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ill check on that tomorrow gggGary and report back...

I didn't mean the gasket haha sorry I should have pointed it out, the crack is the next teir up, it's small and just looks like a rust line from this picture but I could watch oil come out of it at a steady pace.

well i figured out where my oil leak is, and it isnt good... there is a crack under the fin under the spark plug. What are my options here guys... all suggestions welcome thanks

yea thanks for the comments...i kinda feel like a dunce for not thinking of just putting the bolt through the top, but i guess i was just thinking it wasnt like that on m original one...but im sure that will do the trick. As far as just riding out the oil leakage, its kinda a good bit, not...

So i got a problem with the gear shifter, i was shifting down and instead of staying put it actually just slid on over the grooves on the clutch bar and just kept going down toward the ground. One thing i noticed, i bought a gear shifter from mikes and the bolt that goes through it doesnt...

Well i took my time and studied the hell out of that carb guide before breaking them down. Then i built up the courage to take them apart and clean them, removing the brass plug to get to the idle mixture screws felt like i was performing surgery considering i didnt know how far down that screw...

title says it all, looking to see if anyone has some tank emblems they'd be willing to part with...ive seen some on ebay for a pretty penny so i figured id ask here first before biting the bullet

XSLeo thanks for the carb guide, lots of good info to dive into gggGary i appreciate the heads up on the multimeter, that thing looked like gibberish to me, and yes those pod filters are pretty cheesy, ill look up those uni filters. Ill need to check that battery level when i get home, they...

also here are some other pictures if yall want to look and see if you just see any red flags, things that arent right or anything, thanks also, the multimeter i bought from harbor freight is not supposed to test batteries exceeding 9V...so thats why i guess it read 17.7, my mistake

gggGary i dont pretend to know anything, and i didnt clean the carbs, i simply took them off the bike to look at them and compare them with what i see in the manual...i just bought this bike so i am just getting a feel for what condition it may be in, or what the previous owner has done. Im...

forgot to mention that i checked the battery and it read a 17.7 with the key turned

When i bought the bike, the seller cranked it up (took a good 7-8 kicks) but it eventually started, then the next day i got it running (yet again a good 10-12 kicks that time). And ever since then i have not been able to get her started. I have tried to kick start that thing until my legs have...

this is a very dumb question most likely, but i need to remove my tank and empty gas in order to deal with the rust on the inside of the tank...ive researched some things on gettting rust off and coating the inside, but nothing on how to simply remove the gas before you dismount the tank, ha...i...

Thanks for all the comments. This seems like a good place to be for advise. My manual has arrived today so ill be getting my hands dirty this weekend and am pretty excited. Although im ready to ride, im also ready to feel what its like to earn it. Ill keep sharing progress and even more...

hello everybody, well i just got a XS650 the other day. This is my first bike ever, i admit im in way over my head with getting an older bike, probably not the smartest thing for me to do but who couldn't use another hobby. I am not familiar with mechanics and wanted to get some opinions on...