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Gentlemen, is it normal for the large cylinder bolts to come loose over time? My 79 started oozing a bit, fine oil mist all over my side cover. I tightened the outer bolts a bit, but then remembered your sage advice to read or ask before jumping in. Other than this messy mist, she still goes...

Hi good techies, I just did this fix by squeezing the $th gear clip with my vice. It seems to have worked well for the starter, except I did something wrong when I reinstalled the clutch basket. My clutch is grabbing way to softly now, the wheel will spin when on the centerstand, but not with...

Hi fellow Canadian xs650 riders and all others as well, I am sure you Kanucks are aware of the difficulties in finding gear, and especially tires at decent prices in Canada, since our market here is tiny compared to the neighbors down south. I just went on a mission to find some dual sport...

Hi experts of all xs650 related questions, I am living 3 miles back in the woods, down logging roads and it gets muddy and very slippery back here in the rain. So I am buying extra rims to install "winter tires" . What rubber would you recommend for my 79 Special? I already jacked her up in...

So my 79 650 which ran great for years since I installed the solid state regulator and the Pamco ignition and coils is now giving me charging mysteries. Going with your most excellent testing procedure, I determined that my rotor had packed it in, I did not get my 5 ohms nor did it slap the...

My bike, a 78, fell over on a soft lawn, nothing obvious broke. Only my left turn signals function died on impact, so I checked the bulbs, but they were fine. I reversed the wires connectors in the headlight bucket, the ones coming from the switch going to the rear and front connectors: Now my...

Well, it seems a bummer to replace rotors so frequently. I have a 78, with the mod on the charging system to a GM regulator and the home made rectifier using Radio Shack diodes. Worked great for 5000 miles, but now the rotor, which came from Tim Parrot (sp?), mysteriously went AWOL again ...

Hi all, I am new on this forum and with my 78 xs650E. My issue is that the battery dies when parked. There is a voltage drain of about 0.1V and I suspect the rectifier. The manual I find cryptic on the test procedure. Can anybody here direct me to a straight up analysis method to trace the...