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It was a bad weekend for the XS.. I burnt up my headlight fuse Friday night, which trashed the fuse block itself. My batteryless setup seems to be the culprit for that, so it is what it is. After getting that all squared away, I took it for a spin. Noticed a real strange vibration on...

For those of you who are into traditional hotrods, motorcycles and guitars, there is a cool show with a film fest this Saturday at the five flags center in Dubuque. Its always a great time and an even better way to break a spell of the winter blues. I'll be out showing my '77 XS so come out and...

Hey guys, So I snapped a throttle cable two weeks ago. I ordered what I believed to be the correct cable from mikesxs... The cable housing length was slightly shorter than what was on the bike but it seemed useable, except that the the length of the cable was too short, thus not allowing the...

Hey guys, So I went out for a ride last night, the bike started second kick and ran fine. I made it about ten miles from home, made a left turn, got on it and the bike just flat out died after I shifted into 3rd. I pulled over to the side of the road and kicked and kicked and kicked but it...

Hey guys, So I did some searching, seems like a lot of mixed reviews on velocity stacks. My bike currently has BS38s and high flow pod filters on it and it's been jetted accordingly. I've had to do some tweaking to get it running right but it seems to be really happy right now. I got a little...

Hey all, Been browsing these boards for a little while now, decided to register for a little advice and general chit chat. Picked up my first XS in February, its a very cleanly chopped and bobbed '77 and so far I am in love with it. I've gotten more looks in the month or so I've been riding...