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I've got a 71 and it's a bit of a basket case chopper. I'm not sure if the front wheel is even off of an XS because all the pictures I look up seem to be different. Please correct me if I'm wrong and let me know what I need to hook up a speedo cable to this wheel. I'm tempted to get a magnetic...

I was out riding this week, haven't had the bike out in a few weeks. Started fine, second kick. Rode about 5 miles, suddenly at about 45mph the bike starts to bog and the headlight gets funky. I slow down and it will idle fine and the headlight goes back to full when at idle but when I rev it...

Im struggling with a bogging issue right now. What leads me to believe its not the carb is that when there is no load on the motor it revs smoothly through each throttle position. Ive followed the guide and checked the timing, the cam chain tensioner, the valve spacing and Im still having the...

Im reading through all of the informational troublshooting threads as well as starting to go through all of the possible mantinience in my manual. Just wondering if anyone has had similiar issues and can steer me in a direction or narrow down my plan of attack. The motor is a 71, I believe its...

Ive got a 71 and had it running but the points would not stay gapped correctly so it would run for about 5-10 minutes and then turn off because the timing was all out of wack. I sprung for the Pamco with e-advance and pma kit from mikes. I put in the pamco and e-advance, easy install as far as I...

I figured I'd start a build thread even though I'm somewhat underway. I got a 78 for free as a parts bike along with a chopper I bought. However the chopper didn't need and parts and the parts bike isn't missing much aside from a key, a battery, spark plug boots, a side cover, and the title...

Ive been lurking in the tech section for the past few weeks since I picked up a pair of XS650's and figured it was time to join. Ive read the carb guide several times and Im still re-reading certain parts as I rebuild the carbs and begin tuning. Ive got a 1980 strutted bobber with a king pin...