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Hey all, I hope you're all still healthy and happy. I have gotten my xs up and running. I am about to go through my carbs and re-clean them and re-set them because I THINK I am running only on 1 cylinder. Here are the reasons I think this: 1) feels like I don't have tons of power on...

Hi all, Hope you’re all doing well in these bonkers times. I think I’ve been secretly attacked by a sorcerer and wanted to see if you guys had suggestions about which counter spells to use / what quantity of sage to burn. Long story short: I took off my wheels to have new tires...

Hey guys, First off, I hope everyone and their families are doing ok during these insane times. It's been a while. Long story short, I had my first child 5 years ago and have had my hands FULL for the past several years. So my xs has been sitting. I went through all of the "bring your...

Hey guys, So I just did a complete engine rebuild where I replaced a bunch of bearings, did Mike's 5th gear upgrade, etc and my bike has never run better....except for one thing. While riding, every 5-10 min, there'll be a loud RAT-A-TAT-TAT like a loose bolt clanging around inside the...

Hey guys, I'm ALMOST done with my second tear down and rebuild of this thing (hooray!) and am putting the kick start mechanism back in. I know it's notorious, but I think I'm doing it correctly. I don't have any pics (and am having trouble finding any online) of how it the shaft should sit...

Hey guys, I'm having a bit of confusion over how to get my groove on. The main gear that attaches to the crankshaft has a groove on one side and is flush on the other. Which side goes in towards the crankshaft and which side goes out? Sorry for such a newb question but I'm having trouble...

Hey guys (and possibly girls...but probably not), This may be a dumb question, but I'm re-assembling my top end and one of the little dowel spacers (the small cylinders that go on the dowels and properly locate the cylinder to the crankcase) fell out when I removed it. For the life of me I...

Hey guys, Just so I'm 100% on this, in the spot pointed out (not by me, but by Hugh) in this photo, I seem to only have a HALF circlip in my engine. Do I have a broken circlip? It seems in the fiche that it's only half of one. Why would that be? Why not use a whole circlip here if...

Hey guys, So I FINALLY split the cases (with minor damage...of course) and for the life of me can not determine how to get the crank main bearing off of the crankshaft. Is there some sort of trick to it? All of the other bearings (the ones I DIDN'T open up the entire engine to examine)...

Ok, perhaps I'm being paranoid here, but I'm about to remove the large engine studs that the head nuts torque down on. Before I screw a bunch of nuts on the threads and unscrew them from the crankcase, I was wondering if they do any sort of weird reverse threading or anything into the case...

Hey guys, If I'm inspecting my camchain to see if I need to replace it, what do I look for? It looks fine to my untrained eye, but I imagine you guys could point out a couple of things that my dumb ass wouldn't know about. Thanks! Dave

Hey guys, I'm looking to split my cases to get to a bad bearing. I need to pull my Hugh's PMA flywheel and don't have one of the handy dandy pullers. Anyone have a way to pull it without a special puller that won't destroy the flywheel? Thanks! Dave

Hey guys, Hope all is well and those of you on the east coast are thawed out a bit :) I have a problem which is this: the screw that holds the little five pointed star that holds the dowels in for the shifter to shift (on the top of the pic above) keeps coming out. I blue loctited it...

Hey guys, I'm thinking of going a little nuts and etching some designs into my engine covers. Small stuff, not that crazy. I've never done it before. Zero clue how people do it. Is it a chemical process? Is there a dremmel type tool involved? Anyone have any experience w/ this...

Hey guys, Any of you have your mirrors mounted to your forks? If so how did you make that happen? Got any pics? Thanks and happy 2013! Dave

Hey guys, trying to get a name for (roughly) this shape of bar and if anyone knows where it's sold at a reasonable price. Thoughts? Dave

Hey guys, I'm trying to figure out a mystery squeal on my clutch. I think it may be some missing/incorrect washers and spacers. Here's my dumb question: which hub is rotated by the engine and which connects to the drive sprocket? Is the inner basket rotated by the engine? Is the outer...

Hey guys, So the bike is finally up and running and I'm noticing something strange, or at least, I suppose is strange. I may be making a mountain out of a mole hill, but when I rev the engine under load I hear a kind of high pitched whir. It's not that loud but it's noticeable (to me...

Hey all. Need a new clutch hub/primary gear. Anyone got any they're willing to part with? Preferably at or post 1980? Thanks. Dave

Hey guys, I am going to have to open up the ol' clutch. Anyone have suggestions on the best/easiest/most cost effective upgrades to do while I'm in there? Grazi! Dave