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Really stupid wording there in the topic. What I'm wondering is how well the stock XS650 drum brake can be made to work? I see a lot of restorations and resto-mods of XS650s that use the stock drum up front. Having zero experience with the stock drum brakes up front on the XS, I do not know...

So, I've been doing the research on the engine. So far it looks like: :) - PMA (kick only .. uh ... I think, I hope I'm up to kickstarting it). :) - Rephasing. :) - 750cc. As well as the obvious such as Mikuni round slides, Pamco ignition kit, Ascot-style right-side-exit 2:1 pipes with...

Looks like omars is up for sale/ going out of business. Any one else selling the same parts? I like the style of omars fiber glass and his exhaust pipes. I hope someone buys the business. This company is a major suppler of tracker and cafe parts.I am looking for the seat side panel combo with...

While working on my XS, I have noticed quite a few small steel parts, that easily could be substituted with alloy replacements. Like rear wheel spacers, chain adjuster blocks, bearing spacers in the wheels, the center swingarm spacer, exhaust pipe flanges, and surely a lot of other smallish...

Hi all! I was just browsing through Mikes' and had a quick look at the small mechanical tachometers they offer, 48 and 60mm. I could consider using 60 mm tacho and speedometer, but with a 12000 rpm scale, one would at best use a little more than half on an XS. Sort of stupid, and makes the...

Hello everybody! I have been reading forum from some time, decided to start a new thread and this is my first post here. Let me introduce myself - my name is Hristo, 35, I am from Bulgaria - Eastern Europe. Don't have much experience with bikes - two years ago I restored an old Simson AWO...

How to make 1978 xs650 look and feel more like a dirtbike Or duel sport? Also how can I make it lighter? Thanks for any input I'm new to forums and I'm still learning

Hi I'm 15 and love bikes my dad gave me a 1978 xs650 special the didn't run and had some problems. I got it running it only has the wiring it needs to run no lights, signals, or horn. It was running ok so I adjusted timing and it ran great for and now it has an insanely high idle. The air/fuel...

So for those of you that have made cafe bikes or other performance customs, which fork set do you prefer? FAT CONVENTIONAL 43MM FORKS: Many of today's flat track racers use the 43mm conventional telescopics taken from early 2000's sportbikes. Beefy and rigid, they are also well supported by...

The YZ650 - Cheney Engineering rigid frame project (father/son tribute) This project bike is based on the very rocky relationship I had with my stepdad of 30~ years (he died in 1999). He raced flat track in the 1950s and 1960s, and he of course taught me to ride and race. I'll post a more...

Ok I am a total Newb to the site but have been playing with bikes for most of the 37 years of my life but I am stumped on this one....I am installing a Hughs PMA on my 75 XS650 and want it to be kick start only. I do not want no lights or anything. I know how to wire up the PMA but how do I go...

Im new to the forum, but not xs's, heres my xs. Its a 750 w/34 mikuni's.I built it 33 yrs ago,its pretty much the same as then,down to the paint.I took all the electric start parts out(motor,gears etc) @ installed an early model close ratio trans (recently changed trans back). I put an rd350...

So I am new to xs650's but definitely not new to bikes. My last was a CB750 chopper project I did but felt that it just wasn't practical. I got a good deal on a 1980 xs650 with no title from my neighbor for $200. My neighbor is an elderly lady whos husband past away back in 1981, the bike has...

Hello, I just recently picked up a 1980 xs650 special. From what the seller told me it had been in a shop having repairs done when the owner could not afford to pay the bill. The seller I bought it from purchased from the shop, re-painted it, installed the 2-1 exhaust, and recovered the seat...

Hi All! My XS is a 1977 ("D") model, so it has 35 mm forks, but no top out springs as standard. The "clunking" these forks make when they occasionally do top out is a little bit unnerving..... So I would like to modify my forks by installing top out springs, and at the same time I get the...

Since I put up my first post on choosing ignition systems for a flattrack racer build a few weeks ago I figure I might as well start a thread on this build. My name is Robert and I live in Central Valley CA and have been racing bikes for about 20 years, mostly flattrack. I have only ridden...

I'm looking for shops, last plating I had done was in the 70's LOL (I checked, that shop is gone) I think regs for handling chrome waste have really thinned the field. Nasty stuff. Thought a picks and fails thread would make a good resource here. Reply with Shop, location, experience? Fire...

I spent countless hours building this buck patterned off a real Champion Yamaha 750 fiberglass race tank. I will be using this tank on the build of my Yamaha 750 OW-72 dirt tracker. Here are a few pictures. Thanks Curtis

What is the smallest battery I can use? It is a build and want to keep the under seat electronics box as small as possible. Bike will have stock electronics, headlight, tail light, no turn signals, no speedo, just a tach. Thanks, Guy

Hi Guys, Is anyone running an Omar's street tracker fender (XRWO or XRWS) with the stock 16" rear mag from a Special? Could you post up a picture, hopefully side view? I've been looking for such a pic for a couple of hours now to no avail. Most everybody with an Omar's fender is running...