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Gents, thought I'd post this Rawhide ebay store auction here. I bought my 1980 XS650SG from these people in fall of 2018. Was a gem. This bike looks real clean, price seems good too. Like this one, my carbs leaked bad. Was float bowls float valve mung and drool causing leak. Looks like this XS...

I bought a Yamaha brake caliper seal kit from PartZilla. In the kit is a small plastic sealed bag with what looks like lube of some sort. Anyone know what this is for? Normal practice is to wet all parts with brake fluid for assembly. BTW, I wound up having to order a new piston as the old one...

I'm inclined to buy fork seals & wipers from Partzilla as they are Yamaha sourced parts. MikesXS has these parts also. I'm asking for opinions or experience using Mikes seals vs Partzilla Yamaha seals. Thanks in advance. Pat

Gents, I apologize for not introducing myself when I joined this excellent forum. I began by asking questions and looking to advice. These where answered pronto, I'm grateful for that Sirs! This forum, XS650.com, is a Godsend for information and the passion folks have for this motorcycle. Pretty...

Subject: 1980 XS650SG Parts: MikesXS; sump oil filter, sump gasket, main oil filter (the smaller one on side), gaskets for the main filter. What I experienced: As I've read here, the sump oil filter had a hole where a jet of flowing oil impinges the filter. I've seen a thread here where a crafty...