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I've got a shouldered alum 18" rear wheel with rusted hub and spokes, going to cut them off and lace them up to a xs2 (I believe it is) front hub. I think it's xs2 because it has the separate rotor / mount on the front hub. My final product is going to have matching 18's in front and back...

le sigh word to the wise - don't let YOUR problems become the problems of the person who deals with you in good faith. I'm just hoping to get my money back at this point. Be advised.

Just need the rim. Unbent etc. Or alternately, I can cut up the crap wheel I have and use your H-wall rear wheel w/ disk brake and all spacers etc.

I'd like to run a rear 36 spoke rim in back and front. That means using a raingutter rear on back and front - question is, can I lace a rear raingutter rim to a front hub using the front hub spokes? if the spoke patterns are similar, ... ... I can't wrap my brain around this one. Hep me...

I've pulled some pretty bad engines apart, but this one was the worst. I shattered two hardwood drivers trying to get the piston loose, soaked it in solvent, derusting solution and penetrating oils and I tried every reasonable method to get it out. This is the next level. It's a custom...

So I think I have an understanding of this but I want to lay it out and talk about it to make sure I've got it - I'm scavenging an engine from several other engines - top end from one, jugs from another, crankcase from a third, odd bits from all over. one question I have is about fitting...

I strongly prefer the overhead valve compression tools, the ones that clamp over the spring and compresses the spring below the cap/circlips, but I'm wondering if that works with the dual spring setup on the xs650 heads? Anyone have any experience with one that works on this engine?

So the original brakes are a split unit, ambidextrous with a sealing surface between the two halves. I've seen this caliper elsewhere, and the story goes that once you break the halves, you can never get them to stop leaking again. Does anyone have any experience to the contrary? I...

I just picked up a bike and engine the vin on the frame starts with 365- and the engine is a 447- What is curious to me is that the engine side covers are chromed, and I am led to understand that some of the engines had chromed side covers. It has the unlinked bs38 carbs with the chromed...

How do the valve seals come off of the guides? Mine don't seem to want to move easily and I don't want to apply any force to them without knowing how they come off. Thanks in advance.

anyone here have luck using gasket paper instead of buying precut gaskets? you trace your old gasket and cut it with an xacto knife (or scissors for the very low tech) for example : http://crustyquinns.com/tech/myogasket.html That said, do we know what the stock gasket thicknesses are on...

In TX with a bill of sale I can get a 'bonded title' and put up a bond for the value of the vehicle. In other states it's easier or harder to get titles - some it's basically impossible and others it can be trivial. Anyone know which states are easiest to get a non stolen frame legally...

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I bought a siezed engine from a friend that ended up having a great deal of rust in one cylinder and a ring in the other. I'd read different derusting methods and there was only one that appealed to me which was phosphoric acid rust removal. The method is to create phosphoric acid with a...

I lived in San Francisco for many years and had the extreme good fortune to associate with a lot of rat bikers, garage mechanics, sport nuts, squirrels, amateur racers and all sorts of other folks - and those people drew me in to a world of pushing bikes to the limit in all sorts of fun ways...

So, I just pulled apart a motor that has a really nice bottom end, no metal flakes on the magnets and shifts crisply even when it's been sitting... 7500 miles on the motor. The top end however is a mild travesty. mild rust on the cylinder head, and a heavy crust in one of the cylinders that...

Back in the day, I used to travel all over southeastern Michigan buying up incredibly decrepit Honda CB750's. It was just my thing (tm). I had a garage full of parts, and I used to invite my buddies over and give them beers and if they could build something they had balls enough to ride, they...