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This spark plug has maybe 200 miles of riding on it. It's from the left cylinder which has started missing pretty bad lately. If I put my hand behind that exhaust I can feel it firing maybe 2/3 of the time. The plug looks kind of oily, but it isn't. That black stuff is really hard, I can't even...

Hey guys, remember me? Been a while hu. Well, I'm working on a few new idea's and I thought I'd come here for some advice. These aren't XS specific questions, but eh there's more than XS's holding us together... we all love motorcycles. I'm trying to get a general idea of how much used...

Hey I've got some questions for all you Aussies out there — In two weeks I'll be flying down to Australia where I'll be spending the next serval months living and working. Here's what I'm thinking - What better way to see your beautiful country than by motorcycle! So, how's the market...

It's been three weeks since my bikes ran, and I'm getting sick and tired of it. Background, here's tons of info about my build. The summery's in the signature - 1981 XS650H, Boyer ignition, Banshee Alternator, kick-only, all custom wiring. In June I took the bike on a 1000 mile road trip...

Hey everybody, I'm getting started on a new project soon. It's a bike for a girl, she likes the idea of having something like a little cafe racer, like this: I'm working on compiling a list of bike that are: Four Stroke, Less than 250cc, 1960-1985. Here's what I have so far: Honda CB50...

Hey guys it's me again, it's been a while, but I'm finally back at it. It's time to fix me stupid fender. It's a 6.5" trailer fender that I chopped down and drilled some holes in, I don't really mind how it ended up looking. The problem is that over the course of a few weeks of riding (last...

I've done a simplified rewire on my XS. At some point (probably when it starts raining here in Portland) I want to do a better job running the wires. Right now I just have my wiring loom black taped together. I'd like to get things looking for like this - Anybody know where you can...

I got a new tank I'm doing some work on. I'm not sure what year or model it's from, but it's only got one badge (see attached). I went to junk yard and found about a dozen badges like these. But none like the type I'm looking for. Attached is a photo of the one I have. Also, I did find...

Anybody know where to get turn signals similar to these? They're sweet looking right!? Well those ones are made or at least sold by Wrenchmonkee, and they cost 67 euros for a pair which after shipping would be $220 for 4 blinkers :eek: So, where can I get something similar for less money...

I've been making my way through Curly's troubleshooting guide trying to figure out why my battery keeps dying. When the bikes idling or revving, I never get any voltage going back to the battery, it just sits around 12 volts. Step 1. Battery is charged. Step 2. No magnetic field...

Well guys, I've finally done it! I went for my first ride this weekend. Back in March I signed up for an account here after buying a couple box of XS parts, a chopped frame and a torn apart motor. Since then you guys have been here to answer questions and offer support anytime I needed it, I...

Sorry about the dark video, but you should be able to see what I'm doing. Did I get the gist of it? Btw, that's an 81, I've replaced the old valves with stainless steel ones from Mike's (everyone's sold out of the non stainless).

This is the next chapter of an on going saga titled "You Will Never Enjoy Owning a Motorcycle"...you can read the previous chapters here, here and here. Basically the bikes never ran for longer than 10 seconds, and most recently wouldn't do anything at all. So the last thing I did was get a...

Hey guys, im going to look at a 76 xs360 tommrrow. Don't know anything about them, but the guy says it runs and he's only asking $100 for it. Oh and if doesn't have a title. Are the 360's basically the same as a 400 in terms of replacement parts? Any thoughts on these bikes? I'm just...

Hey guys, So I've rebuilt, rewired, and reassembled this 81 650H over the past three months. I can get it to fire up, but it won't stay running. Back story - I bought the bike in pieces from a guy who was running chopped straight pipes and basically wire mesh as carb filters. Here's more...

Hey guys, I'm about to do a full rewire on my 81 XS650H, this being my first wiring job (an first bike build) I thought I'd have all you geniuses check it over. PDF link to download if you'd like to see it bigger. Any changes I should make? Anything that might explode if I hook it...

I bought a terribly chopped XS and have been trying to restore it back into a respectable ride (this has been my inspiration). Turns out in my fit of fabrication I've made the rear loop on the frame either a couple inches too short or a couple inches too low. It looks nice, and I've already...

I have a 81 650H running a boyer blue box (Micro-Digital Ignition System - kit 00103), I bought this bike with the blue box, so I'm back tracking a bit here. The terminal between my spark plug wire and the Gill ignition coil has broken off (see photo below). Where can i order new copper...

They call it a - 2:1 Speedometer with Tach for 1981-1990 Harley FX-FL Big Twin It's 2:1 ratio, so that should be fine, but I'm not sure about the drive cables. Any harley guys care to comment? I don't mind fabbing up mounts for it, but anything beyond that might be too much of a hassel...

Over the past few days I completely reassembled the top end of my engine, honed the cylinders, installed new rings, gaskets, valve stem seals, new cam chain tensioner, cleaned everything out, etc... (read about it here if you like.) I've never even seen this engine in one piece let alone...