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  1. FathomYourFears

    Help with setting valve clearances!

    I'm setting the valve clearances on my '82. I set the left side and everything is all fine and dandy. But when I go to set the right side, it moves the timing mark when I adjust the tappets. Should I have someone hold it a TDC? Or is it fine?
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    Help with white smoke out right side.

    I recently picked up an '82 XS. It had been sitting for a little bit. Ridden every other year for 50-200 miles. I got it, put a new battery in and it fired right up, but ran poorly. Next o the list was to clean the carbs. Cleaned, still running poorly. Then I read about how the crappy PODs make...
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    Cam Orientation HELP!

    I'm putting my '78 basket case back together and I've hit a roadblock. I've taken advice I received here and gotten a yamaha factory service manual. I'm putting the cam back in and I can't find a clear answer in the manual about which direction it should go. One side of the cam has threads on it...
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    Feedback for hatric_one

    Had a good transaction with hatric_one. Good seller, quick shipping and excellent packaging. A+++
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    My Basket-Case Rebuild '78

    I picked up a '78 xs650 basket case for $200 recently. This isn't my first xs, I had a 400 before this. I'm currently reassembling the engine and am going to use this thread to ask all my questions instead of cluttering up the forum with 400k question threads. On to the questions: I'm...
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