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Hey everyone, sorry if this has already been well covered but I searched for several hours and couldn't come up with much. I knew going into this the mounts would be slightly different due to frame revisions over the years. Not a big deal. The front is obviously wider and the distance between...

To cut or not to cut.... I'm mocking up the bracket in the rear of the frame for my Counterbalance Cycles seat. My frame is a Special. The bracket I have the arrow pointing to is causing the seat not to sit 100% flush to the frame. It's close, but it's not 100%. Searching random products...

I have a 1977 Standard (D), which has a rather bulky seat latch/lock housing welded on to the subframe. This makes it impossible to fit my MotoLanna seat, as the seat hits this housing before seating properly on the subframe/ seat rails. I have been wondering if I could use the seat latch...

Just as the title says, I'm curious to find out if an 81 fuel tank will fit my 73 TX650 frame. If not, what are the adjustments I'd have to make?

Hello everyone, Its been many months since i updated my build thread but I've been tipping away with it. To the point of this thread, I just got my lower gsxr triple back after cognito moto pressed in one of their xs650 stems conversions into it. I wanted to test fit it tomorrow but was...

Hi; I've recently bought an 1971 XS1B, but the rear has been cut to fit another type of seat; I would like to rebuilt it to factory look, can some one help me getting some sizes for the rear part of the frame; Note: if someone has cut it from a bike and would like to sell it, i would be...

Looking for rear fender bracket that also holds rear blinkers.

The studs on my tachometer (the ones that hold it inside the housing, with small acorn nuts) are done. One was sheared off when I bought the bike and the others threads stripped when I was replacing the tach rubber. Are these permanently mounted or could I throw a pair of vice-grips on them or...

Ive been working on this project for a couple years and have flip flopped a lot and i think i have finally gotten to a point where i am ready for my final steps. i was just wondering if there is anything else i should do before i do paint and powder coat. what i have done. -Tc Bros Hard...

Right now I'm in the process of rebuilding my 650 and one thing I noticed is the gauge faces are faded to hell. I've looked on ebay and a few other places and I can't find any speedo faces that only go to 85 all the ones i've found go to 140. So, my question is, where can I find new faces for...

Just bought a nice 73 tx650 but it has a king/queen seat. Anyone know exactly what the stock seat looks like (exterior & pan)? A few pics would be awesome and greatly appreciated!

I am being offered another hardtail frame that a friend was working on but he has no time to finish. I went to look at it and I noticed something that caught my eye and got me curious. The welded hardtail instead of being straight where the rear tire fits forming like an H shape, it kind of goes...

Has anyone had experience with the companies that are from Thailand and China that sell seats for the Yamaha XS650's on Ebay?

Hi All, I've newish member here from Melbourne, Australia, first time posting. I'm an owner of a 1973 TX650 which was imported from the USA by the previous owner and I'm in the midst of restoring it to a cafe racer. Unfortunately the bike came with a fuel tank that doesn't seem to fit on...

Ok, I bought a tank some time ago. Just put fuel in it a couple weeks ago. The tank has 3 threaded holes for fuel supplies. Im only using one of them. I bought a flush mount aluminium plugs some time back and I cant keep gas from weeping I even tried thread tape. That did not last long. What...

Ok I know I know. This I'm sure has been brought up a million times but can find an exact answer. What is the exact length of a rear axle. I know I need a 20mm to work with my rear wheel. But I need an overall length of about 12" (see pics) will stock rear axle get me there? I'm building my...

Hey guys, Got on my 650 after a month or so and realized that it started wobbling pretty badly above 15mph or so.. Last time I rode there was no issue. Does anyone know what might be the problem? Anything I can check? It was a little scary to ride so I only got up to about 30 mph before I...

I hate my black rear fender. I found a 79 chrome rear fender that is pristine. Is it interchangeable? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

The frame is getting ready to be cut and be transformed with an unique hardtail, the shop making this for me asked what rear tire size i was gonna run, stretch, and ground clearence. I was thinking i want to go atleast 4" stretch and 2"inch drop. What ground clearence would that give med...

Just shopping around to possibly purchase a café racer seat that would not require a great deal of modification to the frame (as in weld in a new rear hoop) as my build is close to being finished and have decided to change from Tracker to Café. Just wondered if anyone has used OMAR's café...