS650 Front End 35MM fork tubes - Forks complete with lower legs - Front Wheel Hub prefer drum brake if fork tubes are 35mm If I need to go hydraulic to get 35 mm forks - Caliper - Master cylinder - Rotor
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    Wanted - XS650 front end 35mm

    Wanted XS650 Front End 35MM fork tubes - Forks complete with lower legs - Front Wheel Hub prefer drum brake if fork tubes are 35mm If I need to go hydraulic to get 35 mm forks - Caliper - Master cylinder - Rotor
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    1986 Yamaha SRX 600 Super Single new ride

    Beautiful, I always lusted for one doubt I could start it.
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    Sold / Found / Inactive - 82 XS650

    How would you know it has compression ir seized. Seized would prevent from turnit over to move the psitons.
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    Single carb conversion thread...

    Great project. Plan to to do it myself. to summarize what was the final jetting, idle screw setting and needle jet that worked the magic?
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    Sold / Found / Inactive - 82 XS650

    Brad, $300.00 seems fair considering condition, no title and I assume no run (not seized?). I don't think its an '82 because of the shape of the seat. I think maybe '79, '80. Will you provide the VIN? And it should have the year of production on the head stock. Now the question what will...
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    My 60th birthday present

    A worth B'day celebration Awesome work. Amazing what can happen with time, money and skill.
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    No idle ??? Please help

    Issue solve. Thanks for all the advice. Turns out it was a timing problem. With the timing plate at full advance it wasn't advanced enough. I trimmed the stops and added a little more advance. Checked with timing light spot on idles smooth and steady and revs quick and snappy. A strange...
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