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    Electrically Handicapped Please Help, 1981 XS650 won't keep battery charged

    Aloha Everyone, hope your Friday afternoon is going well! I am just beginning my weekend wrenching and for any and all who care to read or help out this is what I've got so far :) 1981 XS650 Stock ignition/charging system. Here's what I know... -Bike will start and run great, when...
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    1981 xs 650 Sharp Hollow noise out the left pipe

    My bike has been Backfiring/popping like crazy upon decelleration and at idle. I rebuilt the carbs and cleaned them last week because it sat last winter without stabilizer in the tank. It has straight pipes, pods, and i rejetted both the main jet and pilot jets a couple sizes bigger last year...
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    1981 xs 650 wont shift through 5th

    So i've been working on my xs650 special lately and haven't been able to figure out whats wrong... here's the issue I've had this bike for a couple years now and just realized last winter that I was supposed to have a fifth gear but it would only shift up to fourth. I ordered a clymer manual to...
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    650 stays revving high during idle

    as i've ridden my 650 in the past few months i've noticed that if I rev while idling the bike will sometimes stay at whatever rpms I revved to. Sometimes it will just stay there and other times it will keep going up until I have to kill it. The bike runs great but just gets stuck idling. What...
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    xs 650 5th gear?

    I have a 1981 xs 650 and I've seen a lot of 650's that have 5 gears but mine only has 4... Do most 650's only have 4 or is my 5th gear just busted? Thanks!
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    1981 xs 650 air fuel mixture not right? Help!

    So I've got a 1981 xs 650 that is getting turned into a cafe, I've rejetted both main and pilot jets a couple sizes up, chopped the pipes, and put on airfilter pods to replace the stock airbox. After I rejetted the bike it ran awesome for about a week, then It started acting up. I would go...
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