Recent content by oldbiker

................. hi i,m not exactly skinny under feed guy but i,m nice .....i luv my xs650 when its running , it pulls like a freight train,,,, and sounds great,,,i,m in the thoes of fixing a few problems i,ve let slip due to my health,, but i will be riding it again sometime this year so...

............. hi get rid of your mechanic...unless you want to make him rich,, they see an old bike and time time time comes into their eyes,,, the 4th gear fix is easy to do and guys will help with advice ,,, and the starter motor is easy to pull out of the xs650 clamp in a vice and leads to a...

.............................. hi if you look up what battery fits a 1980 suzuki gs1000e,,, they are heavy duty,,,, i use the same battery in my xs650 yamaha ,,and it goes well regards oldbiker

........................ hi i found ,,its always better to go down without your friends watching you do it,,,, because then you will not hear the end of it ,,,, ,,its happened to me twice ,,when i first got my xs650,, ,,,, noww i realize its not a ducati ,,, regards oldbiker

................ hi guys my very first ebay buy was for 4 cheap digital watches for something like 13bucks plus delivery,,, 4 weeks later i emailed her about my buy 2 weeks later i got a bag of smashed watches in the mail,,so i learnt a lesson but i did learn from that i also left crap...

...................... hi there was a guy in florida............... thaat had an alloy tank that looked smick,,,, he did want 600bucks,,,, singh saddlers(333) it could be worth seeing what he,s got regards oldbiker

hi guys i overhauled my front end a few years ago and todate the donn,t weep or leak,,,, my question,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, are there progressive springs for the front end for my 1976 front end?????????? regards oldbiker

.......................... hi there,s a great guy in new zealand..... goran persson that supplied me a few years ago with tech drawings oto transfer to a disc ,, they are simple to read and the drilling patterns are great it could be worth chasing him up ........... also you could use a...

...................................... hi i,ve gone stick on weights on both my gs1000e and my yamaha xs650 i have not had a problem with them at all ,,make sure the mag part is spotless ,, regarrds oldbiker

hi guys yesterday in the wimmera part of australia ,,,, it was supurb,,, nice and sunny warm and no wind at all,,, i did a load of washing 2 days straight now ,,,, so i,m up todate with my washing ,,,,, they recon we will have some drizzel over the weekend regards oldbiker

....................... hi have you tried flooding the lock mechanism with rp7 which will remove all the junk in the lock set up,,, and wash it out as well,,,,or you could try a .020" thous feeler gauge and it will be strong enough to slip aroung the inside edges and the tank and spring the...

.......................... hi thats a sweet looking bike lov it regards oldbiker

..................... hi you could losen the pressure side of the brake handle ...i.e. pipe use an open end spanner on it and just losen it slightly build up pressure and open the fitting slightly ,,it should work ,i,ve done it that way before regards oldbiker

................... hi guys ,,,well yesterday afternoon ,,, i pulled the pilots out off thecv38 carbys,,,,, they were a pig filthy anway i washed and cleaned them along with the fuel bowls they were dirty as welland i,ve currently got my carby and bits soaking in 98% petrol covered up of course...

hi are the headers that have the commando style mufflers ,,,old school sound ,,do the headers have the kick at ht last 5" before the mufflers go on?????? regards oldbiker they look sweet as .....