cylinder

In another thread on this site XSJohn mentioned something that would lower cylinder temps by 20+ degrees. I am REALLY interested in finding out exactly what John was talking about here, so I did some digging. XSJohn's comments are in blue for clarity. This is a start, but there has to more...

Hello, I have some old cylinder jugs that need to be bored 1 (maybe 2) over bore, but I can't seem to find any shops in my area by searching on line. Does anyone have some suggestions for Colorado? I'm able to drive anywhere in the Colorado Springs, Denver, and Pueblo area.

While researching for a friend on replacing cylinder sleeves, I ran across numerous mentions of just heating the cylinder and the sleeves will just fall out. Since I have a 20T press, I'd offered to press the sleeve out for my friend... but the idea of just using heat intrigued me. And...

Hey Guys I'm needing some advice/ideas on some troubleshooting. A buddy of mine (motorcycle mechanic) is working on my XS. Not long after I got the bike it stopped firing on the right cylinder. He deduced it wasn't carburetor or the coil and had little to no compression...so we tore into it...

took my engine out to fix a left cylinder smoking/ oil consumption issue. Thought it was valve seals or rings. had good compression though. found no smoking gun until I Was about to put it back together and noticed a crack in the left cylinder sleeve. starts at the top and goes about half way...

1979 XS650 w/ 2 sets of points and coils. Seems to be only at idle, but not great.perhaps even too slow. I haven't connected my inductive tach but the tach on the bike shows less than 1000RPM. It backfires out of right cylinder. Right exhaust is also quieter than the left. I haven't checked...

So I was looking to get some input from the guys with some engine rebuilding experience. attention : XSLEO, 5twins, retiredgentleman, etc I currently have a spare motor I am in the process of rebuilding and everything has been going well. My question is regarding Honing cylinders. I...

Hi all, Finished my TCI to points mod with quite possibly the help of every stinking member on this site. :-) Upon testing the timing, I have uncovered my next problem to which I don't know where to start. When I hook my timing light up to my left spark plug wire, my timing is in between...