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I purchased a Pamco 277 kit from mikes xs 3/14/2013. My mechanic is telling me that he cannot get the two cylinders both timed correctly. In other words guessing that the spacing of the pickups or the rotor may be off. What are the chances this is possible? And if so, what would be the next...

I'm looking for a stock frame. Not too concerned with condition as long as it's straight. The more complete the better. No title, not a problem. I'm in San Antonio, TX. Let me know. Thanks in advance

Can anyone confirm that the Clymers and Haynes manuals are a bit misleading where they describe how to install the cam. I believe the Clymers asks for the left side piston to be at TDC on compression stroke (which is already misleading because without a cam all of the valves are closed)...

Does anyone have any ideas how oil could be getting into my combustion chamber? I have had this motor apart and back together 3 times now. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Fresh valve job on the head, new guides, seals, and seats re-cut. So I see it very unlikely that it is the seals...

Hello all... First off, thanks to every one on the forum who has pitched in to help me out. Work keeps me pretty busy, so I don't get to contribute much back, but all of the help from the forum has been great. I wish I would of had more time to get more pics along the way, but we all know how...

So I finally got my 277 motor together and tied up all the odd and ends of the build. As of now I've started it at least 25 times. Rode it around the block a few times, and one approx 30 mile ride. It's sat now for 3 days. It's kick only, Hugh's pma, pamco, green monster coils, and a capacitor...

I know that title sounds vague, but that is exactly what it did. Just finished up this rephase build. Upon the first try to disengage (pull clutch lever in) the clutch while the motor is running, I noticed a "shutter" as soon as I dropped it in first. Kept the clutch disengaged and revved it...

Well I've finally got it all buttoned up and got it to fire a few times. Looks like my PMA regulator isn't working. I'm getting about 18vdc. But Hugh said he'd send me another one. When i degreed the cam i was getting about 3 degrees advanced. I got the cam from Mr.Riggs, and i did the crank...

As Pete has mentioned several times on here it is a good practice to check the pma output before wiring in the pamco ignition. It's a 277 build pma pamco capacitor kick only, nothing but a kill switch and an led taillight and license plate light. No headlight hooked up at this point. So I...

I'm wrapping up my 277 motor build, and just trying to make sure I have the pamco wired up properly. I've touched on it in a few other threads, but not specific to the pamco. I think I've got the just of getting the PMA and Capacitor all wired in correctly, but I'm not 100% certain on the...

What is the major differences between the two? I realize the 80 has less plates than the 79. But other than that...? Are the parts interchangeable? Which would be the preferred? Also, while were talking about the clutch, any recommendations on plate brand / type? I picked up two 79...

Can anyone tell me if parts out of a 79 engine will fit in my 80 engine? I've got a 1980 special, and I found a few engines (1979), I'd like to pick up for parts, but would like to make sure I'll be able to use the parts. I'm mostly interested in the cam, crank (and bearings), transmission...

The 3 wires coming from my ignition pickup are black grey and orange, at the connector that ties them to the ignition box, the wires are R/W G/W B/W, well I'm sure black goes to black, but I pulled the 3 wires out of the 3 connector and didnt take note of where the orange and grey went. Does...

Can anyone tell me how thick the pads are supposed to be on the shift forks, and possibly the wear limit or tolerance of them? They look good cosmetically, nice flat faces on each side. However prior to my rebuild I was having some trouble falling out of a few gears, like 3rd and 4th, mostly I...

Hey guys, I'm currently looking into rephasing my XS650 and going Pamco and PMA. I didn't realize that Mikes XS sold a PMA kit until recently, otherwise I was planning on buying it from Hughs Hand Built. Can anyone tell me the pros cons of either? Mikes XS is showing the complete kit for...

I'm looking to buy a pamco 277 rephase ignition with advance unit kit from Mikes XS, how ever he shows to be out of stock, I've already emailed to ask when they might be available but no response so far. Anyone have any experience dealing with him, maybe how often he restocks these items?

Hey guys, I'm trying to understand the firing sequence/timing of the 277 rephase a little bit. On Pamcos site in the installation instructions, he shows a set up for one cylinder to fire, and the other to fire 277 (crankshaft degrees later) I'm assuming this means when the one fires the...

**Added a few more update pictures 02/01/12 (brake rotors)** **Added a few more update pictures 01/12/12** Hey guys, I picked up this front end on CL a while back, I've wanted to do this for a while now and finally got some time to get it installed. Just thought I'd share. Reason for this...

How to tune carb for small dia.(1.250 OD)open headers??? I finally took some pictures Forum... Hello to all. I've finally registered and inspected my 1980 XS650 (hard-tailed, somewhat bobber-ish), and it's been fun proving out all the little bugs as I've actually taken it down the road, and...