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The thread about new helmets got me to thinking about an issue I, at my ever increasing age, have been struggling with. The notion that anything new is automatically assumed better somehow. I had been away from bikes for a number of years when I found my current 650. Now that I'm up again on two...

I'm getting a lot of top end noise that seems to be getting louder. I know nothing about my engine other than it had nothing out of the ordinary in the oil or filters when I changed them. The advance shaft needed cleaning and relubing, and the cam chain required adjustment. I've been taking the...

I have two different engines ( a '75 and a '79) and, it would seem, two different cam chain tensioners. One of these engines came without the acorn cover nut. Up until today I didn't think too much about it. I decided to adjust the chain tension and had already stolen the acorn nut and lock nut...

I am to the point of my build to start the motor, set the timing, sync the carbs, and see if I need to grind anything off and relocate it. The motor has always seemed to turn over stiffer than I thought it should. And the kick starter wouldn't always want to engage until half way through the...

I finally tore down the top end of my motor. I bought the bike with the engine stuck and never got it to completely spin free, so it is time to look at the carnage. Bad rust and some pitting. Bored to 2nd over, pistons, rings, gaskets or buy Mike's big finned cylinder/piston 650 kit? I like that...

Like lots of folks around here, I started with a forgotten bike that was mostly there, but was stuck, rusty, and on the edge of junk status. After a couple of weeks trying to free up the motor with limited success, I moved on to the deconstruction phase. Seems like everyone has a picture...

I was sent here to relearn my way around the latest "really good purchase" I have out in the barn. I bought a '73 650 brand new and in a crate, back when the ship I was on in the US Navy tied up in Japan. Drove that thing all over as my only transportation for a couple of years and took it home...