Recent content by HrdnSwede

Weird title huh? Simple question though: Which way does the engine in a XS want to twist when you gas it? Backwards/up for a wheelie or forwards/down to keep on the ground? Reason I ask is because I haven't gotten my project running but like to know which way to eventually 'preload' the engine...

Cut some old stuff off. Made and put some new stuff on.

That's likely too gggGary. I just thought it might been the wrong year, but seams like the only difference on these is a square corner on early model years. I'll see if I can bend it back down. Actually though of cutting it even more for a different look than most but think it will be weird...

I cut the guard off and it looked normal and undamaged before the cut. I'm thinking a chain broke at some point too with the case. No biggie, I'll just weld that up when I got the engine out. The super glue makes total sense! Thanks for that one!

Hi there XS peeps! Got myself a project bike awhile back and am working on getting it out this summer. Mostly taken apart so it's like a LEGO for sure! Noticed after glas bead blasting the generator cover that it doesn't line up at all over the drive sprocket... (The engine is a 1980/81 TCI)...

Understandable. Let me know if you do though, already have a bike ;-)

I'm interested in the carbs. Like to pull them?

Looks nice!

Road trip!

I'm interested too actually! What parts would you like? I'm stripping down an -80 'Special' and got a few OEM parts that I won't use. Cash price?

Found this while doing research for a build, would been useful if it had view able pics... New thing that 'photobucket' doesn't work?

What's the legality problems with bike like this in Canada?

The drivers DO suck here! Heard horror stories about Detroit and Chicago roads fro some friends here that came from those cities. Gonna build a bike this winter and love the hardtail look and simplicity but hear more and more that beat you to death riding them... The suspended ones never look...

That looks great! Like the 2-1 exhaust with a muffler. Open pipes look great but gets annoyingly loud... The harsh ride doesn't sound promising for my own ideas... the streets here (Seattle WA) is rivaling Beirut… But like the pipe look, a hardtail looks super clean and back to basics which I...

Stumbled into this ole' thread like a drunken sailor looking for rum. Six years later, how did the bike end up looking 'hotdog'!?