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Hi folks, I finally found a front wheel for XS with a drum brake, yippee!!! So, it just arrived, and I had the (unpleasant) surprise to find it chromed. I'm planning to redo the rim (maybe in 16", but considering the debates we had on this topic here, I'll avoid rekindling the debate...) and...

Hi lads, The intention there is more to put my head on a warm shoulder... I closed the gearbox after a deep clean of any part, change of the seals and the bearings, everything seemed fine, but when closed, the gears are not willing to pass smoothly... I have absolutely no clue of where it...

Hi lads, A quite tough question ! I bought a gasket oring kit and the oil seal behind the rotor is thicker in this kit (25/40/7) than the one I took out of the engine (25/40/5) My xs special is from 79. Do you know if there is an adverse effect in putting the thicker one ? Is it an...

Hi folks, I think I ordered the wrong version of intake manifoilds... The bike is a special from 1979 (european version I assume) Looking at the identification post, I might have a bs38 ? Even though my fuel intake is located outside on each one with no center pipe, and that the choke is a...

Hi lads, As I read you and your precisous advices without having introduced me, here are few words to present my project I bought an xs special (79) 12 years ago with the intention to turn it into an hard frame bobber. It spent those years in boxes in a corner of of my garage and now the...