Recent content by Hudson

I originally bought the wheel and forks in the home that it will need minimal spacing to get it to work without spacing and messing about. In reality the XS fork width is much bigger than the XL fork width, it could easily be done like you say, with spacers and an extention on the brake stay of...

Really? Taken from an enduro/off road bike and you think they’ll be at risk of failing on a street bike? The forks are 35mm and i’ll be fitting the XS stem, i cant imagine theres an issue personally.

Yeah i will measure them when im next st the workshop, just wondered if anyone knew! Why what? Do the conversion? Because i want an in-expensive 21” drum wheel and a narrow front end. Hope that covers it

Ok cool! So the XS stem fits the XL tree once theyre machined out, same diameters or? Thanks

Hi guys, I have recently picked up a 78' Honda XL250 front wheel, forks, yokes/trees/clamps for my chopper project. The steering stem is 25mm shorter than the XS650 stem as pictured just for reference, XL stem on right This will be my first time fitting a different front end to a bike so...

Yeah I got a Haynes manual among the box of parts when i got the bike haha. Haven't gone through and looked at it yet but it sounds good from what you're saying. I love engines, hopefully the rebuild on this one will be ok. It's just tricky without the right tools sometimes (pullers, airlines...

Yeah thats what im hoping, shouldnt be a problem! Just frustrating, not ideal but ohwell! Nice bike Paul! Will have a read through your thread im sure it will help me. Thanks for the info on the carbs Leo, will do a bit more digging and see if i can confirm this! With regards to the...

Man, this bike and thread is awesome, nicely done!! I've been trying to decide about re-fitting the stock foot mounts, kinda came to the conclusion not to due to the amount of work to get them back in, but this changes my mind!! So you've lowered about 3" in total? Which headlight is that?

This is gonna look really good! Like the style a lot already, good choice in tank and the standard wheel with firestone combo looks pretty awesome! Think you made the good choice on a hardtail! Ps- just seen your thread on customXS650 aswell, will probably be firing you a load of questions...

Thanks craig! I kinda messed up with the thread on this site and somehow made this new one: http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27448 Just FYI ;) Thanks for the heads up on gaskets- will have a look!

Very eager to keep some momentum going (haven't touched anything since the frame was welded), I headed to the garage tonight to spend an hour or so of free time on the engine and hopefully make some progress... or so i thought. Got as far as taking the kick pedal and clutch cover off: And...

Hi, As title states, can people post pictures of their XS, or bikes they know, that have 18/18 wheels? (front and rear) I'm trying to decide on my front wheel size and some inspiration will help a lot, im building a hardtail but any pics at all would be great! Thanks in advance.. Rich

Cool i'll definately be using Heiden then thanks. Will email them with my plans for the engine and see how they can help with the parts im going to need! And yeah im definately taking the engine apart completely! I found the last tax disc when organising through the parts and it was last on the...

Hello! Joined a while back now, picked up a basket case 1978 XS650 that had been stripped down and thrown in to boxes through a mate of mines dad's mate's - mate (or something like that!). All in all cost me £250, the frame, wheels, forks brakes, tank etc were all there, the engine was...

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