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That's the guy in Wolverhampton that ripped me off, looks like he is no longer trading, GOOD!!!!!!! He is dishonest and not very competent, he used miss match parts and didn't hone the barrels properly it was a mess.... Bad if he was using the Halco name I hope he got into trouble and got closed...

Your most welcome Sam :-) I think the 47bhp rule is better than it used to be, it was 33bhp when I did my test, pretty much had to restrict everything... You have way more choice at 47bhp without having to restrict now, you have made a good choice with the XS as twins have way more torque than a...

Should also say you loose power through the gearbox and drive chain hence the manufactures "crank" figures are higher than that on a dyno as that is measured at the rear wheel, like even an O-ring chain will loose you power on a dyno, but like I said its not over power even at the crank mate!

No worries man hope you enjoy getting it on the road, unless it is an XS1/XS2 your not being naughty at all as I think the later engines are all below 47bhp even at the crank it was only early motors claimed over 50bhp, truth be told on a dyno you'd be lucky to achieve 40bhp rear wheel on any...

Should point out that the quoted bhp is usually worked out at the crank not rear wheel, also I think Hieden tuning's dyno is a touch optimistic as I have had mine on a dyno twice, as a 650 with pods and open pipes and not very well set BS34's I was about 38bhp at the rear wheel. As an 840 with...

Ha I went out on mine the other day and the clutch center nut came loose causing me to have no clutch, thankfully I was not far from home and clutchless changed all the way.... locktight and correct torque so hopefully that won't happen again..... F'ing thing lol.... Was going to do some...

I dunno that I am brave enough to race again this year, need to get a better crank done, its starting to rattle again, think its next month next meeting, I will check, if I don't race I quite fancy going to watch, good day out and everyone is friendly and lots of interesting machines of all...

My mates XS has electrical issues, I have re wired a bit of it but some numpty in the past has wired up the switch gear live for the horn so it has tape round the bars to stop it shorting out.... My ignition switched packed up last year, was using a pattern two wire Honda switch but vibrations...

The looser clearances don't sound too bad either, yes you can hear it but its not awful, it quietens when its warmed up as well which says a huge amount about it needing a big gap to take up expansion.....

far out I used to ride with the welly wheelers sometimes with my dad when I was a kid growing up, far too unhealthy to cycle now.... Yes def meet up at some point, there are quite a few XS owners locally, always useful to know people for spares and advice and that...... It does seem to run a bit...

South west as well mate, Somerset, Wellington, yes its lovely weather, Crewkerne, your just down the road from me man, far out, Jay is local as well..... Just opened the clearances up and instantly more compression kicking it over, this warm weather if the larger clearances help it not get so...

This has been very interesting, I have had a read of Howards page as well. I am definitely gonna try loose that is all making good sense to me. I have to confess when I was working in the bike shop doing the SV1000 the guy running the place was explaining to me that on shim motors there is less...

Yes I am brit, er your clutch, in my engine there is a thin shim on to the bearing then a plate then the outer basket then the baring plate and then the roller bearing then another plate then the inner basket and finally a flat washer a belled spring washer and the nut.... I have just checked...

Interesting read on the wider clearances, I have been running mine at 0.1mm and 0.15mm for years as that is what Halco recommended...... Wouldn't running a larger clearance give the tappet and the tip of the valve a harder time??? I am up for more power though...... Frankyboy, is this bike a bit...

13.55 but I was being a girl with the clutch..... And Jay760 was over a second quicker, hey I'll ride it if you build I weigh nothing man....

I am glad you agree and its not just me being a perfectionist, offset dowels will only work if its ok up and down and you still got to hope the gasket faces meet up etc. also I understand that bits get broken and miss matched over the years but these breakers are importing complete bikes and...

Hello everyone, I keep seeing bike breakers advertising cylinder heads and rocker covers on ebay as separate items not as matched pairs. A lot of you will know this is very wrong as they are machined as a pair at the factory and should be kept as a pair, if they are mixed up you can end up...

slip rings look ok though wouldn't hurt to clean them, 5.6 ohms so within spec... brushes are good as well, I remember he replaced them a while ago and they are still good. weird, yesterday I was getting sod all out of it yesterday, sod all at the battery and sod all AC disconnected from from...

My friend who's bike it is found a spare rotor so while I was waiting for him to turn up I removed the stator completely ready to swap it over and checked the rotor which checked ok so checked voltage to the brushes with it all off and that checked good, when my friend turned up I thought I...

I have just worked out why you need the plastic screws, it regulates the earth so still needs isolating??? gonna see if I have a spare rotor knocking around.....