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well, the one in the first picture is push rod for the clutch. as for whether it's a bad thing that you pulled it out a ways or not, i can't say as i am also a neophyte. maybe put the cover back on, see if you can still shift and find neutral and then maybe adjust the clutch per the manual?

thanks for the tips folks. i'll look into the voltage guage (i typically have a pocket multimeter with me :)). RG, the PO actually just gave me a set of cleaned and already rejetted BS38's to try out and see if that takes care problem. he's a pretty good guy and is still talking to me...

what should we look under? EDIT: ignore that...

yeah, that was definitely part of it. also, the vacuum tube from the carb boot to the old vacuum activated petcock wasn't tied down and kept popping off the boot. that's what i thought the problem was at first. it was definitely the charging system for sure, but that's fixed now (i think)

oh and thanks in advance =D

hi folks, need a little help here. here's the story, feel free to skip down to paragraph 3 for the actual question. ok, so this is my 2nd bike and first XS650. i'm a mechanical engineer, so naturally, i don't know crap about actually being a mechanic. i'll just put that out there right...