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Rebuilding my 74TX650 and looking for oversize pistons and rings. Any suggestions that would be a better deal cost/quality wise other then Mikes/650direct?

right ok, Ive posted on this before a few months ago and only got links to the tuning guide. I don't need the tuning guide, I've a dozen copies of it and frankly it aint helping. So i bought some VM34s a few years ago, swapped out needle, needle jet, main, and idle, dumped the air jet. This...

ok once again 150 psi on both cylenders (tested cold) HHB PMA Cap Points VM34s 185, 25, 3rd notch, (recommended needle/needle jet/slide, just cant remember specifics) air screw 1.5 turns out 650 central Hi-Vo intakes XSpods (Junk replacing with steel dragon velocity stacks) Stock...

did a cold compression test, after nearly 40 years, 9 different owners she is still showing 150psi on each pot. Im in the process of a 59XLH build but this little baby is always gonna be mine.:thumbsup:

I've got a 74 with VM34's(185 main, 25 idle, needle middle slot,air screw 1.25 turns out), XS pods (junk), PMA and Points, high velocity intakes from 650 central, and stock headers with XS reverse cones, ran great all year. Kick it once and it would tickover till the gas ran out. Super...

My buddies Allison and Levi are printing shirts to sell, most of them are Harley shirts cus Levi is a sportster nut, but this is their first XS, its actually her bike she built last winter. check em out on facebook chaos rider shirts.

should I just suck it up and buy the proper tool or is there a good way around? A friend used needle nose vicegrips to clamp theirs down and then simply used a hammer and punch to pean the pins. this has not worked for me.... I guess I might as well by the tool.. I need a pushrod XS...

I cant for the life of me figure out how to post this video properly, sorry, I really did try.

No video of course, I just took my bike around the block for a spin to try my new 650central intakes. Awesome by the way. But there was this weird sound that sounded a lot like air rushing through the trees when its really windy. I figured intakes but when I pulled over and stuck my ear...

Just came in the mail today, jesus fucking christ are they ever nice. I was a little shocked to see that the cost $60+ each rather then for the pair but damn, are they worth it. I jumped up and down throughout my house chanting "ALUMINUM RACING INTAKE MANIFOLDS" waving the box in the air...

Nah just kidding, I can read a tuning manual. Got all the proper bits in my VMs finally. Wont idle or run without the choke, but I'm pretty sure what the problem is there. By god she pulls like a beast now though. Best investment I've made in the bike... Well I'm pretty damn happy with...

So I finished wiring up my simplified harness (the sock musta had 15lbs of copper in there) and Im in the process of installing my HHB PMA. I cant get the OEM rotor off. I've got the proper rotor puller and I cant get anywhere. I started with the two wrench technique, then two wrench with...

Ive been thinking of throwing my 71 engine into my 74, cus the 74 is getting a bit tired and the 71 is already out of frame and halfway through a teardown Is this a simple bolt on affair or would this require some machining?

So when my 74 gets warmed up and Ive gone a few blocks I start to hear a very audible ticking from the RH case. I know the clutch is on its way out, could this be it? Any suggestions? When she first starts there is no sound at all, its only when shes up to operating temperature. Its also...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I AM A RACING GOD, ALL BOW BEFORE MY 40 YEAR OLD BIKE, YOU THERE! YOU'RE NOT BOWING! WOOOOOOHOOOOO!!! Ok so that's out of the way:wink2: 190 mains 25 pilot needle in 2nd from top position air screw 1.25 turns out. XS pods (I know I know, I...

So I called around to nearly every bike shop in Ottawa looking for someone who could supply me with a cable/cables for my VM34s and stock throttle. Some had to get back to me, others pretty much told me it doesn't exist. The ones who did get back to me told me it was too "radical" for them to...

So I got in on a group buy for some VMs, they finally came, I ordered all the jets, intakes, filters ect I would need. I did not however order a cable cus I have one that came with some 36's a snowmobile nerd friend gave me. Cable doesn't work.... I mean it hooks up fine on the carb side...

Not that anyone missed me I'm sure, but for the past few months Ive been unable to log in. Tried the password re-set on a dozen occasions and now finally I can log in again... What did I miss, are we still hating Harley riders? Or are they cool now... I kid cus I care Things have been...

So took the top end off my XS1 engine today so I could check everything out. As a bonus this would also lighten it up for the trip to the basement(and out of my dining room). Everything seems tickety boo. I figured I would get it honed out and put new rings in her. This presented a problem...

My 71 has the engine side covers (cases?) chromed. I'm pretty sure they never came from the factory like this right? Anyone know anything about that? I dont really like em all that much