Recent content by supertrooper1983

Just remember what old Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right in the eye and says, "Give me your best shot. I can take it"- Jack Burton, Big Trouble In Little China

still for sale

For Sale a Parts Plus brand Steering Bearing Kit, fits xs650 1970-84. Brand new in the box, bought from Mikesxs.com for $43.00 plus shipping. Along with it I'm selling my Sea Choice 1" Bearing kit bought on ebay for approximately $15.00. Together these can be put together to attach a...

Ok, appreciate the advice. Might just pay the $$ for a new chain and tensioner.

My bike's got a tc bros hardtail and after mounting my new rear fender, and starting to look at the tension on my chain I'm afraid it's too tight and might rip out the cam shaft. A buddy of mine suggested I find a half link. I've been looking around and am starting to think they're like big...

I wants it!

The exhaust pipe was hot, yes.

I'll give a little background about my xs650. Bought it last year and rode it last summer. Wiring was a mess, took it to a shop because I'm a beginner and didn't really want to mess with it. They told me one of my cylinders wasn't firing so it got replaced. I got it back a few days ago and took...

So I changed the oil today, started it up and the engine heated up again in about 5 minutes. Any idea?

Ok, I appreciate the help and I will refill my oil.

I lost a little but definitely not enough to run dry...like I said dip stick still shows it within the correct levels.

It was a fair amount that drained out actually but after looking at it the whole engine is hot, not glowing but hot. Seems that there was no oil but the levels are still ok according to the dip stick...still pretty lost

Today I took off the leftside cover of my bike to work on the kick start after the spring broke off. Re-installed everything (lost a little oil) and ran the bike for about 10 miles.I experienced some oil spray which seemed to be coming from the top the leftside cover. Also, the leftside cover is...

First, I'd just like to say I'm pretty new and am fumbling my way through a lot of work on the mc. I want to replace my front brake line with a ss from mikesxs or another vendor. What's the process for replacing the line? Thanks!