So this past weekend for fun I thought id throw a can of seafoam in the tank and take her for a rip.
The bikes running great and the only issue was the chainguard falling off of the rear mount on the highway, and I almost lost the license plate (the first one feel off after the first 200k). I'm taking the attitude that if those parts don't want to be on the bike, they can walk!
Hi Simebone,
yeah, BTDT. A week after I bought my XS650 the local RCMP asked me,
Hey Fred, where's your plate?
Bolted to the plate mounting bar on the rear fender?
Look again.
So I did. All that was there were the mounting bolts and two little triangular plate corners.
Um, somewhere on the highway between here and Beausejour?
That's when I learned why absolutely every part of an XS650 except the engine was rubber mounted.
As your plate and chainguard should have been.
Flat rubber kitchen tap washers from Canadian Tire will be your friend here.
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