wheels

I am in the process of getting my bike painted and swapping to a springer as the last steps of my build. I was contemplating radial laced fat spokes also known as Mammoth spokes with black rims and hubs with Chrome spokes. I think they look nice and give a trick look but I just don't know. Any...

what is proper torque setting on front axle 77 xs 650

I have been going through the forum and am looking for specific opinions on good tried and true tires for a original 1972 XS2. It has the original Dunlop Gold Seals still on it. Good tread as the bike only has 6,000 miles on it. Side wall cracks however. I want to replace them. What works...

I'm a newbie at all this, so bear with me. I have an 81 Special with mag wheels - single disc front, drum rear. I'm looking to switch out the mags with spokes - 18" front (disc) and 18" rear (drum). Besides swapping with other 650's - are there any other bikes I can use? What do I...

I have a 74 bike that I am redoing. All the spokes were pretty rusted so I had the rims and hubs powdercoated, got some new spokes and by following the advice of the forum here, got the wheels laced up. I then went over my powdercoater's place to borrow his truing stand ( he is a Triumph guy...

I live in brooklyn, Ny and this is my first bike and first build, its 1982 xs650 heritage special 2. ive been getting a lot of inspiration from custom triumph builds out of japan and im building my personal version from those bikes, but with a xs650. I do metal fabrication and welding for a...

Hi, all. I am new to XSs, have been working on pre-AMF H-D (1950) for a while. I just picked up a 1977 XS650D and am pretty stoked. It is currently running an 4.75 tire on an 18 x 2.15 rim on the back and about a 4.00 on a 19 on the front. I am going the opposite direction of most on this forum...

So I was trying to solve the usual left side cover leak. I figured it was the pushrod seal so I replaced that, but the leak persisted. After pulling the cover off again I realized it was coming from the sprocket. The sprocket was super loose so I tighten it up and put the cover back on. I took...

Hello, I am helping out a family member and he is trying to track down where he can get some additional spokes. He has a 1971 xs650 and it as an 18" rear wheel. I am just starting to look online for sources, but I figured I would ask to see if any Guru's on here can tell me where to first...

found out they don't.

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...

I'm hoping someone can give me an idea what's going on here, I've been searching for a while and come up with nothing. So I just got my chop running and have back making some trips around town and down the road testing out various things before I trust it on a longer run. Well I noticed a few...

Hi all. Just purchased a 1972 XS650 and pretty new to this all, so hopefully not asking too dumb of a question. While trying to adjust my chain tension this morning I discovered that my right hand side chain adjuster is stripped. Not the bolt, but the actual adjuster. Now looking on...

OK, I'm cheap. That's why I chose to set the rear wheel almost all the way forward when I installed the 38T sprocket for sidecar work instead of buying a new and longer chain. It's a good o-ring chain with lots of life left in it. ScottOilers WORK! Then I noticed the tire was rubbing on the...

This topic has generally been discussed all over this forum....but. I have a rear 16" disc mag. I want to go with a bigger rear wheel, it looks like bigger mag means running a 19" xs650 front or borrow from sr500 or other model with machining needs. I have no ability to machine anything so I...

Quick question: I just installed my new wheel bearings. I used a large socket the same diameter of the outside race to pound them in. I did one side until seated, then I flipped over the wheel, inserted the spacer and pounded in the other one the same way. Once it was close, I used the front...

Hey guys Just picked up this 76 bobber beauty. Any ideas how I can add a frontbrake? The guy who put it together grinded all the attachments on the fork off. So I need everything (fork, wheel, disc, caliper...) It's a 19" front wheel Any cheap and easy suggestions? Something plug and play...

Looking around people seem to use different combinations of wheels for their scramblers. I'm going for that triumph scrambler look. I've seen 17 rears with 18 front. 17 rear, 19 front even 17 rear 21 front. What sort of width rims are people using for both? Was thinking 3.5" rear...

It's time to out new shoes on my 81 cafe. I was looking at the tire sizes and saw that the rear tire said tubeless while the front said tubed. I'm assuming front and rear will take both? They're spoked wheels btw

Hi all, I'm currently mulling over fitting an FZR600 front end onto my bike. I'll be mocking up the install so that I can sort out axle spacers and the brake setup. I've got a spare cast front wheel but have a spoked front wheel on my bike which I intend to use with the FZR forks. Quick...