Recent content by zuehl666

Thanks man! I'm in jersey city nj.

Hey, had a chance to measure the shocks, they're 13.5 in clevis to clevis.

Well the vibrations are considerably less since the rephase. I did about a 2 hour ride on the highway at about 65-70 average, it wasn't bad. I'm going to need new clipons though, those are damn near straight out to allow the bracket on them to clear the tank at full lock. Makes me lean foward a...

Forgot to show these, they were only 39 bucks from dimecitycycles.com. They're made by Steel Dragon, super nice hand lathed stuff.

Those shocks were actually on the bike when I bought it. Theyre by Progressive. It seems to stand a bit taller in the rear than stock. I'll check it out. When I got it all ready to run I put the stock controls back on so I could ride it around while I figure out what im going to do. I want the...

I think they're 13's, ill measure them tomorrow and let you know.

Thanks guys! It still need a couple things like tires, rear sets, and a fork brace. Gonna take another video this weekend. I'll post it up.

Its an 81 Special, I got it mostly stock. Its been rephased 277 degrees, pamco ignition, green monster coils, hughe's handbuilt pma swap, sparx capacitor,mikuni vm34 carbs, bronze swingarm bushings, needle bearings, xs850 tank, completely re-wired, ascott exhaust, a bunch of things i cant...

Its an 81 Special, I got it mostly stock. Its been rephased 277 degrees, pamco ignition, green monster coils, hughe's handbuilt pma swap, sparx capacitor,mikuni vm34 carbs, bronze swingarm bushings, needle bearings, xs850 tank, completely re-wired, ascott exhaust, a bunch of things i cant...

I'm interested. Pm sent

Have you tried taking your petcock off and disassembling it, cleaning it out? I had this problem and the once and It was a combo of the gas cap and a clogged up petcock. Posted via Mobile

Thanks, I couldn't fit both the new coils under the tank in the stock location. I'll probably move them when I get the new tank. Posted via Mobile

81 xs650 Special, It's still a work in progress, but here's what's been done so far: 277 Rephased crank / cam, Pamco ignition, XS Performance coils, Mikuni vm34 carbs, complete rewire, Ascot Street Tracker Exhaust, Medium seat from Cafeseat.com, clubman bars, a bunch of other small things I cant...

I know it sounds like a no-brainer, but if you're not paying attention its fairly easy to put those slides In backwards. It will drop down, but not fully. If you haven't already, pop your filter off and have a look to make sure the slide is at the proper height.

Are you positive there's no spark? Did you put new plugs in when you did the pamco swap? If you find that you actually have spark, it may be your gas cap vent. Try popping the lid next time you go for a ride and see if that helps.