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I was going to play with my SR but decided to finish bolting on some parts that I hadnt done since I last played with her and got carried away. Finally got a complete gauge set connected in, replaced and gapped the tappets as they had nice flat spots, replaced both fork legs dust caps, found...

Well just an update. Well I did a couple of laps to warm the bike up to do an oil change and the regulator decided to reject a capacitor and blow it out the back of its body. In doing this, I later found out that it had blown a resistor in the ignition module (Mikes xs/pamco) so with the help...

I actually used one of your documents to do so - Single pull, linked carbies, dual choke, 5 hole intake horn. So thank you again As for the carby kits, I do know some of the quality of them arnt the best, but have found they come with the gaskets, springs, orings, some of which is impossible...

Thanks again. Well I definitely have the pre-77 slides, just to keep things uniform :banghead: Might be cheaper, easier and quicker to bow to peer pressure and get a pair of new mikunis.... Now Im starting to get really curious as to what lead someone to make such a frankenstein set of...

Thanks 5twins. You dont happen to have a reference for the slides? I just went and had a look at one and couldnt see any identifying marks. I had checked the plugs and they were showing it was running rich.... Cheers Shane

Hi guys, So I have a 74tx650a , that is running (never tested out how well) and hasnt been registered for a while (I know it was registered by the 3rd owner before me). So I thought I would give the carbys a birthday (float gaskets were leaking). So far they havent been too bad but as its got...

Thanks for the info 650Skull - The dash I do have is a 76xsc one, but the front lense/cover is missing. I was actually wondering if the forks had been rotated but didnt really have any thing to back it up. The yamaha badge on the brake caliper is sitting at a wierd angle (parallel to the for...

OzBoy - WA is small but I have some real good dealings with people in Perth (fyi im in Bunbury), and so far country wide is the same. Great community , and then you have places like this which is just as awesome. Machine - thanks but its an illusion thats to my parents house. Its actually a...

Gday people Im Shane from WA in Australia. Been browsing the website for a bit since I decided I wanted an XS. A mate has a couple in pieces but its impossible to pry them from his hands. Finally found what seemed a decent buy. 1974 XS650. Running and neat but needing some work for rego...