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Just received some parts from Street Tracker. Excellent communication, zero BS, parts as advertised, happy customer!

Unless the skies open up, I'm heading to the Twisted Throttle open house tomorrow mid-morning. Last year, I showed up late, thinking it was going to be all modern dual-sport bikes, and was pleasantly surprised to find a much wider turnout. An easy ride for anyone in RI or eastern Connecticut...

Clear, fast, no-hassle communication and super-fast payment. Solid!

I just fell into my next project bike: a 2000 XR650L chassis loaded with a '99 XR600R powertrain. I'm sure I'll be starting a proper build thread for it somewhere online, but in the meantime I just thought I'd ask if anyone in this community has either of these bikes... This forum has been...

The Lectrons are running great, and it's time to move the Mikuni's along, so, FOR SALE: (2) VM34 "left hand" carburetors, 1 w/o starter/"choke" lever Carb cables for 2-1 throttle installed, no splitter included. Light return springs installed (Mikes #48-8025), will include standard springs...

Tons of carbs available to fit these bikes; Keihin, Mikuni (BS, VM, and I think there's a few folks on this thread running TM's), Dell'Orto, and Lectron. There's probably others, but this thread is for the Lectron folks. Likewise, I hope this thread won't descend into an endless pro/con debate...

Lectrons showed up today. As advertised, safe & sound, well-packed, and shipped FAST! Thanks again, great transaction. :bike:

Just putting out a call to the community... does anyone have a recommendation of a source for quality 520 aluminium sprockets? More specifically, I'm looking for a 33-tooth... MikesXS only has them in steel (unless I'm missing something). Robert at Omar's has supplied me with some very nice...

XS Performance Air filters. These are the usual K&N knock-offs, sold at Mikes (part #15-0027) to fit Mikuni VM34 carbs. These are used, but otherwise excellent. Chrome caps have a few tiny tarnish marks, but no dents, dings, scratches, etc. filters and rubber in top condition. $30...

Finned billet aluminium 3/4" carburetor risers by LC Fabrication. Gently used, low miles, bolt-on and go. Mikuni carb holders, marked VM36/200. I used these with my VM34's without issue, but otherwise cannot comment on what they will or will not fit. With nice stainless fasteners...

What's the perfect tool you can't live without? Is there some tool that you end up using way more than you thought you would? Is there some tool you're sure would make everything in your shop go 120% easier/faster/smoother? What about that gadget that you thought was kinda ridiculous, but turned...

Had a few neat projects on a customer's bike this week. Among them was replacing a broken upper shock mount... I was setting up to drill out the mount for a new stud, and the scene seemed so ridiculous, I just had to grab a pic to share: 9 assorted clamps, 1/4" and 3/16" steel plates, a...

Does anyone know if the forum supports Quicktime embeds, such as in the form of <rtsp://streaming.mydomain.com:554/streaming.mydomain.com/quicktimefile.mov >? I'd like to post some videos to my build thread, and would prefer to use my own domain for streaming rather than YouTube, Vimeo, etc...

Spring is here, my project is coming together, and I'm moving my shop in a couple weeks, so it's time to clear out my stock parts bin... Unless otherwise noted, these parts all came off of a 1974 TX650A with under 10k original miles. 1974 stock headlight ears, spacers, and trim. Soft crease in...

Anyone have much experience with quick/quarter-turn throttles? With the stock '74 throttle tube/housing and VM34's, I almost always had to re-position my hand for wide-open, and the throttle was slow to "dip" when shifting high'n'fast. I see loads of throttle housings available with all...

Normally-Open Kill-Switches I'm trying yet another "different" thing on my build, and am running into a potential problem with my kill-switch. I thought I'd separate this problem out into another thread. The basic problem is with a normally-open (N/O) kill-switch. To start things out, a...

From the Wrenchmonkees "XS for Paris" build: Looks like the lower of the two mounts has been modified, but I'm very interested to know what the originals came off of.

It's always been tricky for me to visualize what new or different bars will look like, even with the product pics and rise/width/pullback numbers. I put on a set of "Mike's European Type Bars" (Part #25-0123) last spring. Just re-discovered these pictures, thought they might help someone out...

1974 TX650A. Bought it this past summer with 3800 miles showing. I had been shopping for a bike to chop, but this one was so nice, I almost decided to restore it instead. Well, well, let's head down that well-paved road to hell, shall we?

Hello All! New member here, been lurking for awhile, but it's time to dive in. This summer I bought my first bike. It's a 1974 TX650A, almost all original, sinfully low milage. Showed 4400 miles on the clock when i bought it on Memorial Day, and now up to 7800... not letting the grass...