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    timing chain tensioner question

    just checking out my timing chain tensioner and I know that a little movement in and out of the plunger is ok but mine is spinning also, is that normal
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    2019 XS650 Calendar Thread - NOMINATIONS

    Thanks guys, I appreciate the nomination and will accept.
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    oil filter coolers

    Has anyone tried these oil coolers that bolt in place of the oil filter cover and do they help?
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    Jim's 1980 SG Miss September

    Jim, just wonderin, someone once told me chains do not stretch, they wear. If you wear .002 off the pin that goes through the roller on a chain and that chain is 104 links long then the chain would be .208 inches longer, if .004 was worn off each pin the chain would be .416 inches longer, but if...
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    Help bring an old flat track racebike back to life!

    Dave, here is a picture of my latest build the 650 street tracker, and a picture of the Trackmaster Yamaha 250 I built back in 1972 and still race today. Not bragging (maybe a little), I won the class championship in 2012 on this 250. I am in Garden Grove ca. so maybe we can hook up someday and...
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    Help bring an old flat track racebike back to life!

    Beautiful Motorcycle, for me I would just leave it alone and ride it as is. Wish I had one, and welcome to the site. The people her are so knowledgeable and cant wait to help, I know first hand from my latest build.
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    Jim's 1980 SG Miss September

    Perfect, I'll start on them today. They will help on the 197x bike I posted pictures of awhile back. Thanks again.
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    Jim's 1980 SG Miss September

    Hey Jim, if those spacers fit a 79 special I sure could use the dimensions on them, I have the stuff to make them and would like to make them before I take the forks apart. Thanks in advance.
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    Jim's 1980 SG Miss September

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    Just Braggin alittle.

    Thanks 2 Many, your input means a lot to me. You don't know how much you and everyone on this site helped me see my dream. THANKS TO EVERYONE
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    Just Braggin alittle.

    So I went to the Orange County California Vintage MC gathering in Nov. Just thought I would ride over and see what they had there. Parked the XS in the over 30 yo area and was just talking to people awhile. After a couple of adult beverages I had to go to the restroom it ( it sucks not being...
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    Gentlemen, I submit for your approval

    The reason I run 197x is that was my last earned AMA # back in 1974
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    Gentlemen, I submit for your approval

    I had Omars make it for me.
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    Gentlemen, I submit for your approval

    Yes it is a 19" rear wheel. I made all the adaptors.
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    Gentlemen, I submit for your approval

    Thanks Pete, I photographed the whole build and will start a thread with all the details when I get back from the Baja 1000 in 2 weeks. Now if my son in law will just teach me how he uploaded the picture.
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    Gentlemen, I submit for your approval

    Finished product!
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    LED nuetral light question, Hey RSOR

    Thought I had everything worked out on changing my speedometer with LED lights out but not so. I have the backlight working fine and the turn signals working great, (THANKS RSOR) thought I had the neutral light working by just plugging it into the brown wire but it lights up when I turn on the...
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    650 Tracker electrical problem

    Worked just like he said it would, thanks agaian.
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    650 Tracker electrical problem

    Thanks rsor, that makes complete sense. I'll get after that tonight. I knew someone had figured it out.
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