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Ok y'all, this issue has been getting worse, and I have tried all I can think of so I'm looking for some help or ideas into why this damn thing is running so poorly. Specs: 1979 XS650 BS 38 carbs PMA Pamco Simplified wiring harness with blade fuses Problem: Video link here - Sorry for...

Ok guys, just riding down the street like normal my 79xs650 has been running perfect then out of nowhere got this really weird pop noise at about 25 seconds in the video. It ran fine afterwards but I have no clue what it is. Now lately (week or 2 later) I've been getting bogging down off idle...

She is done! Now she inst perfect show room quality by any means but its hand made and I love her. Pamco, PMA, simplified wiring harness, clip-ons, handmade seat, exhaust wrapped, and painted. I think Ill throw some fork gaiters on there when I do the fork seals sometime soon. I might throw...

Soooo.... Read up on quite a few threads before deciding to chuck my old wiring harness and build my own. So far its been great, however I cant get my damn blinkers to flash! They are LED and I have the proper 552, 2 pronged style flasher, which worked before and now for some reason it wont...

I have seen a lot of painted cases out there and was thinking about doing it myself, but I remembered I read somewhere back in another forum that painting cooling fins on an air cooled motor will adversely affect the ability of the engine to shed heat. I'm no rocket scientist :shrug:, and...

Hey everyone what's the consensus on swapping the old 2 vacuume style petcocks on a 79 to a single manual style?

So I left to visit family for 3 days, it got really cold here (I store the bike in my garage that is insulated but still it was -15ish) and I came back to start up the bike just to have her run for a while an not have parts freeze up. Then I discovered a leak, took off left side cover and...

Saying hey and asking for advice. Hey everyone I'm new here and just picked up a 79xs650 today. Took to a local shop and had them clean out and adjust carbs, along with a few other things before I rode it back home (3+hrs away) or I would have tried myself. Anyway I have a weird problem, around...