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I have an 1979 Special, All stock. For a couple of months, I thought the clutch was slipping. In 1st gear under load, once I hit about 3000 RPM, the clutch appeared to slip, the rpms would climb suddenly without any bike movement but would catch again and off I went. It seems a little worse...

Looking for a rotor for my charging system, 80's and up, with the magnet for the pickup. Mine died and I don't want to cough up the dough for a PMA and a completely new ignition system. Just needs to test within operating tolerances. Message me if you have anything please!

I'll lay it out step by step and hopefully someone can tell me if I've missed something. For my 1980 with stock TCI. Step 1: New fully charged battery. Step 2: Slap test, nothing, nothing at all. Tried jumping green from rec/reg combo and again nothing on slap test. Step 3: Bike warm up...

Sorry I've searched as much as possible on this site and others, but I have a fairly simple question. I have a 1980 XS650, stock TCI. Stock Coil and I was just going to buy some new plugs, I'm not sure they are making the BP7ES anymore as all I can find it the resister type. Which is...

I'm about to start wiring up a bike I've been building for a while now. I've photoshopped up a diagram for my '80 XS650 which I've attached below which should work fine, but the problem is I bought the bike from some kid and the starter solenoid has 3 posts instead of 4. I'm a little green...

Just looking for the hub, but I would consider the whole wheel. Would consider any condition!

I have a 1978 SE Special, Cleaned the carbs up yesterday and it runs great, but I noticed that it doesn't have an overflow tube on the bowl. So what happens if my floats or float pin malfunction for whatever reason. Does fuel just dump into my airbox or potentially my engine? Or am I missing...

Hoping to get some clarification. I understand that the Mike's XS 5th Gear overdrive is meant for the 78 and later transmissions but I was told it "should" work fine in my 77D as long as it's also installed with Mike's 05-0857 (Gear - 5th. Main - 22 Tooth)? Can anyone clarify this for me as...

Are there any other companies other than Hugh's Handbuilt that offer this service? I've sent in a couple of emails inquiring about it and haven't received a response. I assume they are very busy but it's been a couple of weeks and I'd like to keep my build moving along.

xs650D 1977 So I pulled the cylinders off the pistons and I'm a little bummed, One looks fine and the other has some rust. A little pitting, but I'm out of my element. This is my first rebuild and I'm not sure if a hone would fix my issues here. The pistons are marked with 960. Can...

A little background, I picked up a xs650D engine from a salvage yard and I'm in the process of rebuilding it. I got it for a great price, but with no real idea as to it's conditions internally. Took my cam cover off and was pretty happy to see everything looked nice and clean. So far my only...

Hi folks, Quick question, I'm starting a rebuild on a 77 D and I'm running through the Governor and breaker assembly removal from the FSM. I'm stumped, I've removed the lock nut holding the plate on, but for the life of me I can't pull the plate off. Am I missing something, I'm assuming it's...