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After replacing 1970 rotor with a 1973 version the alternator was putting out considerably more voltage. I still have to adjust the voltage regulator.

Sorry, did not watch the video first. Now I did. Had my terms wrong. Please forgive me. To clarify, XS1 Rotor is giving me .5 ohms (point five). Not Five ohms.

I checked the ohms on the 70 xs1 stator and the reading was .5 ohms, very low. The 1973 parts bike that I have showed that it's stator is reading 6 ohms. So, looks the Ohm meter is good and stator in the xs1 is bad. On to removal of stators. Thanks for the advise.

Yes, probably has some wiring done wrong. I'll be double checking that next.

Hello, I have a 1970 XS1 that's not charging enough. Everything is pretty much stock. Battery Voltage is around 12 volts. When it runs I'm down in the 11 volt range. Thought it was a rectifier so I created a new one, no difference. I also have an XS2. I have tried swapping the XS2 regulator...

My brother (CPKid) had his xs1 painted a while back. He found an nos headlight ear on eBay and sent that to the painter as a reference. It was a spot on match. I don't think the painter got the stripe width right which bugs me. I think the true width should be 5 mm? Not a standard american...

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I believe I have tried them before. They came close with what they had in stock and the prices were good. But, to get an exact match was going to cost a lot more. Hoping somebody on the list knows of a great match somewhere...... I put a lot of time into an XS tank and used what turned out to...

Hello, Just so I don't re-invent the wheel, is there anyone that has come up with a good powder coat match for the Red on the 1972 XS650? Thanks. redbug2

Hello, My brother picked up an old rusty XS1b. Previous owner said he might have the title if we could find the serial number. My brother has two other XS650's and they have the number stamped on the frame. The Rusty XS1b has no serial number stamped on the head of the frame. It looks like...

I asked the seller on ebay at the time about the valve cover and spacer issues. His response was: "Z". Not sure what that meant... I wanted him to come clean, or at least copy my question onto ebay. Why do you need to trace it back? The parts on it are wrong, thats a fact. There was no 4...

Hello, Wasn't the XS650 Yamaha's first production 4 stroke? Regards, redbug2

Yes, I have seen those numbers, they would indicate that there were 33,799 built. Just wondering if there were any other confirmations on that. Met a guy that told me that number was not right, he thought there were fewer 1972's. I think the numbers are accurate. 1970 numbers...

Does anyone how many 1972 XS2's were produced?