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Hey all. I was just wondering if the hughs handbuilt pma and electronic ignition would be a good choice compared to the vape ignition and pma kit. What are your thoughts? Also cutting and re welding the camshaft or grinding and rewelding them up. Opinions? Also, no offence to Hugh. Im just...

Hello. I had just done a top end rebuild to replace a bad cam chain tensioner and now i have oil leaking from the mating surface of the head and jugs. I have torqued everything down to spec 3 separate times with all new washers and cant get it to go away. Any idea why this is happening and if I...

I have a 78 650 special with mikes commando exhaust, uni foam filters, and VM 34s. When riding it will take a good bit of throttle to get up to about 3000 rpm and then after that it takes off. Would one of those torque inserts be what i need? It also has trouble getting past 5000 rpm any ideas?

I had to rebuild my motor because the cam chain tensioner delaminated. Before that though it was running pretty good. Tear the motor apart. Honed cylinders, replaced gaskets, and of course cam chain tensioner. Reset valve clearance and checked timing and cam chain tension. Everything there is...

Since pamco pete is no longer in the game, i was wondering if anybody else.knows how/where to get an ignition that would work with a 277 rephase

Has anybody used the universal wiring harness from mikesxs? Its looking good for a winter project and id like to keep it neat and lose what i can but i want to know what all would still be working as well as how good it was. Would like to keep basic functions like lights and starter.

Im looking to replace a broken ignition switch with oem or close looking to oem on my 1978 xs650 special but am having trouble finding ones that would fit in the original location. I dont want to relocate it as i like the spot it sits it. Anybody know of a model that fits?

I have a 1978 xs650 special with stock pipes and uni pods. Does anybody have a similar setup around st louis that would be able to tell me what jets they are using? Would like to get a good baseline before i go crazy ordering jets.

Was wondering it i could swap out my 2 vacuum operated petcocks for 1 non vacuum type as ive heard the tcbros carbs dont fit well with them. Any suggestions?

Was wanting to take the emblems off to buff the tank and was wanting to know how to without breaking them. Thanks

I was wanting to replace my exhaust since its starting to rust through. Was wondering which one would flow the best as i would like to get some more power out of the bike. Plan on redoing the jets and putting som foamies on with it

Ive been trying to find a jet kit for my bar I carbs so i could try a bunch of different jets to get my bike running right. Its very rich at the moment and i dont want to pay 10 bucks for every single jet id like to test