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So I took off the carbs and moved the needle clip and double checked the main and pilot jets today. Took it for a very short ride and when I shut it off fuel was pouring out of the right filter. I have gone through them and found that fuel is just not getting down to the right bowl. If I leave...

I have my bike back together and it's running. During the rebuild I bought (not really knowing what I was doing) a resistor plug cap and wire. I installed it on the left cylinder and now that cylinder runs rough and has eaten up two plugs. When I say eaten up, I don't really know what has...

I posted a few weeks ago about not having spark at the plugs on my 76 XS650C. I took another look at the wiring, corrected some things, and now I have spark at one cylinder. I just replaced one of the points and the points wires and I HAD spark at both plugs. I started the bike and it ran rough...

I'm getting very close to completion (I think) on my xs650c. I got it to start and run a few weeks ago. I then did some carb work and fiddled with the points timing to try to smooth things out. I've gotten my carbs sorted now (again, I think), but I've got no spark to my plugs. I've gone back...

I'm doing a rebuild of the forks on my 76 and the springs that I bought at mikesxs are about 4 inches longer that the ones I pulled out. Are the old ones just really compressed or do I have the wrong springs?

I was installing pistons (without anything over the opening below, dammit!) when I dropped one of the retaining clips. It fell straight down past the crank. My question is can I remove the clip by removing the oil sump? I hope I don't have to open the cases again.:doh: Posted via Mobile