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There are some really great articles and how to's on here, but you know what might be helpful? Parts lists. Kinda how a recipe lists it's ingredients first before the directions. Example: I've got to change my cam chain guide. I'll need: 1. Cam chain guide 2. Gaskets or whatever else...

So... 81. Bored 1 over. Stock everything. I was one up on the pilot jet. It had been wrecked. Put it back together. It Ran great for 4 or 5 years, but the exhaust was cracked and at some point that changed into an exhaust leak. I bought Mikes Commando system. After that it was really...

So... my bike motor needed some work. With no money in the budget, I decided to throw in a spare motor I had. I didn't know anything about it, except someone wasn't such a good painter. Valves were gapped correctly and still are. I went on a test ride and things were going great, until I...

So, I had some things go wrong with my motor and I plan to redo it this winter, but I had a extra motor around, so I thought I'd try to swap it in. I changed over the rotor and stator, plugged it all in and gave it a shot. No spark. So I went through and search the diagnostic threads and went...

So... I have an 81. It runs great, but the cam chain tensioner guide appears to be going bad... as there are little black plastic pieces in my oil screen. I have no money in the motorcycle fund currently. So... I have an extra motor that I wanted to use for a chopper project (that will...

Oh man. The new SCR950 looks pretty great. Except one thing... the shock mounts. Why didn't they move the shock mounts? I love the tank. Posted via Mobile

So, I generally believe my bikes runs on 40% Mechanical stuff, 40% Electrical stuff, and 20% magical stuff. Here is some background... It has always had a quirk where the horn won't work below 4k rpms. I've always assumed the problem with that fell under the magic part, which I can't do...

So, I've been putting this question off for a couple of months. It has to be something so simple. I can't get my side covers on. Yes, the plastic parts that say Special and cover the air box. I can get the top two on, but when I go for the bottom peg, the front top pops off. I can get the...

I've been searching around and it doesn't seem like anyone is having this problem. So I have an 81 xs650 Special. I took it to a shop to have a new tire a Shinko 777 130/90 - 16 and got it on. At the same time I had a new chain. The shop calls me and said they had a problem, but it is...

Ok... I'm just putting a new one in and it's been quite a while since I took the old one out... and it wasn't complete. My manual isn't really clear either... so, does anyone know of a couple of pics where things run for a stock wiring harness? I'm sure it'll be fine no matter where I put it...

A while back I realized I just wanted to ride, so I decided to have the shop rebuild my motor to save time. Well... that was about a year and a half ago when I dropped it off, but I got it back last week and I'm moving forward. The guys told me, upon picking it up, that I was missing parts...

So my bike had been dropped at some point... then it sat. It's got some sentimental value to it so I'm putting it back. The forks look straight. They compress and decompress without sticking. The thing is the front wheel doesn't seem to go straight. It looks like it's off by 10 or 15...

I am hoping to find some inexpensive rear suspension upgrade shocks... so I've been looking around. I didn't see a previous thread asking: Is there a list somewhere of what length shocks bikes have? I'd like to find some cheap ones that are about 13.5. I was kind of looking at the...

Yeah, I'll be ok if I can't find one, but I figure there enough guys out there chopping, bobbing, cafeing these bikes out there... I'm sure someone has a stock seat just laying around. As you can see in the title... I'm kinda broke.

So... I've read some of the other posts, but it doesn't seem to be working out like I thought. I had some bent forks on my xs650 and many other broken parts. A 73 tx750 came up for sale for cheap and I went ahead and bought it. I thought I could use the forks and also do the swing arm...

So I made an order on 3/15 and got my order confirmation right away. I waited, then I got an email on 3/24 from UPS saying the shipment info has been sent to UPS, but the physical package may or may not have been sent. Then on 3/28 I got an email with my receipt from Mike's xs and a note...

Sorry if this is a repost. I did a search and didn't find anything quite the same. To save you time, I'll post the question first, then the back story. Basically... I need to replace the front end (among other things). Forks for sure, but it may be better just to find a front end. I've...