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Hi, I'm in the midst of a top end rebuild and after assembling the cylinder I've noticed the tensioner arm is binding on the inside of the cylinder. I'm able to push it into position but its sticking. It's a new tensioner arm and I removed the brace at it's base to fit it in over a continuous...

Hi Everyone, Over the last few months I've researched and built a small paint booth in my backyard so I just wanted to post a quick explanation of how I did it. In my pursuit to learn to restore a motorcycle I've decided that I wanted to perform all aspects of the restoration myself, including...

I volunteered at the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Groups booth at the Toronto Motorcycle show this weekend. These are the bikes they had on display.

Morning, I need to order some tires and i'm having difficulty figuring out my rear rim size? I searched the archives and assumed I had 4.00H18-4PR - 110/90-18. but on further digging I noticed that some people mentioned a 16 inch - 130/90-16? My bike is a 77-78 I read in a post that In 78...

Hi There! I've just recently purchased a 1978 XS650 parts bike, as well as a 1978 frame with a wassell gas tank, rear fender with sissy and a set of Panzer handle bars. I also purchased a 1976 "rebuilt" engine. I'm very excited to have found this forum as this will be my first bike build and i'm...

Hi There, I just finished tearing down a 1978 XS650 for parts. The frame has no Ownership/Title, i'm just curious if this has no value due to this fact? i'm guessing that I can't use it on a future build? Also, I'm in the Toronto Ontario area, would anyone want it? Thanks, Marc.