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Well the old lady apparently has been in cahoots with Josh over at Brown Dog Welding for the last 3 months sending him pictures back and forth of my bike. She said she initially was just going to purchase a peice from him then decided she should go all out and have him just design a peice to...

Id like to build an XS500 for fun whilst i perfect my 650 build. I dont know a ton about the 500 just that i like a few things about them. How hard are these to come by .. clearly from what ive searched locally theyre not as abundant as a 650.. im just hoping im not going to be searching for...

Thinking about starting a cafe project this spring. I had some pages saved in my favorites then some how they got deleted and i dont remember most of them. They were probably a bit dated anyways. Who's doing the best glass work these days. Im trying to get a budget around and get an idea of what...

I bought a set of tail lights from a '37 ford. They have 1157 bulbs in them which are a dual filament stop/parking light style bulb. The lights only have two wires coming out from the fixtures. Am i correct in thinking that these wires are parking and stop wires and the bulb grounds to the case...

Alright well i cant hold out any more .. ive got this thing about 90% done. The bike was purchased for $1000 last september and has been a work in progress for the last year. I probably would have finished it alot sooner had it not been for shattering my leg last fall leaving me in a wheel chair...

One of the few things ive found over at JJ that didnt steam my clams.. 2 Brothers restore their dads '69 Norton Commando and surprise him with it. Awesome video .. amazing. Luke

Well ive noticed that when i fire the bike up the top end ticks for around a minute once running. It eventually goes away and from my automotive experience it ressembles a lifter ticking. I know i have enough oil.. so im curious could it be that my valves need adjusted? The ticking goes away...

77' xs .. just built. from what i know i was told the carbs were rejetted from the PO. It smoked out the right side a bit when i bought it and i didnt think much of it. Got it running again this weekend since then ive noticed a little residue on the right bank pipe. If i rev it up its smokes...

Im trying to battle vibration like everyone else. Has anyone got any good pictures showing what theyve done after installing pod filters to help from keeping the carbs from bouncing like hell. Ive got a feeling this is part of the reason my boots tore from the previous owner. Luke:bike:

Ive got gas .. ive got spark. The bike will fire for a sec like sputter pop and keep cranking. We cant get it to stay running. Also weve been working on it for like 30 min and now my coils are super hot.. is this normal? i assume yes. Im getting annoyed.. its so close but it just wont go .. any...

Ok ive seen a few threads here about clutches not disengaging but im kinda having the opposite problem. Ive got my bike to the point in my build now that im double checking a bunch of stuff before i tighten up all the loose ends. I dont have oil in the case right now so i dont know if that makes...

Exactly what the title states. I just am curious off hand what the thread pitch is of the tach drive. Mikes sells the caps as shown below.. and since bolting on the same shit as everyone else is lame, I'm going to get creative. Thanks guys. Luke

Question.. I havent gotten a second to try and tilt my bike side to side or do any of the geometry to see if my pegs are going to be scraping when im banking into a turn. I made a set of homemade pegs that are 6" off the ground and stick out 6" from the frame. Below is a picture of my pegs...

1977 xs650 .. hardtailed.. running a mostly complete harness just rearranged so that its mostly contained under the seat rather than the headlight. Ok im going through making my custom harness and i noticed two things.. well maybe three. #1 My wiring diagram shows my coils should have...

Looking for any info as to where i could source a leaf spring for a springer kit. Im going to start fabbin' one up but im trying to get everything in line first. I cant see spending $1k + on the springer assembly.. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks Luke

Well my builds almost done and now im tackling wiring like everyone else. This rectifier is the only thing really that looks like its been riden hard and put away wet. Just looking for advice on what i should do. Replace or keep? and if i replace .. what rectifier should i go with ect. The bike...

Ive seen a couple that arent too bad. I want to run rear signals but i dont need the headlight hi/low switches. im looking for a basic clean left right indicator switch for the left side of my bars. Any ideas ..? ive searched alot of smaller random shop's webpages but my eyes are starting to...

Bought a nice complete fork set from a guy last year didnt notice til last week when i was working on switching them with my old crappy bent ones that it came with the tapered roller bearings already installed.. problem is i now need the outer races for the neck. I went to buy the whole kit ...