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south louisiana, sorry about that

up for sale is my 81 xs650, i really hate to sell the bike but unemployment and a musculoskeletal back injury forces my hand. it runs, i cranked it today, sounds a little rough from sitting the past few months, but it runs. i have a clean title in my hand, and some extra bits and pieces that...

im not sure that the studs are left hand thread, the best way, if you can get a dremel in there, try to dremel it out, a drill bit can walk a hair, and when you start sizing up in bits a hair here, is way off there. since the dremel doesnt cut as fast as a drill bit would its a lot easier if you...

why all of a sudden start doing it? ive put 3000 miles on the bike since i bought it last year. and respectfully, that doesnt explain why if it leans over on the side stand the noise stops

well its more of a knack knack knack knack knack

well the noise sounds like its coming from the top end, im really tried of it, im about ready to give up on this damn thing

ok, update i give up, i put over a hundred dollars worth of parts into the top end of the bike, i fire it back up, and its STILL KNOCKING! now you wanna hear something really crazy? if i lean it over on the side stand while its idling, it stops! stand it up straight and it starts tapping...

if you had the clutch pulled in it will still roll, drop it in first then let your clutch out and try to roll it around, it should fall down into gear, youll feel it when it does itll jerk and not want to roll, then see what you have

mine use to, and still does the same thing a little bit when its hot your clutch needs to be adjusted, its a pretty simple procedure first take your clutch lever and screw the adjuster all the way to get as much slack in the cable as possible, the adjuster is the little round piece with...

i was poking around on 650central, and came across this. http://http://www.650central.com/felectric_starter_fix_without_gea.htm he claims you can fix the starter troubles by bending a clip. which clip is he talking about though? id like to try it on mine since mine grinds and slips...

yeah, ive had that happen a few times, i know on mine i get right at about 100 miles before i get a spit or a sputter and need to start thinkin about switching to reserve, total i can get about 130-140 miles out of a tank just depending on how i ride, but down here in south louisiana theres no...

id say you did better than i did, i paid 700 for this one, it had 10,000 on the odo when i bought it, and we didnt even know if it ran, 20 minutes after getting it home, we got tired of waiting for the battery to charge, gave it a kick, and next thing i knew my friend was trying to get the...

just my guess but im thinking itll be a quick deep thump like a dirt bike, but youll still be able to hear the thump, i doubt it will hum like a crotch rocket but probably more sound like a pissed off dirt bike

thanks, youd be suprised what some 2000 grit sand paper, a harbor frieght polishing kit, some elbow grease and some rustolem paint will do

alright, i guess ill pitch in my 2 cents, heres my 81, this is what she looked like the day i brought her home, notice my nosey dog wanting to see what ive got well after a lot of turd polisihing, i ended up with this

ok, so heres what i come up with i started out by pulling the oil plugs, and they werent too bad so i cleaned them off, and set them to the side so i pulled the sump out and it looked like this the whole time, im looking for bits of black plastic, i dont see any, but there...

hmm, well i reckon draining the oil and checking it is cheaper and easier than tearing into the top end. ill give it a shot and let you know the results

well, i thought i had it pinned down, but now it sounds like its coming from the front of the motor, ughh, aggrevating. whats at the front of the motor? is there a cam chain tensioner that could be worn out? its aggrevating because i cant nail down what EXACTLY is making the noise, and the...

allrighty, sounds good to me, its about what i figured it was going to be, ive pulled down and rebuilt a lot of four wheeler and dirt bike top ends, so im not a stranger to the territory as far as compression, its good enough that i can half choke it, a few spins from the starter and it pops...