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SOLD ON EBAY ON 4/15 FOR $2,200

Thanks to everyone who responded to my ad, but Doncon made me an offer that I couldn't refuse -- he delivered me a nice fender in person! Here's a photo of us today, "talking XS650s" with my bike in St. Joseph, Missouri.

I think I can make any year work. Isn't the only real difference the tail light holes?

I'll give you $25 for the chrome fender, plus $15 shipping to Missouri.

I will pay $25 plus $15 shipping for a nice rear fender. Post pics if you have one for sale. I will pay via PayPal.

Finally got the dimmer switch working! So, for the other two guys on this planet who own TX650s: The $26 EBay DT endure switch is a fully acceptable replacement for the original TX switch. Thanks, everybody who weighed in, with your ideas and help!

After many hours of anguish and much gnashing of teeth, I gave up on getting the dimmer switch operational (for now). I never ride at night anyhow . . . But overall, I rate the "$26 EBay Aftermarket DT Switch Experiment" a success.

The DT100/175/250/400 switch from EBay arrived, and I was impressed -- it's a high-quality reproduction, especially for $26: http://www.ebay.com/itm/311669296561?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT The only problem: The new switch has a lot more wires coming out of it...

Thanks. I bought a new, aftermarket DT100 switch on EBay for $26. Looks identical; I'll let you know if it works!

OK, here's a question for you experts: My '73 TX650 came with a left handlebar switch with two light switches -- on/off and low/high. Is this the original switch? I'm having difficulty findng an affordable replacement for that configuration, but I see a lot of similar switches -- ones with no...

See my previous post -- configuration of brake linkage was way out of whack. Easy fix, thanks to input from XS 650 Forum experts!

Final Report: Took a test ride today -- problem fixed. The old 650 once again is a joy to ride.

No mark on my pedal. Or grease zerk for that matter. Good idea, though.

Well, guys, I took a look at my brake linkage configuration today, and as many of you suspected, it was WAY out of whack. The arm on the brake pedal shaft was almost horizontal. When I moved it back to vertical, I had to rotate the brake pedal several splines on the shaft to get it back in the...

All I have is a Clymer, and it doesn't have any info/photos at all on the brake pedal & linkage. Yamaha parts diagram for '73 shows the arm straight up . . .

Thanks, everyone. I suspect the position of that arm in the brake pedal linkage, because of recent trouble with installing a missing tension spring there. I'll check it -- and the swingarm bushings -- and report my findings when I get a chance.

Nut is tight, and chain tension is just right . . .

I have a mystery for you XS650 experts to solve . . . When the rear suspension of my '73 TX650 is under load, the rear brake begins to actuate by itself. I notice it mostly at the bottoms of steep hills at highway speeds (I live/ride in a hilly area) -- when I reach the bottom of the hill --...

Holy s**t! You bolted them up, heated them up, and then twisted them all the way from outside the bottom frame tubes to underneath the engine? I assumed that you repositioned them under the engine first, then bent them down . . .

Nice bike. But I don't think my '73 headers are the same as yours. Did you bend them while they were still on the bike? Wouldn't that mess up the copper "crushable" gaskets at top?