Recent content by JohnB53

Ok Thanks for the info I never thought of that. I know how much fun making things can be I had to make a bracket to hold a generic rear master cylinder for a 1981 GL1100 Honda Goldwing. Got it done but what a pain in the rear.

My son-in-law is building a 650 bobber and wants the drum front end look on it. We are not having any luck coming up with a front end for it. I am not a bike smart person but was wondering why do you have to change the front end. Can a person just locate a wire rim the correct tire size and just...

Yes I do. They are very sturdy and were made to bolt to existing parts/frame so none of the bike frame is altered. I will see if I can dig them out and post a pic for you.

I didn't care for how it handled. It also seemed bigger than I expected. I have a 1978 SR500 Yamaha single I am going to try. I have talked to a couple people that have has this combo and say it works well. Not looking for speed or highway use mostly just around town.

I have for sale a very nice 1981 XS650. I bought it from the original owner with about 8600 miles on it. It has sat for about 10 years due to a bad stator. I bought it and proceeded to stick a lot of money in it to get it safe/roadworthy Rebuilt caliper new brake line, oil cooler, PMA xs charge...

Well I worked on the bike yesterday and ended up adding a momentary button to the handlebars to turn on the headlight. Seems to work fine now just have to finish quick check and clean it up and take some pics and up for sale it will go, Should make a nice bike for someone. Thanks to all who...

Thank you this is what I was looking for. Now I have a better understanding of what needs to be done and I think even this old man can figure it out. JohnB

Ok here are a couple pics of the bike before I took the sidecar off this spring. I am not interested in selling the sidecar that is why I split the two. I just need to figure out this headlight issue and up for sale it will go.Like I said it needs nothing except the headlight fixed and current...

Yes it does. When I got it, it had been sitting for quite a while due to the stator being broke. I got it from the original owner, and it was all stock right down to the tires. I went through everything and it is a nice running bike. I had it on a sidecar for a short time but wasn't sure it was...

That would be one way , but I don't know how to do this. What I have learned is they have some type of relay that once the engine starts the old charging system would send voltage to it and it would turn on the light. Now with the XS charge the wiring is different and I don't know where or how...

I will but first I need to get the wiring fixed as I would also list it locally. But will have to be in working order

Hello All. I have a 1981 XS 650 Special that I bought with a charging issue a couple of years ago. Being new to 650's I thought that doing an upgrade(?) to an XS charge would be a better deal. So I spent a pile of money and had a friend help me install it, I didn't realize that it required...

Thanks, or the input I have gotten busy, so I just loaded it up and took it to a bike shop to get it checked out. The noise was present at an idle and was a definite ting ting sound. I have watched a few YouTube vids and have heard the same sound on a couple bikes. I will let everyone know what...

I have a 1978 SR500 Yamaha with 9800 miles that I am working on. I got it running after sitting since 2012. It runs good except for a tinging noise that sounds like it could be top end somewhere. I set valves and timing chain but made no difference. I have listened to a couple different ones...