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JDizon, Tried sending you a message but your Inbox is full. Send me an e-mail: soliduslex@gmail.com Thanks

Gentlemen. It is with GREAT sadness, that I announce the engine will be finally going on sale. Unexpected upcoming expenses have forced me to bend my arm and sell it. :-(

It would give me about 30 seconds of continuous blasting, but depending on how bad are your parts, I would get something with more capacity. I'd have to wait a few minutes for it to fill up again. If you look at the parts that I cleaned, you can assume that I spent A LOT of time blasting them...

Hello Terminus. Sorry for the late reply. Here is the setup I used since I didn't have a garage, etc. Air Compressor: (I would get something with more capacity to save time) http://www.harborfreight.com/8-gal-2-hp-125-psi-oil-lube-air-compressor-68740.html Blasting Cabinet: (I would get...

Banzai... This forum is a fountain of knowledge of tech, DIY, years of experienced riders/mechanics and ideas. Couldn't have done it without research here that's for sure. Good job man. McMaster-Carr has pretty good stuff too. I got all the connectors from them for the temporary wiring harness...

JD! What's going on brother? I ended up holding the coils to the frame with zip ties for the time being. I don't think I'll have any clearance for the coils under the gas tank once I get to that part of the build. And I have to pick up the Virago Cafe Racer from the shop. Guy tells me the timing...

I had contacted HHB about those coils. He told me the DC3-2 from Dynatek will work... http://www.dynaonline.com/skins/products/metric_cruisers/coils/ ...for the rephased. You'll need a pair of course. I ended up getting mine from Z1enterprises...

Thanks "Kingpaul". Those '82 Viragos have a shitty starter/flywheel system. I had to buy a new starter, a few new gears, and have some service done on the flywheel. I dropped it off @ the shop March last year, before I went on vacation, hoping to have it ready by Summer last year but the...

Sucks that none of the auto parts stores around me have the crimping tool for the spark plug wires. Not even Harbor Freight. Had no choice but to order one from Summit Racing and pay $15 for 2-day shipping. Oh well. I'll need it further down the road anyway since the spark plug wires will be...

Hmm... That's actually a good Idea Freaky Monkey. I used the 3mm sleeves, and on some cases went with the 6mm just to see how it looked. I think I used the 6mm as well on the wires coming from the ignition. That still had some sleeve of some sort, on a grey color, but you can't even see the grey...

Thank you Brian for the input. That switch springs back to the off position as soon as you let go of the lever. I have another one (same look) that stays on the on position which I'm using for the kill switch on the temporary wiring harness. Further down the road all the switches will be from...

Still messing around with terminals, heat shrink, sleeves, etc. I really dig the quality of the McMaster-Carr supplies. Not digging the "red" heat shrink so since you can still see the color of the cables, I decided to stick to the black heat shrink. Still need a spark plug wire crimping tool...

I'm guessing + would go into this switch on one terminal, then from the other terminal to the solenoid, and the other terminal on the solenoid would go to ground. Correct?

Hey Brian. This is the switch I want to use (for now):

So I started working on a temporary wiring harness following a few wiring diagrams I've found on this site. I have everything hooked up, EXCEPT the starter solenoid I purchased from MikesXS: http://www.mikesxs.net/product/24-6526.html I know on the big screws, 1 goes to the starter, and the...

Thank you sir! They're my To-Go site right now. I ordered some red heat shrink but it's almost pink. Still if you use the sleeves for wires, you can still see the color of the wire used slightly so I stuck with the black heat shrink tubing.:thumbsup:

The screws that I purchased from McMaster-Carr were a perfect fit. In the picture below you can see the OEM screws (whatever was left of them after being drilled out by the machine shop), the ones I had purchased at a hardware store that were too long with the wrong finish, and the ones to the...

Just a quick update. I ordered the lithium batteries. Here's the one that will be used for this build: And I know it's not related to XS650.com, but I also ordered a battery for a build I had done that had been sitting in a shop for a year now. Here's the last pic of the bike when it was...

Tracer: 1st Gen Toyota 4x4... Man I'd love one of those.

So the exhaust isn't ready being coated yet but I decided to go ahead and pick up the other parts that were ready. I had initially gone raw on the bracket, but I wasn't feeling it so I coated it. The same with the velocity stacks. Black IS my favorite color, so I decided to get them painted as...