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    Advice on Cycle Hill or No-MAR Classic tire changers

    Will soon have spiffy freshly-powder-coated wheels for our 2 cafe racer projects. Am thinking about getting one of these tire changers rather than trust the local bike shops. Vintage spoked wheels we work on includes XS650, Suzuki & Honda. Vintage cast wheels we might work on is a mid80s Honda...
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    XS650 clutch lever + mirror question

    My 75 XS650 has a Magura clutch lever + perch. Presumably the PO did this to make it easier to operate the clutch. The perch has an unthreaded hole for mounting a mirror. Would like to mount the stock mirror. Does anyone know of an adapter for the Magura perch?
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    For Sale - 1975 XS650 in southwestern PA

    SOLD: 1975 XS650 in southwestern PA Bought a fairly nice 75 XS650 a few years ago. It ended up in my project queue & I never got to it. More recently I had the opportunity to get a nicer 75 XS650 — that bike is shown in my new member intro & is now sorted...
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    Spokes for MikesXS rims on two cafe racer builds?

    A friend & I are building two cafe racers this winter/spring. Both are Suzuki two strokes and we are planning on using black MikesXS XS650 rims. Friends bike: 1973 GT250 stock wheels: 1.6x18 front & 1.85x18 rear want to upgrade to: 1.85x18 front & 2.15x18 rear Will use stock disk...
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    New member from southwestern PA

    Old enough to remember when Yamaha started selling the XS650. Have been collecting mostly Suzuki two strokes & am a member of that forum (same user name). Recently acquired a nice 1975 XS650. Here is a recent pic from my first ride on the bike:
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