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Hey guys,
Just thought i would post some pictures of my current build progress as it stands. I have been so busy between my day job, and in the powder booth, that i haven't had any time to work on my bike until this last week.
Finally got the rear fender mostly mounted up. Spent a fair...
Wanting to put a HD springer on the xs, 1" stem, stock neck, cutting the stock neck cups off and making an insert blah blah blah. Ive read on here just to buy Harley neck cups that fit the insert but nobody gets specific and I doubt theyre all the same so does anybody know which cups I should...
was just wondering if any one could help me with some info...i have a 74 tx 500 with bad motor (cracked head, picked it up cheap and it looks excellent and is currently registered) and i am picking up a xs 650 special cheap from a buddy.. does anyone know how much hassle i'd be looking at...
Have a few photos here,to solve the puzzle with this engine stand, just remove the cross member on the front of your frame(temporarily) and add it to the Sub Stand Dard Frame! See Pics.
I've read in posts that mikexs valve adjusters aren't hard enuf, and quickly mush up.
I had a original adjuster back out on my 71, and had a spare motor to salvage from. Back on the road in no time.
I purchased a replacement tap pet from mikesxs, and wondered if case hardening would help at...
ok so im building my first bike, tearing it down and going to do alot of work to it as its apart, the list goes on
but what im looking a not is i bought a tc bros diy hardtail kit, i have it mocked up, leveled and mostly straight with the exception of the final tweaking before tacking the...
VIN 2F0-15xxxx 1978 or 1979 XS-SF. Missing a few parts. I can't wait to tear it down and see what is salvageable. Ideally everything :shrug: because I'd love to start a custom build. Found it in a scrap yard as the title says $80. Talked him down from $100.
Does anyone know where I get get a set of these? I have a 72 that is hardtailed and they did not have these mounts and I want to run a set of mids this way.
Jump street customs is the only place I have found them but I can't seem to get him to respond about when they will be available. Link...
Before I order a weld on strut kit to mount my front fender as a rear, I thought I'd ask how others have mounted theirs.
The front fender, after some modifications, I think will look very nice.
Here's what I'm working with.
There are two different muffler nuts
Early
Yamaha 256-14713-01-00 Nut, Muffler Joint is used in the following models and assemblies:
1970 XS1 - Exhaust
1971 XS1B - Exhaust
1972 XS2 - Exhaust
1973 TX650 - Exhaust
this is a bit smaller in diameter than the late
Yamaha 371-14713-00-00...
Hey y'all,
Just thought I'd check to see if there's anyone on here that can help me, I hope this is in the right section.
I removed the big ugly instrument cluster from my bike but now have nowhere to put the ignition switch. I want to keep it in it's original location so I'm hoping to find...
Inherited this '78 from my dad because he never had the time to get it going. So instead of letting it sit, he transferred the title to me. Since it's so far gone, I decided to go with a brat bobber. Love how low they look and they are just cool to me. He had it running, although it was not...
Hi guys !
I'm from Québec, Canada and i'm looking to restore my 1972 XS650 into a bad ass bobber but in Québec we have some law to respect to be legal on the road. Unfortunetly the hardtail is illegal so i would like to have your idea of how can i make my xs650 bad ass with pics of your...
So I'm still not exactly sure what happened but in January I called up Ardcore and got an order in for a DIY Ardtail. Was told the lead time was 6 weeks, which was fine seeing it was winter and I live in MN. I waited about 8-9 weeks before contacting them again and got an e-mail saying "sorry...
The wheels I have are wire spoked from a '77D, all stripped down waiting on rebuild, but before I do that I want to do some welding where the rim tape was to fill in some pitting, which gets fairly deep in parts, to restore the surface and overall balance of the wheel.
I'm not repairing...
Hi all.
Seems as though every time i even think about registering by bike in Australia is just brings on headache after headache. Everyone i ask always says something different.
Should i register my bike then get a modification permit before i cut the end off and weld a hardtail on it...
Just throwing this idea out there, but has anyone ever made a jockey shift where the shaft of the shifter has a joint where it pivots either in or out from the bike and engages/disengages the clutch? Think this is possible? The connection between the shifter shaft and the motor would have to be...
Hey guys, been on here about a year and bought my first xs in 2014. Here's how she sits now and I'm pretty close to getting her back on the road.
Couple of things I've worked on:
Exhaust is dual under tail
Swing arm is stretched and running a Firestone airbag
Front wheel is an xs400...
picked this thing up last year and ive been working on it on and off between a million other projects. Doing everything myself in my garage/ house because the garage is to dirty.