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My hands are covered with chain lube and I have a huge smile on my face!!! I have a 1979 canadian edition xs650 special that for some strange reason comes with a 36 tooth rear sprocket. I installed a 31 tooth and went riding, ha! what a difference, cruising 60-65 mph effortlessly out of the...

Bike not running right. I cleaned the carbs and re-assembled. Right side fine, left side has a miss. I spent the day riding and adjusting my mixture screws but Right side fine and left side no matter where I put the screw no change??? I read the tech pages carb section ( all of it this time) and...

1979 650 special bs38 carbs all stock. I rebuilt my carbs according to videos and tech pages on this site, did all the tests and thought I had them, now bike starts great, idles good and revving from idle revs come down fine but when I'm riding down the road and pull in the clutch to shift the...

My 79 xs650 special was running like crap this year, so I ordered re-build kits for my BS38 carbs. I went on you tube and followed 3 videos by John Cooper and my bike is running better than ever, for some reason my floats were at 28mm's and my butterflys were out of line. I used his flashlight...

1979 xs650 special. right side running very rich and gas dripping from right side air filter, probably no simple answer but I can always hope, bike is all original starts good and runs good. I purchased two carb rebuild kits, anything specific I should be looking for. Vacuum petcocks are working...

I am looking at purchasing a newer fuel injected t100 bonneville. I have looked at 5 or 6 so far all with similar mileage, approx. 5 to 10 thousand miles, some have lots of blueing on the head pipes, some have a little and 1 has no blueing at all? why the big difference, the one with no blueing...

1979 xs650 special all stock. when cold bike is hard to start. I push the choke lever down and no difference, even when I get it started with the choke on it does not fast idle? I remember seeing a picture in a post of a small port in the carb that is for the choke circuit. I will remove the...

Hey! happy winter,lol. I own an all original 79 xs650 special, I ride it occasionally and it runs great just difficult to start sometimes, lots of cranking fires (once) right away then lots of cranking to fire again.. I would like to rebuild my carbs this winter but have read here that some...

I have a 1979 XS650 Special, all original and really nice shape!, everything original, when I let the bike sit for a week it is very hard to get going, lots of cranking with no firing, once it fires it will idle and run great all day, start and stop, idle and run fine. What do you think!!!

Not my bike, with the strong american dollar this could be a great purchase for someone, go to kijiji.ca and search motorcycles in Ontario, type in xs650 and a few will come up, scroll down and a 1975 black and gold bike with 2000 miles on it in Owen Sound is perfect and truly a museum piece...

I recently posted about loud ticking on start-up on my 1979 xs650 special. I picked-up the bike this winter and someone who I thought new these engines tuned it and got it running for me. I checked the cam chain adjuster today and the pin was in approx. 1/8 of an inch so I adjusted it flush. I...

Hey! I picked-up a 1979 650 special this winter from the original owner with 10,350 km's on it, he stored it (properly) for 35 years in his garage and it is in really good condition, over the winter I polished the whole bike, new tires, changed all fluids, cleaned the carbs, replaced both oil...

I am restoring a near perfect bike to ride on vintage days and shows and I need a pair of original chrome mirrors, thanks Sam.