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Wondering if anyone's familiar with em. Just picked up an 88'. It runs flawlessly, however seems to enjoy missing shifts every now and then. Curious if anyone knows anything about them. Their forum is less than helpful so far. Thanks Guys.

Hey guys, if anyone's looking for a good rider or build bike I've got a really nice Heritage Special for sale. May need some charging system work (still haven't fully diagnosed...may be just the brushes. It stops fully charging...but pushes over 12v still when warm...you can ride it, but the...

Hey guys, Got an 82' heritage special. Had a really bad battery, so I replaced it today. The bike charges the battery over 14.5V until I let on it and rev over 6 grand. I can tell when the voltage drops while riding if I burst onto the highway quick because the turn signals stop working until...

After a nearly a six month break from working on and building XS's i'm back and this time with an uber clean (for MN) Heritage Special. Had an affair with XT500's and 550's over the winter Feels good to be back on here for a reason. Already started it's conversion into a cafe racer...

Hey guys, Anyone know what the bearing specs are for a 77' rear spoked hub? I am trying to swap some XS wheels onto a bike with a 17mm axle, instead of the 20mm (i believe) that the xs runs. I heard that the rear has two different size bearings. Is this correct? Thanks.

Anyone know of someone in the states who does this mod? Or better yet how to do it? Thanks guys.

Hey guys....very interesting day here. We had a mobile dyno at my work and I threw the XS up for everyone to laugh at...and that's what happened. I knew the carbs were way off on it, but it runs and will break 100mph if I push it to without complaining. which contradicts the numbers...on the...

Hey guys, Anyone know where I can find angled carb boots? I have a clearance issue between my battery box and carb (just BARELY) on one of my builds and if I can just get a slight downward angle on the carb I can make it work. Or if I could angle down and extend backwards that would work...

Hey guys...now this one will be hard to explain without pics but try and follow me here. I have a 1999 Gsx-r 750 front end. In order to run my spoked rim I need to swap wheel bearings...pretty straight forward right...wrong! The bearings don't exist, they can be made custom but are asking...

Hey guys, Looking to get into some camping excursions now that i've got the xs all squared away. However I'm curious to hear other peoples experiences as I've never camped with the bike before. Wondering about: Essential items Good lightweight yet durable 1-2 person tents that will fit...

Hope you're all getting your hands dirty! Re-Assembled this puppy today. This bike is the definition of PITA. lol Every bearing in the front end has to be custom made. Tank is custom, seat, swingarm....pretty much everything ha. It's been fun tho. Gonna start it up as soon as I get the...

Hey guys...anyone have a skid plate on their XS? If so any pics?

Ok, first it ruined the chrome, then it heat fractured the right pipe...and now this. Started the XS up for the first time out of hibernation this weekend. Went through the spring tune up, and got out on the road for about an hour...This is what I discovered upon taking a break...which...

Hey guys. So non xs but on my XT500 the previous owner abused the bike to the point of letting the rubber chain slider wear away until the chain was hitting the frame and swing arm. That brown rusted spot is slightly dented on the frame and i'm wondering if anyone has any advise as to a...

Here's my latest school project :)

Hey guys. So this week I set out to tackle the seemingly daunting task of building the box and organizing the electronics for my current build. I decided on a box located under the seat with a shape that followed the frame...seen on many custom cafe racer builds. So I set out to measure the...

Alright folks so here's the deal....non XS related...so if you're a purist back out now ha. So I have an XT500 that runs at 6V. I need to convert it to 12V. So here's my thing, according to my research the stator is more than capable of producing 12v actually closer to 30v. So there's a...

Hey guys. So I have been working with another member of the forum to find a way to run the brembo golds or Blue Dots with the stock spoked wheels. So here's just a quick post to see if people would be interested in a kit for something like this? We are still in the prototype stages, however...

Hey guys. This bike looks familiar and very well may be someone one the forum but found a pretty stellar deal... http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/mcy/4299190564.html

....I have no control over my impulses...I saw "$180.00, good condition, Straight forks" ...and the next thing I knew $180.00 magically disappeared from my bank account! :laugh: Well here we go I guess! Just hope that come May i'll be :bike: and not in the garage :banghead: guess...