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decided to sell my xs650 special. its done 25000 miles, was imported from the States in the 80's. its MOT'd till June 2011 and taxed till January 2011. i recently spent £250 getting the carbs cleaned and the boyer black box replaced, so now it starts easily and runs nicely. gearbox works well...

where i live there are some very steep narrow roads that i have been taking the xs up. i usually just potter up slowly in second gear (i should be going up in first but the revs are a bit high and noisy). so there i am chugging up this hill in the wrong gear and suddenly it slips out of second...

now that i have the bike sorted i'm enjoying using it but could do with some advice about the speed/revs. at 3000 revs i'm going at 45 mph, which is fine for me as i usually just potter along on narrow back roads. but when i go a bit faster, say 50 mph the revs climb to 3500 and the engine...

hi, i have been trying to adjust the cam chain properly with your help but have run into a slight problem and need more advice. i have lined up the T mark with the rotor to find TDC and then adjusted the tensioner plunger with the outer adjuster bolt until its flush. then i rotated the...

hi started using the bike and its fun but i can detect a constant tinny sounding rattle/clatter coming from the engine and wonder what the noise is and can i fix it or is it just normal engine noise from the xs

hi, found a little oil below the bike this morning and looked underneath to see where it was coming from. its on the left side behind the metal clutch/gear casing. the oil was coming from a metal plate that has 5 or 6 bolts around it. there is a picture of it in the haynes manual page 21...

took my bike for its first proper ride yesterday now all the issues were sorted and really loved it.:D However the only thing i dont like is the handlebars which are the standard 650 special ones. i find i have to pull my hands and wrists in quite a lot and it feels quite uncomfortable. i...

just to recap i bought an xs650 which had recently been converted to boyer ignition by the previous owner. it was terrible to start and after taking the float bowls off to clean and do lots of other fault finding proceedures i took a close look at the spark plugs to see that the last owner...

Bike giving me more grief. to recap. got the bike running ok but a bit lumpy when the throttle was off. then i ran out of fuel and couldnt get it started. eventually i unscrewed the drain bolt in bottom of carb and the fuel had lots of black specs and other crap in it so i took off the float...

i'm fitting in line fuel filters to the bike and would like to know must i fit them vertically or can they be fitted horizontally. only there isnt much room to fit them them between the fuel tap and the carb if i do them vertically, the pipes seem a bit kinked. any suggestions ? thanks

hi, i have a 79 (sf) 650 special with 38 carbs. the pilot jets have no bleed holes and have 275 stamped on them. i was just wondering if these were the right pilot jets as i have seen similar ones with bleed holes why do some jets have no holes and others bleed holes and does it make any...

think i will keep her afterall

hi, decided to replace the carb to airbox rubber joints as they look shot and i was wondering if they may be the cause of the bike running unevenly. ie maybe air is getting in and unbalancing the system. but i just priced them up at £25 a pair and think thats a bit steep for rubber seals...

Hi everyone, is the correct rev counter for a 79 650 special the one that red lines at 7500 and finishes at 10000. thanks nik

hi, i have a 79 xs650 special which is missing a rev counter. if anyone in the UK has one for sale could you contact me. thanks nik

hi, i recently bought a 79 xs650 (sf) with boyer electronic ignition and i'm having a bit of a problem with it that i would rather fix myself, but cant work out what to do as i'm a bit of a novice. the bike starts nicely now that i put the proper spark plugs in and accelerates very well...