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Yeah, it's been a while. But my kids have grown up, and I finally have time to work on my 1978 SE. I feel like she's been around for a while, and she still runs, but there's just something about her that I'd like to spruce up. Goals for her are hazy (which is dangerous, I know), but they're...

The warm weather is here, and the bike is running, so I thought I'd take it out for my first ride on an XS650, and see how she runs. The good: What a great engine! Grumbly down low, throaty on the throttle, torquey from a stop and sounds just awesome on both acceleration and decel! Of...

Okay, so I picked up a 1978 model XS650 about two weeks ago. It was running (rough, I've been told) last fall, and then was stored under a tarp outside all winter, due to too-many-project syndrome on the part of the former owner. The bike is complete, and looks in pretty good shape, but so...

Good afternoon citizens of the internet! I come to you as the owner of a new (to me) 1978 XS650, with impeccably clean carbs, and no spark. But I'll start another thread about that. I'm a regular on the XS400.com board with my 1983 DOHC Maxim project. That project stalled the moment baby...