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I abandoned an XS650 project a few years back and have this new in the box Mr Riggs stator adapter sitting here doing nothing. Are these even relevant today? I haven't been keeping up with what all you cool kids are up to. It's whatever he sent me.. Loose parts, the machined aluminum...

Since the bike starts now, I decided to put the chain back on for the first time in three years. My problems at the moment include the engine revving out of control at random and oil leaking out of the advance unit area and the crank case breather box. If anyone's bored, here's a video I...

I've been messing with my XS650 for far too long and it still doesn't run. It's got new points, condensers, and coils. I've just got the battery wired up to the ignition system directly with a toggle switch until I get it running. I adjusted the valves, set static timing, and set the cam...

I'm finally working on my XS650 again. Tonight I hooked up ignition coils, set the point gaps and attempted to set ignition timing. The coils I have are generic Emgo ones like you'd see on a Triumph or BSA. They look like mini car coils. I forgot that's what the bike came with. The...

I'm looking for ideas to mount one of these generic Bates style headlights to my bike. It's just got that one mounting block. My XS650 has two threaded receivers in the triple tree that used to hold the distribution block for the front brake line. I was thinking of using that if...

I don't have a title, which is why I swapped frames on my project bike. This is just sitting in my garage wasting space, so if anyone needs it, I've got it here in central Iowa.

I bought a pair of the cheapie 52mm pods for the time being. You know them, most people hate them.. So last night I looked at where they block airflow into the mikuni carbs and I cut away the rubber where this blockage would occur so it couldn't butt up against the carb body...

I contacted Mr. Riggs today to see if he had any custom stator holders and he is down for the moment in the midst of a retooling phase. So he's out of the biz (temporarily hopefully.) I'm curious if any of you made your own and are intersted in making an extra, or if there's a .pdf file...

This XS650 I have is a frankenstein.. The engine is a 1975, the carbs are from a 1976 standard, the frame was a '77 but I swapped in a titled 79 special frame since it had a title... Anyway, I'm wishing to upjet these '76er carbs with a good guess at the jets. I'll be running some sort of...

Hi. I've been on a few different XS650 sites. This happens to be another one. I can't remember where I was posting last fall. I go into hibernation in the winter. Anyway, I'm here now. I bought an XS650 last year and got about far enough to the point where I now need to actually start...