I should have been a little more clear on that, sorry. What I meant was he could possible buy the parts from Smedspeed and have the machining done locally. To my knowledge there is nobody in the US that provides a sump spin on kit.
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Buzzy's revival: '82 Heritage Special
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Would need to contact Smedspeed. As far as I know, he just supplies the whole caboodle - machined sump plus the alloy block attached.
Thanks for the link brother. I will look for another sump plate as I am sure shipping there and back will take longer than i want to wait.
The DMV line was half way around the block but Buzzy is now titled and registered in my name.
. There's about 8 of em in the link I posted.
Are you talking about the lower side covers? If so yes, I would like to see pictures. I have a buddy with a 3D printer I was thinking about asking to print a couple out for me if these prove to be hard to find.
@Boog here is the part number for the black front flasher and list of other bikes it was used on. Seems to be mostly listed online as used on the 80-81 XS1100 Midnight Special.
5U5-83310-K0-00
5U5-83310-K0-00
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Your model came with a couple added safety relays. Neither are needed and I recommend you remove them both. Being so old, they're just problems waiting to happen. Your sidestand switch that fell off is part of one of them but you'll want to remove the relay it was hooked to as well. Details are here in post #55 .....
http://www.xs650.com/threads/200-special.51454/page-3
Refurbing your rear drum brake is pretty easy and most likely needed by now. Most haven't been serviced since they came out of the factory. See post #3 here .....
http://www.xs650.com/threads/how-difficult-is-it-to-replace-the-rear-drum-brakes.25632/
http://www.xs650.com/threads/200-special.51454/page-3
Refurbing your rear drum brake is pretty easy and most likely needed by now. Most haven't been serviced since they came out of the factory. See post #3 here .....
http://www.xs650.com/threads/how-difficult-is-it-to-replace-the-rear-drum-brakes.25632/
Have not read through but there are sellers of Filter conversions out there
https://www.xs650shop.de/en/crankcase/959/oil-filter-kit-xs-performance?number=39-1341K
Not used it myself but there should be solutions ready to buy " Bolt On "
https://www.xs650shop.de/en/crankcase/959/oil-filter-kit-xs-performance?number=39-1341K
Not used it myself but there should be solutions ready to buy " Bolt On "
Re: Filter Conversion
Why? The OE screens work fine.
If it were me, I'd move that to the back burner.
Yes, the Midnight Special of any XS model is correct. I'm positive the XS1100 and XS850 are exact replacements.
Why? The OE screens work fine.
If it were me, I'd move that to the back burner.
Yes, the Midnight Special of any XS model is correct. I'm positive the XS1100 and XS850 are exact replacements.
I got home after work to pull the battery. When I removed the bike cover, there was a strong smell of fuel. I remembered that I had forgotten to shut the petcock off. When I looked at it, I see there is no OFF. Instead, the switch says Res, on, and pri.
Where is OFF?
After looking around, I found fuel drops from the pod filter.
Where is OFF?
After looking around, I found fuel drops from the pod filter.
Off is down, it’s a vacuum petcock. You only need to turn it to pri at start up and back to the middle. Res only if your running out of fuel.
It took me awhile to figure out how to remove the seat once I got it unlocked.
It appears not to have been clean for a good while under here.
The battery seems to be old, no date to be found.
I got a new battery, perfect fit, hooked it up and the bike started right away.
The headlight is quite bright now.
It appears not to have been clean for a good while under here.
The battery seems to be old, no date to be found.
I got a new battery, perfect fit, hooked it up and the bike started right away.
The headlight is quite bright now.
Much to my surprise, I found a hidden gem tonight; a Yamaha chain and lock tucked neatly in a small cubby on the right side. The ignition keys fits too.
Like Rustie says, the On position is Off with the engine shut down... no vacuum. But it does point out a problem, one or both of your float valves are leaking/weeping. Pull the dipstick and see if you smell fuel in the crankcase. There's some disagreement here on where the fuel goes on the BS34's. I contend it just runs out the back of the carbs. Some believe that (like the 38's) it'll also run down into the cylinders, past the rings and into the crankcase. Best to find out if there's fuel in there before go any distance on it.
I have replaced float valves once in 35 years because of leaking BS34 and once for a rebuild If the bike has been sitting a while it can stop
I have tossed the petcock once and refurbished it once The off position was never off because of rubber parts in the petcock.
Should that happen there are kits available.
It is easy to check just suck on the tube as if it was a milkshake straw with fuel line off ...see if it works.
Perhaps the tank gets inspected and taken off and the test performed then
That is cool, I’ve never seen a Yamaha security chain keyed to a bike.
