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@5twins I will go ahead and continue to monitor the issue. I'd like to believe that its being caused over the many years the bike has sat not turned on. I'm going to try and get some longer rides in and notice if the smoke dissipates or continues or worsens all together. @thuban I should be...

@TheMonkey I've played with the idle screw while riding and that seemed to fix it. Been on a couple rides since and that problem can be fixed by playing with the screw. @thuban this is my plug from the left side (right side is also identical) which has me thinking I'm running rich instead of...

@thuban engine drives and sounds normal.. no bogging.. no knocking... like stated drove normally until I got home and left it on for a bit.. white smoke mainly from right exhaust but also left, some smoke from headers too.. engine running too hot? No noticeable leaks after driving as well. After...

@thuban the bike was a barn find and hadn't been running for several years. When I came in possession of the bike it wasn't running. I did all the basic maintenance and wake up the bike needed to get it running and started. There is an aftermarket exhaust on the bike. I do not own a compression...

@DogBunny I just got back from a ride. Driving fine. Got back home and let the bike sit a bit. Revs started to climb. I played with the screw and turned it CCW and lowered the revs so that's great. However, the pipes are still smoking and again predominately from the left side. The smoke is...

@DogBunny If you don't mind explaining where exactly the screw is, and since it shoots up once warm I should be turning CCW and adjusting while the engine is warm correct?

Hey! So today I took out my 83 XS650 and rode fine until about 10 mins into the ride. The startup and ride was fine. When I came to a stop, my idle in neutral started to climb by itself to about 3000rpm and wouldn't come down unless I bogged it by pulling in the clutch. For the rest of the ride...

@lakeview Quebec! Hello Ontarian :-)

@5twins It worked, thank you so much. Haven't gone for a ride yet but putting into first doesn't stall the bike and it doesn't seem like it will die keeping clutch held in. You're awesome

Hello! First time poster here in need of some help. 1983 Yamaha XS650 Bike was running fine until this morning when I tried from neutral to put into gear the bike stalls and jerks forward. I tried another posters advice where they said to "Put the front wheel against an immoveable object...