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Selling my xs, i'm broke, can't afford to have a toy, and need to pay for daycare, so I hope some one else can enjoy. photos to come. asking 3500$, or best offer, (going by local historical prices) it's set up for a taller person, (i'm 6'2, 240lbs), and it's quite comfortable for me...

Goodday, I'm trying to diagnose mycharging system, figured out therectifier is shot, but verifying the functioing of the regulator is trickier. What voltage does it send to the rotor when energised, i'mgetting just over 6 volts. Is this right? Thinking of building asolid stateversion, if...

went to start the bike yesterday and it just wouldn't, no fire, so i start tracing the electrical side of it, everything was fine. turns out the spark plugs just wouldn't spark any more. grabbed some crusty old ones out of a parts bike, and it fired right up... i think i'm going to keep a...

I'm offering my services as a designer/engineer (technologist level). you have an idea for a part? need a design that's manufacturable? optimize weight/strength? costing? need it to just look good while still functionable? I have 4+ years experience in product design / R&D, use primarily...

Just throwing this out there, if any one needs CAD and or design work done, i've got plenty more free time suddenly, and am doing part-time design work while i go get my BA in mechanical engineering. i've got 4 years working in product design, and use solidworks. I can take sketch to 3d...

Got the bike running again, gas went bad and clogged the carbs, in a matter of 3 weeks, never saw that before. anyways, figured out the kick-back problem, the advance gets stuck advanced, i'll have to try tighten the springs, also seems to be advancing at about 2200rpm. also bent another...

i had a crazy idea this morning: given all the technical expertise of members, access to designers, fabricators etc, why not make a community-support repository of parts drawings and models which people can use to have parts made as needed, (and in some cases, online rapid-prototyping services...

well, i got the seat affixed to the bike, it's an unknown-year standard seat, side hinge. it's probably not very difficult, but i remember some one asking about fitment. the widths are different and the hinge locations aren't the same, the seat lock won't work either. anyways, i cut the...

anyways, went to start the bike yesterday, after straitening out the kickstart lever, and couldn't get the darn thing to start, usually it'll start after a few good kicks, with just the occasional kick back. would do nothing but kick back, bad enough to bend the kick start lever. (and i have...

i just realized i had accidentally ordered a 130/90-16 Front tire instead of rear. do you think i could get away with it? my dad only noticed after mounting the tire for the second time (he had it backwards the first time). they're bridgestone spitfire S11s...

I figure I might as well contribute my progress reviving the '79 special I bought last fall for 250$. It had been sitting outside for 15 years, has a fair bit of milage, around 59k km, and is in suprisingly good shape... I'll post some pics later, and I don't have many, so I'll substitute a...

i'm pretty sure i'm going to have to go up several sizes in the jets, but i don't feel like getting 5 different ones just to find out i'm still way out. the engine's been bored to 750 (or 780 actually, if you believe wiseco's datasheet), will have xs performance pods and a relatively free...