BigJimmyW13
XS650 Guru
Hey man I know how it is I always forget to take pics or even to bring my camera.
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What did you wrench on today?
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westonboege
XS650 Addict
Last night finished welding up my new side covers for my 79 special....
BigJimmyW13
XS650 Guru
Today I went to my guy's shop to work on wiring with him. I wanted to take some pics of the kickstand lean, but it's still up on the lift. Should be done tomorrow and I'll be able to take pics of the lean and the *finally* finished "Jimaha"
Tech7
XS650 Junkie
Actually, wasn't oil. The wire insulation just degraded badly. Apparently a problem with these cars. We don't work on a lot of Mercedes up here, so this was a challenge.
Tech7
XS650 Junkie
Jimmy, can't wait to see your bike go!
BigJimmyW13
XS650 Guru
yea, that was another problem with the old 120, 111, and 104 engines.. the wiring would break down..
I work at a benz dealer, so I see this stuff all day long.
Tech7
XS650 Junkie
I gathered. People buy these older Benzes, and then shit when you give them a bill for 8K to fix the wiring. Oh well. My bike runs.
Tech7
XS650 Junkie
You're gonna love it! Registered mine Monday, and I still can't stop smiling. It's the shit.Yeah, You and me both.
BigJimmyW13
XS650 Guru
Yep that will be the next step for me is getting it registered.... and inspected (kinda).
Tech7
XS650 Junkie
Yeah, mines not really that "legal" either. But I got a lot of friends that do motorcycle inspections. And besides , I live in the"live free or die" state dammit..
BigJimmyW13
XS650 Guru
Exactly, I have a capacitor... From what I understand I supposedly need the lights and a working horn while the motorcycle is not running.... That's impossible while running just a capacitor. oh well I'm not going to sweat it. I know a guy who knows a guy lol
Tech7
XS650 Junkie
Exactly!
What's a horn? I do have hi/lo headlight, a taillight, and a brake light. What else do I need?
What's a horn? I do have hi/lo headlight, a taillight, and a brake light. What else do I need?
81 special carbs finished and back on, cam chain adjusted, valves set brushes checked. 4 hour break to go rock climbing. Valve covers and alternator cover polished. Chain cleaned greased and tensioned, She starts and runs! then I dumped the oil,dark but no chunks of anything in the pan or on the magnets. Tomorrow; oil filters, new oil, synch carbs, set idle mixture, go through front brakes then hopefully a shake down cruise.
mseriously
Newb
Major things to do is the electrical and just buttoning everything back up...then get it to run!
Tech7
XS650 Junkie
Dude, you climb? We got great climbing here in NH! I just climbed Cathedral ledge 2 weeks ago. Awesome day. Let's see some pics of your ride.
gentlemanjim
More Wrenchin than Ridin
Installed XSJohn's needles, set floats installed carbs, fired up engine WOW! Beed to install fuel tand and head out on the read to determine how she run's under load.
Started hand rubbing out the clear coat, Today I try my electric polisher. I might not live long enough doing it by hand to get it smooth and shiny.
Started hand rubbing out the clear coat, Today I try my electric polisher. I might not live long enough doing it by hand to get it smooth and shiny.
do you have an email for John? I think he dropped off this site.
If you have never power buffed be VERY careful of edges it's WAY too easy to get into the color coat. I would power buff the flats and hand rub the edges till I got really confident in my work.
gentlemanjim
More Wrenchin than Ridin
I have one of those slow speed polisher not a ture high speed buffer. ANd Yes I will extra careful - thanks.
John's aaround he had an issue with his sight recently. I spoke to him 2 days ago. Give me a call: 336-233-8723
xsneedles@gmail.com
John's aaround he had an issue with his sight recently. I spoke to him 2 days ago. Give me a call: 336-233-8723
xsneedles@gmail.com
Yeah I am very fortunate to live next to Devils Lake the midwest climbing mecca. Was an awesome day yesterday, couldn't have had better weather, rock, and friends to climb with. Gettin old so it's not how hard I climb anymore but that I get out there at all.
Wife at the crag.
