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I recently rebuilt my engine and was having issues with one of the cylinders running rich at idle. I went through everything and finally found what the problem was. The float bowl. I swapped carbs from left to right and the rich condition followed the carb. I then swapped float bowls and the...

I seem to be having issues with a new set of points I bought from Mike's XS. I made sure to set everything in order; cam chain tension, valve adjustment and points. I can get the engine to run, but its very rough, popping/backfiring, wont idle. when I rev it a bit it sounds good. BTW, this is...

I Just reassembled an XS1 engine and there seems to be a lot of slack on the back side of the timing chain. Before I installed the tensioner I was inspecting the chain and when I pushed on it, it moved until it was touching the lower/center chain guide. When I joined the cam chain both ends met...

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and working on my first bike build. I've had a lot of help from all the information other users have posted here, so I thought maybe I could contribute in some way. I also thought it would just be cool to show you what I'm doing. Feel free to offer any words of...