Looks a bit chilly up on the pass yet!
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What have you done to your XS today?
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troopthrowback
XS650 Addict
Actually it wasn't cold at all. About 65 degrees at that spot, which is why I'm glad I went that day. I wore a thin shirt and a trail jacket only. Snow won't be there much longer. It was between 70-80 on the rest of the ride. Highest elevation 6700'.
Airwolfie
XS650 Guru
Clear coated my tank, repainted my sidestand and touched up the paint on the steering stop.
Finished fixing the charging system on the SG. Replaced the rotor with a spare I had. 14.7 v. I never liked the way the rectifiers were mounted. Found some sheet aluminum and cut a 3.5"X4",drilled 2 6mm holes to mount it in the stock REC/Reg location. 2 more 5/16th holes to mount the rectifiers. Mounted it, wired it up and wired it into the rest of the bike. Started it up and took the VOM out and touched the battery post and reved it up. 14.7. 2 times. Works for me
I have putting a barn find motor in my 77 while I get the original motor pulled apart for rephasing, (I am stalled for the time being getting the cases split) I stumbled across this parts motor 2 weekends ago, the more I looked at it, the better it seemed, so I put it in the frame last weekend and checked compression - 160 and 165!!. Changed oil, cleaned filters, checked cam chain, valve clearances, looked at points, got a set of carbs ready to go on, man they are a tight fit to install. And so ended this day. Back to paid employment Monday.
Got the dumass award for leaving the dam key in the on position for about four hours after a short jaunt. 8 volts and she started but now won't go above 10volts @2500rpm or higher. On the charger now.........we'll see how it goes. Fuck.
jonny Reb
XS650 Enthusiast
Monday was the first day it hit 90 degrees in central california this year, and I hopped on the '81 Special, happy to be in a T-shirt... I made it down to the coffee shop a mile away before the bike bogged and died. I got some coffee while the bike sat in the sun for an hour, and then I kicked it a billion times, got it started, and made it about 10 feet. Put her in the shade, got another coffee, and another hour later she fired up ok and I made it home, where she wouldn't start again. Tested every ground, checked wires, battery, fuses, fuel system, etc. Decided it sounded like coil failure... I had a xs850 a while back that used to do the same thing until the coils were changed. I garaged her for the night, and came back in the morning when it was cool and she fired up fairly easy, warmed up and died. So I ordered a high output coil from Mikes, got it in 2 days (nice, Mikes!) and installed it this weekend. Today she ran like a dream, pushing 80 for 12 miles of freeway and then a few starts and stops at the local bars. Anyway, good times. Goddamn electricals.
Fndirtygreaser
XS650 Addict
80mph! Rumble city.
Fndirtygreaser
XS650 Addict
Sparkies!
YOMAMA !
YOMAMA !
westonboege
XS650 Addict
I made a kickstand!
jonny Reb
XS650 Enthusiast
nah. she runs pretty smooth at 75-80 actually right around 6000 rpm... seems antithetical to what you'd expect but hey, I'm not complaining.
Fndirtygreaser
XS650 Addict
Damn. That must be nice. I will try Dyna beads on my next wheel.
LET THERE BE LIGHt!!!!!!!!
Custom made lens by mason at psychoresin.com
LET THERE BE LIGHt!!!!!!!!
Custom made lens by mason at psychoresin.com
Trex
XS650 Addict
Mounted a quick disconnect mini windshield to cut the bugs and deflect the gravel. Alaskan roads are full of surprises
neanderthal
neanderthal
one of two hidden switches for the keyless xs650.
Mounted the fender and made/mounted the bitch bar
Mounted the fender and made/mounted the bitch bar
Took the '80 out on this 100+ degree day. Schlepped around town then hit the outskirts for some long runs. Ran like a top. Saw some H-D riders venting their pits wearing T-shirts and black helmets riding black bikes. Black attracts heat, right? OK, my faded blue denim jacket aint that cool either but at least it will protect my hide for a initial hit before shredding, but it isn't heat attracting black!
All in all, about a 100 mi. day.
All in all, about a 100 mi. day.
CDNTX650
XS650 Guru
Vacuum tube on my JBM manifold broke, so took the other side out, turned in some jb welded screws. Synced by ear, Set the mix screws to about 2-5/8. Damn, the best shes ever ran, plugs look great. its only about 12 degrees, so might have to fine tune screws a bit more when it warms up again. but damn. Working on rounding up parts for a single carb set-up. Cvk34 from a klr250, tracker manifold from joe wiseguy hopfully.
Ordered up a set of brushes on Amazon.....took a week to get them but put them in, took her ('83) for a 20 mile loop to cut them in and all is back to normal now. Swapped out the old stock headlight on the '77 for a Sylvania halogen.
Sparky
XS650 Addict
yesterday i bought a wire feed welder, and attacked my project with renewed energy. I had kinda hit a stumbling block in that i have lots of fab work that would have been possible, but not fun, with my HF stick welder. So, for yesterday and today, got new tabs to hold the sidecovers, got a under seat/ battery cover pan fabbed up, and a cross- support for the forward controls made.
