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    Valve bounce, maybe? stuffed two valves!

    Went out for a spin on Sunday, and what a bad one it was, on the way back home about a mile from home when the engine started rattling big time and lost a cylinder, limped home and could hear it was the left side i thought the motor was toast, only done about about 300 miles since rebuild, off...
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    Why are our clutches so troublesome, a theory.

    I am on my second XS650 and have the same clutch woes as on my first, dragging and almost impossible to get into neutral while standing still, it's all fairly well on start up but when warm it's a pain, i have replaced everything except the mushroom and basket, the basket is as good as new so...
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    For Sale - 79 special for sale. UK

    I am moving house and don't want to take the bike so i am selling it. Its a 79 special with lots spent on it. frame and swing arm painted. new bearings in frame and swing arm wheel bearings and seals replacement forks and rear shocks replacement seat grab rail new wiring harness new handlebar...
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    What does this sticker mean.

    I recently bought a xs750 front fender for my 650 as decent used ones are rare over here, and as they are pretty much the same i went for it, still it's come from the US California, but what does the sticker mean, it has a 1975 date on it but we know the 750 did not go into production until 76.
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    Can you help identify these carbs please

    i would like to know what model carbs these are there are no numbers on them only Mikuni stamped on the top covers, they have the pilot adjusting screw on the side, the bike is a 79 stateside special, the carb boots have the vacuum take off for the taps, i am wanting to get new intake boots with...
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    light's front and rear not working, HELP!

    I have a stateside 79 2f, I have replace the harness and the handlebar controls with new ones from Mikes XS, but the front and rear lights don't work, The bike runs, I have a new pma and getting 14.5 volts at the battery. Horn, signals, stop light, and neutral light work fine. There is power...
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    How far is too far

    Should not need to be taken to the lounge, moderators or admin should block the offender but yet it continues, banter is one thing abuse is another, my last ever post on this site.
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    Bit of a tidy up.

    Got my Xs special about a year ago it was imported from the states, although it looked tidy there have been some serious cock-up's done to it by what can only be described as a serial retard, harness hacked to pieces sockets welded into the fork tops seals in upside down condensers welded to the...
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    Alternator testing

    I set up my 79xs650 alternator in my lathe today as I was not getting voltage at the brushes, so I put the rotor on a mandrell and set up a jig on the tool post for the stator housing wired up to a battery then started the lathe which was running at about 900 rpm, I then tested the ac voltage...
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    new exhaust

    Put a new stainless Delkevic 2 into 1 on last week and on Sunday took it for a sixty mile blast, the ole gurl run lovely and not too noisy also done a plug chop when I got back and the plugs were a good colour. here she is just after we got back home.
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    treated the bike to some new bits,

    Just treated my 79 xs to a new exhaust system made by delkevic 2 into one, a set of tapered rollers for the headstock and needle rollers for the swing arm cortesy of all balls, ouch almost $500 :yikes:, but I am going to give the old girl a little bit of a fettle over winter, and as I don't...
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    Botched fork legs.

    When I bought my stateside xs650 all looked well, but on arrival home a closer inspection took place and a few bits needed doing, I also noticed the tops of the fork legs had upside down sockets welded in them, I bought some more forks and fitted them on Sunday, Monday I thought I would...
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    For Sale - xs650 seat U.K only

    Hi I have for sale a 650 seat it was on my special but is not off a special it's off of a roadster, I have no idea which year, it will come with catch it has a solid base with surface rust, the cover has a few splits appearing but is still usable £40.00 posted.
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    can cam chain guide be done without removing cam

    Hi guys, does anyone know if the front cam chain guide can be changed without removing camshaft, I do not know if mine needs doing but will be dropping the sump soon and replacing filter with a Heiden one, I will find out then if I need a new guide as there will be rubbish and aluminium in the...
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    front fork lengths

    Hi does anyone know how long the standard forks are on a 1979 xs650f as I am looking for a pair because someone welded in packers in mine :wtf: and now they are fecked up.
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    Newbie

    Hi I am Kevski, and from the south east of the UK around 30miles east of London, I have just bought a 78/79 xs 650F all there with after market exhausts, an earlier seat, its grubby but working engine sounds good, it's come from stateside, but unfortunately some numpty has welded the fork tops...
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