First xs650

[spdygon]

hello
Just bought my first xs650 and it’s a 72. Where can I buy rubber grommets...like for the gauges and forks ( bottom , top light bucket ears)?
MikesXS and other sites don’t have them.
Also looking for a xs2 left fork

 

[ThatXS650Guy]

Welcome Spdygon, Moving on from the Kawasaki world?
Sorry, can't help with the grommets.

 

[spdygon]

Thought that was you...came up at a decent price and could not leave without it.lol
Still having monthly meeting?

 

[5twins]

Many of those rubber bits are N.L.A. Watch eBay for some N.O.S. ones. They pop up from time to time.

 

[ThatXS650Guy]

Still having monthly meeting?

Yep, last Thursday of every month same place, same time.
You probably have never seen my XS650.

 

[spdygon]

Don’t think do....only the Kz

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Coupla threads that may help:

http://www.xs650.com/threads/rubber-restoration.48125/

http://www.xs650.com/threads/early-model-rubber-parts-source.51026/

http://www.xs650.com/threads/hard-to-find-rubber-moldings.51930/

 

[Paul Sutton]

Some of the rubber parts can be made from two different sizes of rubber tube where the OD of one matches the ID of the other. You can cut a length of the thinner and push on two shorter lengths of the thicker - even glue them in place if you wish.

 

[ThatXS650Guy]

Where are the pics?

 

[spdygon]

 

[5twins]

I don't get the abundance of drag and clubman bars on these. Sportbikes these are not, lol. A bit lower than stock, sure, but that low is too much.

 

[ThatXS650Guy]

What are your plans? That screams café bike to me. You just need to finish it the right way.

 

[spdygon]

Make it look like the new xsr

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Interesting front fender. Looks like it may have come from a front end with an offset axle. Is it mounted backwards?

 

[spdygon]

Don’t know ....not original though for a 72-73

 

[gggGary]

keep close tabs on the front axle, brake parts, assembly order, that 72 is a one year only setup.

 

[spdygon]

Ok thx thx
Pretty cool set up....can remove wheel without removing caliper.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Interesting front fender. Looks like it may have come from a front end with an offset axle. Is it mounted backwards?

Have a look at MrBultaco's pics, post #1129.

http://www.xs650.com/threads/mailman’s-xs2-a-sympathetic-restoration.51520/page-57#post-559392

 

[Paul Sutton]

I have an interest in getting a Yamaha XV750, consequently I immediately recognized that mudguard:


TM - Offset axle.

 

[650Skull]

Some threads on the XS2 front hub and rotor.
http://www.xs650.com/threads/xs2-front-axle-assembly.31433/

http://www.xs650.com/threads/sorry-yamaha-but-that-was-dumb.16441/

http://www.xs650.com/threads/mailman’s-xs2-a-sympathetic-restoration.51520/page-28

Yamaha changed the 2 piece damper to an O'ring