suspension

Hi all! Sort of a non XS question, but here goes: I need a set of new fork tubes for my 1974 RD350A, as the stock ones are pitted. When checking online with "Yamaha Parts House" they list this part number for the RD: 351-23124-50-00 Now I do know that the 34 mm RD and XS are near...

Hi, All - I'm in the process of gathering all the parts and hardware to swap a 2006 GSXR 750 fork and brakes onto my 1975 XS650, while converting to dual disc and using the stock front wheel. I know that this swap has been done, and re-hashed, and there's a lot of great information and a few...

Hi Question I had a Yamaha yz 250 in 77.It came with air caps. Yamaha sold a great air gauge. It screwed on to the forks and let set and adjust the air pressure. I now have air caps on my 78 xs. I am looking to see if anyone has a gauge like this. That not being used and may want to part with...

Hey all, I am running a rat rod / dirt bike style XS650 for about 3 years now. I ride it everyday on gravel and on dirt. They are VERY hard miles and rolled over 16,000 miles last October in 3 years since i have had it. I burn threw 2 chains a year on this bike to give it perspective of the...

I'm trying to figure out my rear fender on my bike. I've installed the visual impact brat kit. I made my rear fender out of fiberglass. It was originally mounted to the swing arm. Now I'm trying to mount it to the frame. But I'm having a rear hard time trying to figure out clearance. I took...

Hi guys, im pretty new in the forum. I´m from Austria and its near impossible to find an 35mm front end here. But there are a few SR500 front ends for sale. Is it possible to easily combine the whole sr500 front end with late xs650 brakes, an xs650 spoke wheel and the 84´ frame? cheers...

Hi! I am trying to find a source for a "top-out" spring, and do not have access to my bikes right now. I do have a set of OEM top out springs from a later bike, but I would like to experiment with top-out spring length and rate. (Basically from an industrial supplier of springs) So, can...

I have been refreshing a set of 34mm forks for my titled '76C. I have spare bits in boxes, so I found a set of lowers that had been chromed and a set of chromed headlight ears and reassembled them with a spoke front wheel. Appears that the lowers were from a '75 or before so that if I continue...

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...

I bought these from a guy who was hard tailing a special, but these shocks have spare smaller springs with them. My search showed not much info on this. Do I have to take them apart and add them? I am baffled.

Hey everyone I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the black/gold mikes xs shocks part #06-3721. I love the looks and the color is perfect with my black/gold 82 special I've heard the shocks from mikes are reeeaally stiff but part of the reason I need new shocks is that I will...

1978 XS650 SE I can't find a picture on the parts diagrams. What is the orientation of the rubber gaskets & large washers that fit on top / bottom of the headlight brackets. This bike has the chrome 'YAMAHA' cover on the bottom yoke.

Hi all, I'm getting ready to replace fork seals in a '71. I slid the dust seal up and it appears there is no means to hold the seal down. Is the clip missing or is it from a pre clip era? The old seal is there but has slid up out of the holder. Is 30 at oil still the suggested weight for it...

I was going through a random box of parts and saw this item. The holes will take a 36mm tube, and the tach is way larger than for an XS 650. The instrument panel such as it is, may make ID easy. Maybe it is an 80's Maxim as there is a set of tubes here that have the off set axle hole and I...

Hey all, I've been searching though some of the pics of lowered shocks on here and throught it'd be cool to have a dedicated thread with pictures of your lowered bike and detail of size of shock eye to eye, fork drop and style of build. I'm planning a build but not sure how low I want mine to...

I just picked up a 1972 xs2. The forks are all there and complete but the tubes are rusted badly from sitting. I have found a pair of forks (only the forks) on Kijiji from a 1975 but I want to be sure they will fit before I have them shipped 400km. My forks have a large nut on top that...

Last owner ('07) told me rears were Progressive. It must be the springs only because I called them, Prog. and they said the numbers I gave them meant nothing to them. There is a larger no. 1253 above a smaller no. M2232B. Below that, Made in Mexico. I never asked about the springs because...

Have Radian swing arm with axle, bolts and adjusters for sale. Email me if interested.

Can any one confirm these internals are for xs650 forks that are on my bike

I can't remove my bottom triple tree because the nuts on the steering stem are "frozen" and won't budge. Any tips on how to loosen the damn things without a specialized tool? I'm afraid to hit it with a screwdriver and hammer, so I'm wondering if there's a better way? Additionally, there...