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So I was taking a leisurely evening cruise and everything was going great, at about the 40 mile mark I lost a lot power and my top speed dropped about 40mph... I also noticed there was a lot of smoke coming out of the left exhaust pipe. I limp it home and find oil is leaking out of the air...

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Im about to put in the first tank of fresh gas that this thing has seen in a while and I have no idea what the previous owners ran through it. When I drained the tank after purchasing, the gas was BRIGHT yellow (think highlighter) not sure what that was all about but I decided I can’t go wrong...

Ok, I went to harbor freight and purchased the compression and leak down testers. I haven’t had a chance to do the leak down test but did a couple compression tests on each side, each with the same result. (Didn’t count kicks the first time) These tests were done cold due to me not being able...

I’m going through the “Getting to know your bike checklist” and want to use high quality materials, kind of the universally accepted “can’t go wrong with” part to use. So far this is what I know (or think I know). Oil- Shell Rotella 15w40 And Plugs- NGK 4055 BPR 7EIX Those seem to both come...

Well I finally pulled the trigger on a 1977 XS650. Just over 15k miles on the dial. I paid $1,800 for it, please feel free to tell me how good or bad I did. It doesn’t have any turning signals, front or back, tail light is a $5 eBay piece of junk that burnt out on my way home. Electric...