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Thought about time i introduce myself instead of lurking. All the way from NZ, I decided one day I wanted to get into an XS650!
I came across an 81SH (shit heap) that was in need of much love. Its pipes were shot, had no front brake system, tank was dented up, had no electrics. The frame was pretty good though with matching engine numbers. It kicked over pretty well for something that had been sitting for ten years, and the carbs werent totally gummed up.
I am going to build a sprung bobber from this old girl, but i wanted to get it running again and rideable with all fabbing done before pulling it apart for powdercoating etc. That would give me a chance to get to know it.
I did the seat rails, mounted a solo seat, mounted a tank, installed Progressive shocks, installed a pamco and ultimate coil (PO had swapped to points so that was easy), cleaned up the carbs, installed some custom GC curved pipes, did cam chain (warm), valves (cold), changed oil and both filters twice (no metal filings so thats good), rebuilt advance, fitted new plugs, uni-pods and began generally cleaning it up.
So now its up and test running. I am simply using a battery on the floor, only whats needed to run.
She starts 1st kick which is great. However, it seems to run pretty rich. Timing wise, it sits on the right hand line of Fire at idle, advances to where its meant too. Carb wise, i set floats to 21.7mm, went up one size on pilot to 45 and 2 to 137.5 main (mikuni oem). I fitted new orings to mix screw, pilot jet plugs, gaskets, float seat & needle. Basically everything bar needle jet and slides. Slides hold up when testing and there were no holes. I bench synched carefully but have not synched on the bike.
Plugs can black up a bit just for example, just testing timing. It smells rich and puffs a little black smoke at WOT. I would have thought that 1 up pilot and two up main, with pods or even open, wouldnt have been that rich. Worn needle jets or needles maybe? The left plug does show a tiny bit of wetness after running, but im hoping that will settle if i can run it in. If not top end it is. These threads are dime a dozen in know, but i thought i might as well say hi.
Photos coming
Thought about time i introduce myself instead of lurking. All the way from NZ, I decided one day I wanted to get into an XS650!
I came across an 81SH (shit heap) that was in need of much love. Its pipes were shot, had no front brake system, tank was dented up, had no electrics. The frame was pretty good though with matching engine numbers. It kicked over pretty well for something that had been sitting for ten years, and the carbs werent totally gummed up.
I am going to build a sprung bobber from this old girl, but i wanted to get it running again and rideable with all fabbing done before pulling it apart for powdercoating etc. That would give me a chance to get to know it.
I did the seat rails, mounted a solo seat, mounted a tank, installed Progressive shocks, installed a pamco and ultimate coil (PO had swapped to points so that was easy), cleaned up the carbs, installed some custom GC curved pipes, did cam chain (warm), valves (cold), changed oil and both filters twice (no metal filings so thats good), rebuilt advance, fitted new plugs, uni-pods and began generally cleaning it up.
So now its up and test running. I am simply using a battery on the floor, only whats needed to run.
She starts 1st kick which is great. However, it seems to run pretty rich. Timing wise, it sits on the right hand line of Fire at idle, advances to where its meant too. Carb wise, i set floats to 21.7mm, went up one size on pilot to 45 and 2 to 137.5 main (mikuni oem). I fitted new orings to mix screw, pilot jet plugs, gaskets, float seat & needle. Basically everything bar needle jet and slides. Slides hold up when testing and there were no holes. I bench synched carefully but have not synched on the bike.
Plugs can black up a bit just for example, just testing timing. It smells rich and puffs a little black smoke at WOT. I would have thought that 1 up pilot and two up main, with pods or even open, wouldnt have been that rich. Worn needle jets or needles maybe? The left plug does show a tiny bit of wetness after running, but im hoping that will settle if i can run it in. If not top end it is. These threads are dime a dozen in know, but i thought i might as well say hi.
Photos coming
