What have you done to your XS today?

Which one did you sell Gaz?


Yeah did it up exactly how she wanted it paint and all, then she "I didn't like it" So I sold it, Round 2 I guess............
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looks like a nice ride, was it leaking?
 
I just pulled the motor. I knew it would be heavy but holy @#$% One thing is for sure I wont be putting it in by my self. Any one know what it weighs ?
 
Today I looked around for cam end seals. Found one first place and the second at another shop. $7.56 and $5 gas running around looking for them. 15 min to install them. I did sand the back of the RT one to get a bit of clearance between the pin and the back of the rotator for the electronic advance for the PAMCO.
 
Weekendrider...what process did you use to get those results?

Today I picked up the rear hoop and hub. Got home and saw the spokes, seals, and rim band I ordered from 650 Central had arrived. Looks like I'll be lacing a rim this weekend.

UM
 
@ uncle meat, I use 3m's bristle discs on a Harbor Freight polisher. That finish was using the 80 grit disc. It leaves a wire brushed(?) type finish.
I'll use 6 more steps to fine polish/shine finish. It's easy, relatively quick and I'm terribly lazy. This pic shows the tool of destruction, the spots I'm removing on the left and the worked/brushed part on the right.
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Looks really good WER... I have similar spots on mine as well, but not too bad. If you wouldn't mind, could you give me the run down when all is said and done?

UM
 
Thanks. I'm not receiving much good "buzz" about it from the home front so we are into the revision stage.
Version 2.
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Steering lock fix:
My '76 came with no lock cylinder in the neck, so to clean it up and make it weather tight I consulted the site.
Conventional wisdom is to grind it off and weld up the hole. Welding was out of the picture for me, so on investigation, I thought of a different and useful fix. I cut off the lug about half way down (doing it again I would have cut it closer to the neck); tapped the interior hole to take a 1/2 inch coarse bolt; drilled out that bolt to allow a grease passage and then tapped the hole in its head to accept a grease fitting. See the pictures
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Your steering stem is hollow and has a slot cut in the side for the lock to engage. The hollow stem is open on the bottom of the tree. You need to plug that or the grease you pump in will just fall out the bottom of the stem. An old wine bottle cork will do the trick.

In the future, if you ever have the lower tree out, I would install a "grease saver". Besides cutting down on the amount of grease needed to fill the neck, it will also block the hole in the side of the stem. 1" vinyl tubing works well for this. It is a very tight fit and will need to be pounded on .....

 
Thanks 5T, I saw that pic during my research, but my wife shooed me away from the garden hose. Cork will be put into play in due time.
 
It's sold by the foot at the hardware store. One foot will do two trees.
 
Today I winterised my bike, moved it towards the back of the garage, threw a tarp over it and parked the snowblower in front of it.
 

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