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Hey guys, So I am in the final portion of my XS build. The bike is complete, painted, registered, and ready to roll. I'm just trying to finish off these last little issues. I'm hoping someone can help me here. My issue is that I'm having a hard time keeping my taillight lit. It will light...

Hey guys, I just wanted to pass the word along. I ran across this site when I was looking to build the electrical side of my bike and man how lucky was I to find it. Joe Scavone is the guy who runs this deal and he puts his name right on the site. When I sent him a question at 10:00 the...

Hey guys, I just picked up a Brembo caliper for my 81 and I'm trying to find a nice rotor to go along with it. I looked at the mikesxs rotor but I'm not really digging it. I have read about folks using ducati rotors. Is this true? Just want something similar to the rotors on this bike...

Hey guys, Got to the reassembly of my forks and ran into some problems. I disassembled them to install Hugh's lowering kit as well as get the lowers powder coated. I'm at the point of installing the lowering spacers and putting the forks together. First of all, I got the one inch lowering...

Hey guys, I'm trying to lace my rims and I keep running into issues. Unfortunately, not the same one each time. What I did was I put in all the inner spokes on one side, then I put in all the inners on the other side. They all seemed to go as they should. Now I'm at the outers for the first...

Hey guys. Found an 82 XS special I'm thinking about picking up for a second project. The deal is that it has some starter issues. They say it makes a lot of noise after starting and they think it's the starter clutch. I did a googler search and this does sound pretty common. I found the mikes...

Hey guys, I know the questions about these installs are plentiful but I can't really find what I'm lookin for and I don't want to ask after I have a problem rather than before. So.. Basically what I have is an 81 XS650 Special that I'm doing a test down and rebuild project on. I have...

Hey guys, I have decided to go with a 16" on the rear, so up for sale is a brand new, never installed, black 18" rim from MikesXS, along with a spoke set that will work with the stock rear drum brake hub. I'm not sure if these spokes will work with a disc style hub, but I would doubt it. I'm...

Hey guys, been lurking around on the site for about the past 5 months and I feel that it is finally time to start a build thread. I first got inspired to do a build on an XS when I found the combination of affordability, parts availability, and the cool factor! I actually got very lucky on...