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I wanted to thank all of those that helped me from the Forum. You got me through my first full engine rebuild and everything worked out great. Could not have been successful without this site.

Excellent keep it comin'

Yeah unlike other older metric bikes parts are plentiful for these. I managed to get an entire used engine that someone tried to rebuild and the head, cam, rockers, and valves were all great so I'm good to go. I may do a build thread as I go... we'll see.

Surprisingly not much, I couldn't see any metal but there was a bunch of cam chain guide bits every where. For the amount of damage and heat the top end took the bottom and jugs were just fine. It's an awfully impressive engine

Other than the taller 5th gear from mikes xs I am considering I have all the parts, gaskets and seals I need. The engine was very low mileage. I wrecked the cam rockers and valves so I pulled it apart to make sure all the metal was cleaned out and the bottom end was okay.

xjwmx Yes this is true and understand this is opinion only sometimes based on experience and weigh every response . I am also relying on information from Hans J. Pahl's book as well as Hugh from Hugh's Handbuilt postings all over the internet and tend to trust them. Also I am fortunate enough...

Thank You kshansen and motorkike... this is all great info, I did remove the head in sequence and have kept my hardware in order even though I may go with new. I am being overly cautious and vigilant because this will be the first time I've been this far into a motorcycle engine and am a bit...

OCD... maybe a little ;). Thank you for the response and that is good news. I have a new tube of Hondabond which I am sure will work as the yamalube would. Thanks again gggGary!

Hi there, I've had to split my cases due to a stupid mistake I made while building my XS. See here http://www.xs650.com/threads/i-am-dumb-drunk-ass-wrecks-cherry-xs.47909/#post-482468. Anyway, While I was on this very site looking for the picture that outlines the case bolts and sequence to...

thank you 5twins further supporting grizld1 s response. It's very good news for me and it seems I've got off too easy on this one with this fairly clean tx engine right here in town, it's actually a flat tracker buddy of mines and doesn't have a title ( A common issue here). schlakeandbake30...

Thanks for the information fredintoon but with the information grizld! gave me I am going to look at the TX I have a line on. It's in my town and I can scoop the engine for next to nothing. I was just concerned about whether the tx head was the same.

Great, thanks for the advice xjwmx. I have checked ebay and found plenty of parts but never considered the classifieds here or Yamaha themselves. Thanks again.

Thank you for the reply Twomanyxs1bs . Yeah I'm thinking a used head is the way to go hopefully I find out I can use that tx head. I will definitely check the bottom end pistons and wall. I was concerned about the Mike's stuff and Punkskalar has helped me in the past with a troublesome PMA and...

Alright so here's the deal and I need some opinions on where to go from here. I have an '80 650 special with real low miles in terrific condition. I rode it all over the previous summer and needed to some upgrades. Building my xs last winter while I had the engine out to replace some leaky seals...

Hey Oddjob Shuswap here... looks like a great place to start, should make a cool ride. Welcome!

Hi FJZR04 thank you... yes I will be looking to change out the front end and swingarm so I can run disc brake spokes. The mags are holding out it's more about the limited choice of dual purpose tire for the 16'

Hey Thanks bergoff I appreciate the comment.

Haha awesome... Thanks again for the help on this!

fredintoon... haha I checked the wiring sooo many times because Mr. Stupid works on my bike too. I have a new xs direct harness but my intention is to chop it and simplify as I question the quality of it. Now that I`ve learned the PMA is not a pamco product I`m concerned but I`ll spend some...