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For sale, my 1981 Xs650. $3000 obo. Heavily modded, looks clean, runs well and a blast to ride. Would look great parked in front of your local watering hole, guaranteed to turn heads. Engine is freshly rebuilt with less than 1000 miles on it, and all new seals, gaskets, bearings, etc. I have...

Hi guys. I'm having trouble charging. The charging system is all stock 1981. It was working, at least to some degree, until recently when I had the engine rebuilt. None of the wiring was messed with, aside from unplugging connectors. Ive read through gggGary's "expanded charging system...

Clearing out leftover junk after my build. For Sale cheap! $10 each plus shipping. or best offer. i'm not picky. 1 pair of bar end mirrors from cycle gear (metal and plastic, decent quality. almost new. 1 pair of 3 inch seat springs. might have some scratches, but in good shape 1 pair of...

---EDIT- PARTS HAVE ALL BEEN PURCHASED--- I have a small pile of leftover parts for sale. Most of this is off a 81 Special, but there is some other stuff in here. If anyone wants something in particular let me know, but i'd most like to sell everything in one lot. I have no use for this stuff...

Hi all. Ive been very slowly making progress on my bike. Today was a good day though, so I decided I had to share. I dont even know when my last update was, so first a quick recap of my journey. About 3 years ago I got an 81 special from a barn. Is was dented, rusted, and kinda ran. barely. But...

I'm about to launch into rebuilding my engine. I'll need this stuff: Complete gasket set shift rod with good splines shift lever with good splines overdrive 5th gear --and/ or a different sprocket combo any and all rubber seals, bushings, motor mounts, etc that one would need when...

A while back there was an ad in the classified section, a fellow selling wire wheels- cheap price, just gotta put em together yourself! So I bought em, and received a quite dirty pair of hubs, a pile of SS spokes, and a pair of VERY shiny rims- a 21" and an 18". I was pretty stoked, and...

So a few months ago me and my buddy decided to decorate ourselves and our bikes in sort of a post apocalypse theme for halloween. As in all great stories, we promptly forgot about it and didnt do anything until 2 weeks ago. So far i'm not sure where he's at with decorations, but heres mine...

While messing with my forward control mockup, I noticed the tach block off cap was loose. Turns out the entire thing was broken in half. Is that common? Can I just leave out the entire geared shaft? I won't be running a tach. Lastly, I searched and read about a washer that is probably now just...

you ever look through the classifieds (Here, craigslist, newspaper, whatever), and think "man, guy A is looking for a whatzit, and Guy B is selling a whatzit. I wonder if i could make a buck by getting these two in touch with each other." or maybe i just spend too much time on the internet....

So this past weekend, I took my project bike out for a ride. After a short spin around the block, something started making a loud clanky rattling noise.I immediately pulled over and started looking for a problem.:yikes: a sprocket bolt somehow backed out and caused some destruction. it caught...

Hey guys. I have a greasy, oily spot between the fins on my engine, at where the head bolts to the jug. Its on the left cylinder. the right, though not clean, isnt oily like this. I'm wondering if this is possibly a gasket blown out. Oddly, this side(left) has more compression than the...

hey all. an update on my build. it started here- http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30278 but i didn't want to drag up and old thread. So here's progress. Ive got my seat mounted, 12" ape hangars (TC bros) mounted, wiring all done, tailights wired in, rear fender mounted, carbs...

I recently stumbled across the photography of a "Danny Lyon". He took a bunch of photos of bikers in the mid 60's, even published a book. I'd post links to his pictures, but i cant seem to find a gallery anywhere. Anyway, a google picture seach of his name will pull up tons. Neat stuff!

Hi guys. Ive been working on my first build (81 XS650) for about a month now, and though I've read dozens of posts on here for tips and tricks, this is my first post. The plan is to build it cheap, fast, have fun doing it, and end up with a fair-weather toy to take out when I'm not riding...