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Hey guys, so just recently started having some clutch problems, clutch was slipping out of gear, and it was struggling coming out of first.
So I went ahead and replaced the friction plates. The springs seems to be in good spec, compared them with new ones I bought, and sent back the new ones...
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So I rebuild my bike recently, (first time) I got hoos racing cam shell 1, and 700cc JE pistons, got it all done, put together I adjusted the values, but tunning it was making a load ticking sound from the valves, but it ran decently well.
Then I realized that when I...
Okay guys I could really use some help here. I have a 1980 g series, and about a month ago I decided to do a top end rebuild, ( this is my first ever experience with something like it.) While doing so I decided to get a valve job done, bored out cyclinders, new hoos racing 700 cc JE pistons, and...
Okay guys so super confused here. So if you look at the picture below you can see the master chain link, and also the arrow which is next to the marker that indicates where the master chain should be (when at top dead center, and then the marker is in the middle pointing up) . I know I'm not at...
Hey everybody. So I have been having problems trying to figure out why by bike isn't charging. I made this video ( see link below.) so that I wouldn't have to try and explain everything. Any questions just ask. It's not the best video but it helps explains what's going on. Just copy and paste...
So basically my right exhaust pipe blows smoke. It is not a lot and it has done it since I got it last year. It is just the right exhaust. I have heard that this might be because my right cylinder is loosing compression. I'm not really sure. I'm just wondering what you guys think about it and...
So basically my swing arm is crooked, and it is wrecking one side of my tire. I haven't been able to figure out what the matter is. From what I have looked at I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the bushings, and the bearings. From what I know everything on the swing bar is stock, and it...
hey guys I got my bike running, and everything is great. The only thing is that it is very groggy, and jumpy in the low rpms. In almost every gear. Have any advice? I'm not sure if it is carbs or what but, any advice would be great! Thanks.
Hey guys I'm a little confused about what happened to my coil a few days ago. The right side exhaust in my bike since I got it running has had some backfire, nothing serious, or nothing too worrisome, until a few days ago. I was just pulling into second leaving my house When I heard an extremely...
So I recently finished rewiring my entire bike, kickstart only. She has been running great for the most part, just some problems at idle. So I went a tiny bit bigger on my pilot jets to help with the idle, also I was running a bit lean so I went form 125 main jet to 130. Then to finish the look...
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So I started up my bike a while ago for the first time in about 15 years, she sounds great, and all. I bought some new carbs for her, because I broke my old ones. And now I feel like the settings are off. My right exhaust wasn't firing very well, and when I checked the spark plugs...
Hey guys so I started to sand off all the paint on my tank to repaint it, then low and behold, beneath the paint and a thin layer of possibly epoxy I found hold on the underside of my tank (see picutres.) Im guessing epoxy will fix that right up. But I'd love to hear some cheap ideas to fix...
So I recently bought a 1980xs650g, i love the thing, I've been replacing a lot of things on the bike, mostly the basics, new carbs(broke old ones), oil change/filter, petcock fixed up, etc. I've been having some bad wiring problems with fuses burning out, namely the fuse that leads to the...