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  1. BajaKiter

    My 1980 XS650 Extra-Special

    Also need to eliminate these monster turn signal. You could poke an eye out with them! Mine are pretty clean... some pitting.. anybody want them? They seem to be the bolts for the headlight as well. I am always scared to open the headlight on bikes because of the rats nest that lives...
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    My 1980 XS650 Extra-Special

    I am looking for advise on the pipes.. Im doing this on a low budget.. snif snif Can you just remove the back section? there seems to be a joint there under the motor.. Is that welded? Any inexpensive bolt-on or DIY options?
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    My 1980 XS650 Extra-Special

    And the custom retro experimental paintjob I did... front fender chop, drag bars
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    My 1980 XS650 Extra-Special

    Here's the bobbed fender, new chrome bullet lights and the lumpy seat i cut down with a breadknife
  5. BajaKiter

    My 1980 XS650 Extra-Special

    Hi everyone... I love these old school bikes! This is my first one and Im pretty pleased so far. She's got her issues. but dont we all. I just thought I'd post a few pics of the project.. yes Im one of those future PO's with an angle to grind that really pisses you off, but I couldn't help...
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    northwest forum

    washington represent
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    my first xs650... Electric questions??

    across the mighty Columbia from hood river... Near Portland
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    Sump questions

    Hi guys I got her running today for the first time in years! So I dumped the oil, changed the filter, and now Im into the sump... I really should have ignored it and just gone for a ride :oops: Because now ive found the broken gasket, covered in the PO's silicon--- It was causing the cover...
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    my first xs650... Electric questions??

    yeah thats right. She's actually an '80 i beieve She was the black special II but if ive been choppin her down.;)
  10. BajaKiter

    my first xs650... Electric questions??

    She's running! Happy father's day to me I put new plugs and cleaned the wiring and wrooom! She's a smoker, but no worries, Im in Washington state so its legal. I'm pretty stoked. Now to change the oil and filter.. then throw on her original that plate expired in '96, and take her for a...
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    my first xs650... Electric questions??

    Thats good news! I get brains- cdi or TCI same thing eh... much better than points. maybe it is an 1980? thx for the quick response
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    my first xs650... Electric questions??

    So I picked up a 1979 Special II with 22000 miles but running good. Ive been dying to build a cool thumper and this thing was a bargain at $500... Well I got in two good rides before she died... She just sputtered to a halt...no spark. and that was two years ago (sadface) So I've pulled the...
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    79 XS650 Tire Recomendations

    Im looking too... Here's your pair on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/381688806935
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