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Broke my shift selector...the arm that rotates the star wheel. Is there anyone in the Tucson area that has one laying around? On my way back from SoCal to Austin. Call or text me at 512-983-3334 Huge thanks, Alex

Would love some rims!

Stock 1975 pipes

She's alive!!!!! Saturday morning i did another tooth cleaning of the valves with BP Blaster. Set the exhaust gap to spec, ran test...110. Took the intake from .25 down to about .14, ran the test...120. So i figured why not, button her up, kicked her a few times and she roared to life. After...

excellent point DogBunny...never thought that possible the exhaust is okay and i'm only fighting the intake. I'll set one or the other to spec then go out from there...let you know what i find out.

i've had that in the back of my mind all along...am i not reading my instructions correctly? Here's my technique: thumb over the plug hole i'm setting, once i feel pressure, i watch my rotor and slowly bring her to the "T" mark...this resolutes in both intake/exhaust valves closed. Play in the...

Update. So last night, finally found time to attack, and i mean attack, my right cylinder valves. Re-tested the good cylinder...145, solid. Still zero on the right. Compared the two valves as they worked and noticed my intake on the bad cylinder had alot of crap on it and wasn't seating...

I'll take a look at the valve clerances again tonight. Last night, pulled the carb and valve cover plates off both cylinders to compare where i'm feeling air during the test. The left side, no air release present at any locationa and getting 145 solid on the test. The right side, i get alot of...

i'm waiting on this response: "take big hammer, wack it on the right side of the engine...jump on, ride into the sunset" If my valves were hung open, enough to get zero compression, would i not see some carnage at the valve springs? offset stems? clank'n like crazy? She's pretty in there, like...

Well, finaly broke down and bought a compression tester...found out why my right cylinder wasn't firing - zero, absolutely zero, compression. 120 on the left. Done the basics, cam chain, valve clearance...with the valve access covers off, spark plug out, cycling the engine...from the minimum...

thanks for the response pamcopete (i'm new to the xs650 but man your name is all over the place)...so a little more to the story. After that first run and the first dead battery, i got the bike home and recharged using the duracell motorcycle charger i've used on my KZ1000 (stock battery) for...

I have a 1975 xs650 with a slight electrical issue. The bike has been torn down to the frame and rebuilt bratstyle...including the wiring harness. Kick only, head/tail light...that's it. Built new wiring harness from scratch following one of the many "chopper" diagrams floating around. Last...