Great port stories, Robin !
I'm looking forward to the next one.
I'm looking forward to the next one.
I'm hoping for an hour-by-hour photo travelogue !looking forward to the pics and stories of your guys upcoming great adventure
Looks like a calendar girl to me.
Yikes, the other day I barely lifted the old , black side gasket to peek in the bottom, stick the carb spray tube inside. Was just going to glue it back w/ hylomar. bad news, I saw the pics above. Good news I can make a gasket....actually, just curious to rip it off and look.
Nicely stated, Pete.Hi yamahama:
Just a quick note to let you know that RobinC, the chap who started this thread several years ago passed away in the autumn of 2018 - just a few days after his last post above - and that accounts for the lengthy gap between his last post and today.
Robin was a wonderful guy and a great friend to everyone on the XS650.com forum. I actually bought his '78E from his widow and it is on my lift as we speak and Lakeview bought his '73 TX which Robin had acquired as a total mess, but is now well on its way to becoming a calendar girl IMO.
FYI, here is the shot from Post #2 of this thread of the '78E and a couple of photos of the bike's tins as painted recently by Jim of this forum.
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Robin's two major threads are a tremendous source of great info on a number of topics (particularly polishing aluminium engine cases) but to keep things current, it might be a good idea for you to start an entirely new thread for your bike.
Pete