Recent content by ProSimex

Abortion, it shouldn't be associated with the XS. And yeah, why is the SR400 so damned expensive?

Lots of hardtails banging around in Quebec, Ontario too. I wouldnt worry about it myself. That being said, it was born a swingarm bike, let it be a swingarm bike. Nothing wrong with a 650 that it needs to become a Harley clone. Just strip it down as much as possible, make it light and tight...

You got er barncat

Although Hugh wasn't the first to do a PMA conversion on his own bike, he was the first to put them together as a simple bolt on kit. After they started selling like hot cakes all the others copied him. Also I'm sure everyone's aftermarket ignition works great and hasn't let them down, but...

If you're running a stock bike, run the stock charging system. If you're like me and want to lighten the bike as much as possible and not have to worry about batteries, then buy a HHB PMA, not the knock off. I hate batteries with a passion, if it's a Harley, put a magneto on it, otherwise...

brakes only slow you down man.

Thanks! so it seems everyone is happy with em then, good deal. Im, gonna pull the trigger on those. Anyone use the 706cc kit? How much meat would be left in the liners? Although I doubt an extra 50 odd CC would be really worth the extra price in a street bike.

Rebuilding my 74TX650 and looking for oversize pistons and rings. Any suggestions that would be a better deal cost/quality wise other then Mikes/650direct?

81 sportster I'm building for a friend in my living room, Im rebuilding my 74XS650 motor in the kitchen as we speak. I talked the wife into letting me convert half the livingroom into shop space for the winter. I do any grinding in the basement. Plan was to have the summer kitchen converted...

Note, when ordering new points make sure you order TWO sets of points, otherwise you get only one... Goddamn are those monster coils ungainly huge.

Throw em on and see what happens man!

I bought new points, coils condenser and boots cus im convinced its ignition.

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Im leaning that way now. I just cleaned out my enricher circuit and no result. I pulled the plugs and am getting barely any spark. I was in the middle of cleaning up my points again when the wife called me in for brunch. I'll go back when im done and look for more electrical gremlins.

needles are free, and seats are clean. I've swaped coils and condenser, float level is a crap shoot as I the one guide I have shows the carb reversed from float arm ie doesn't look the same as mine. I've a good machinists ruler here to measure with. I've read on the old xs650 forum that float...