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    What have you done to your XS today?

    1986 Kawasaki ZX600JKAZX4A14GA039660 built at the Plant AKASHI JAPAN with a new task to please the biker. bead breaker, centering, lacing and balancing stand, all in one. I used the neck and the half frame of a ZX600, a fork tube of a 1976 KZ750B1, the adjustable depth and height stop from an...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    the spokes were made to order specially for the TX750
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    Its a TX750 rear wheel using for my XS1b project, stainless steel spokes bought at Cognito Moto, wheel look's similar to the XS650/TX650, rim is the same size, but the drum with a bigger diameter, so far as I know! working since weeks on two sets
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    one rear wheel finally finished, new wheel bearings, new stainless steel spokes, balanced, new brake shoes, the axle and chain tensioner cleaned, now a old shiny piece
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    For Sale - New post parts I don’t need

    http://www.nichecycle.com/ncs/categories/brakes/brake-calipers/2g770-yamaha-reproduction-brake-caliper.html can by them new just, thought find them used on a good deal
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    For Sale - New post parts I don’t need

    thanks, but I need a Set 72-74
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    For Sale - New post parts I don’t need

    Right and left front
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    Wanted - set front brake calipers, right left

    looking for a good working set front brake calipers early Type, for a TX650, TX750 front end, thanks
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    For Sale - New post parts I don’t need

    looking for a set front brake calipers early type 72-74, thanks
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    Comment by 'scrapmetal' in media '20201114_150841'

    just saw this, what brand brake caliper is that? thanks
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    Wheels in progress, waiting for the bearings and the other spoke sets, not done with all the wheels, still many hours on sanding, polishing left, Question: after finishing the polishing do you guys recommend to put a clear coat on all the shiny aluminum? not only the rims, hubs, engine cases...
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    XS650 Model Identification/Year/VIN, Workshop Manuals, and Other Information

    new post, just thought about my XS project and all the manuals you can get on the market and all the information you will find here in the forum, may some of you guys want to have a look on it, or some of you know it already. http://www.hjpahl.com/frameset_d_2f.htm the German Classic manual, no...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    I started preparing my 3 sets of original Yamaha TX750 wheels, I ordered new spokes, new brake pads, new wheel bearings and seals, I have already received some parts, the others should arrive here the next few days and weeks. It was not easy to get the spokes for the rear wheels, they are...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    After a long busy summer at work, first week back in my little shop to continue my XS1 project, ordered the spokes for the TX750 wheels already, And the BEST: I stopped earlier today at my mailbox and was able to pick up the Christmas present that I had given to myself, the long-awaited XS...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    June 13, 2020 the final design is there and I'm happy with the results, OK- still doing the rougher work, fork brace, front fender etc. but now after a 3 moth break from work, I'm back in my job again which means of course, less time for my little, beloved project, I know it will probably take a...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    working on seat, taillight/ brake/ signal lights, battery/ electro box plus side covers with the recess for the pods, the tail light with the blinkers is he same I had on my CB750 back in 1978!
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    The basic concept is now in place: The basis is a Yamaha XS1b 1971, the frame and the engine have been taken from the original motorcycle that I bought here in Nova Scotia in 2009 in scrap condition. The engine was seized, cleaned by me, disassembled and drilled to a large extent by a local...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    another big step on my XS1b project bike, picked up my parts from the machine shop, first size overbore with the original Yamaha pistons 256-11635-02 -00 and rings 256-11610-10-00 and a valve job with new seals
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    Tell you the truth Guys, I'm working on my XS1b project bike and the same time on two KZ 750B1 (1976), at first further ahead with the Kawas, now ketch up with the Yamaha, My favor is definitive the XS with the best looking twin motor ever, another reason is; try to get header or a full...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    you guys know this engines and frames too, there is the tail coming from, any ideas? Cheers
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