Recent content by xsmoley

Hi jacksdad thought Id join in and show a bit of solidarity. I live in Stone which is just far enough away from Stoke to make it decent. Totally agree about the weather when will winter end ! Hopefully April 7th will be dry for the breakfast run at Prees and I can get the old girl fired up again.

Thanks guys I knew you would all have the answers !

Hi all.... was wondering if anyone had any ideas whats happening here . When i was recently setting my valve lash I had read in the forum that taking out the plugs would help move the rota round when finding tdc. As the compression seemed high when the plugs were in I decided to give it a go...

well spotted weekenrider !!!! I was in the middle of rebuilding the calliper when I took that photo but all credit for eagle eyes !!

Right now 15 degrees with scattered showers ...positively tropical for the UK !!

Have you thoroughly cleaned the carbs especially your main pilot jets ?

Hi all, Thought I would show you my finished restoration (XS650 B). Everything is stock and she runs beautifully. Will be getting a Pamco soon. Would like to say a huge thank you to all you guys who without your support and expertise I would not be able to have got this far. This is a truly...

I was afraid you guys were going to tell me it was junk :doh: not an easy part to find here in the UK guess I will have to chance it with the ebay vultures. Thanks for the replies.

Hi everybody, Now that my new brass floats have arrived, Im about to tackle a job Im not looking forward to ! My left side carb body on my BS38s has suffered some cruelty by the PO ! Either he has dropped it at some point or smacked it with a hammer but one of the posts holding the floats had...

The knowledge on this site is awesome ...!

Thanks guys you keep the XS alive !!

Thanks jchrisk1 for the size info. I dont know if we have a McMaster Carr in the uk but now I know the size I will be able to source some !

Hi everyone, Been reading a few posts about carbs (and looking at the pics of 'oldskoolcarbs' WOW :eek:) Have today ordered some new brass floats from Hiedan tuning (mine couldnt hold any more solder!) but I also need some new o rings for the needle jets (did the 5twins wiggle test and they...

I'd just be happy to sit in a bar with those guys and buy them all beers

gggGary !!!!! Thankyou thankyou thankyou :thumbsup::thumbsup: I did as you suggested and low and behold it seems to have worked. I took her for a 10mile ride after doing it and no leakage I was so pleased. There was only a very small amount coming from the front left portion of the head gasket...