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DetroitMuscle07
XS650 Enthusiast
Well I made the trip up here from florida for my dads surgery and I'm freezing my coin purse off. Hospital waiting rooms suck except for the free wifi and hot nurses.
mtrcty
XS650 Member
mtrcty
XS650 Member
It has not been running since '95.Wires were hacked because of lost keys. Checked the oil pulled the plugs,powered up the starter to get oil moving around.ran wires to the coils from a battery, shot of starting fluid fired on the first kick sputtered stalled. another shot it fired and i let it run for about 5 minutes came down to an idle. Now I have my motivation to get started on my winter project.
JDS1
XS650 Enthusiast
I live in Durand, about 15 miles west of Flint. I think I saw that bike that you purchased in Flint on CL. If it's the same one you got a good deal. I'm currently turning my 73 tx650 into a bobber. Rebuilding my engine and the frame is coming along really well. Does anyone know of a good machine shop that works on the 650s? I need to have my cylinders bored.
pics of the tx?
btw I spoke to a friend here in Lansing who has some 650's hes looking to sell.
http://flint.craigslist.org/mcy/2085555913.html
I have made zero progress on the 650s, lacking motivation with all the snow...last bike thing i did was stud a tire on one of the dirt bikes haha
btw I spoke to a friend here in Lansing who has some 650's hes looking to sell.
http://flint.craigslist.org/mcy/2085555913.html
I have made zero progress on the 650s, lacking motivation with all the snow...last bike thing i did was stud a tire on one of the dirt bikes haha
graybikemike
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Hey everyone, Does anybody know a good machine shop that does engine work such as head and cylinders in the Detroit area? We are rebuilding a 76' XS650.
rawxs
XS650 Enthusiast
what area of Michigan? rawxs
JDS1, most any auto machine shop can bore your cylinders. Just get the pistons you want and have the machine shop bore them for a .0020-.0022 clearance.
On one engine the local speed shop that the local car racers use charged me $35 per hole.
On one engine the local speed shop that the local car racers use charged me $35 per hole.
jabhawk996
supermoto650
Be careful with off-spring... They grow up and flip you off on the triples.....Or brake check you in corners......Or do tricks like "knick-knack-paddy- whack" Off the tripples while your lucky to clear the first two.....Or tell you while 2" away from you on those tripples that you finally got the balls to try, and he reaches over and trips your kill switch ( all the while your fingers are dead white inside your 10 year old street gloves......Just so you know...mine truned 25 last week...and he still doesn't have a car/truck and he's still riding that CR80 I bought him for his 10th birthday (HEY...it was brand new then....)..... Have fun or die trying.....WTH....jimi
graybikemike
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Thanks, I'll start calling some local shops. rawxs, I'm in Lincoln Park, just south of Detroit.
rawxs
XS650 Enthusiast
use to be a place called Carpenters that all that shop sent heads / jugs to be machined. Do not know if there still open? I think they were in Ann Arbor. rawxs
paul45
paul45
Sounds like alot of Michiganers on this forum, and I have noticiad a few Ontarians as well. Question; how many of you have heard of Friday the 13th in Port Dover Ont. and if so wouldnt that be a great place for all the xs,ers to hook up. Let me know guys I am local and could come up with a spot for everyone to meet.
paul45
paul45
Check out friday the 13th port dover on you tube it will give you agood idea of the size and what its all about.
anyone know shit about this whole no fault insurance thing here in Michigan? just had a semi cut me off this afternoon on the highway and my truck is now beatin up because of someone else and they dont have to pay for it?! WTF
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mtrcty
XS650 Member
anybody close to flint that would like to give a new guy some help on the project i just started? it ran the last time in 09, and got it from a friend for 500. now the clutch is locked, and needs teh wiring completely redone.
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