-
Enjoy XS650.com? Consider making a donation to help support the site.
XS650.com receives a small share of sales from some links on this page, but direct donations have a much greater impact on keeping this site going.
What have you done to your XS today?
- Thread starter I am Carbon
- Start date
-
- Tags
- maintenance
Today I drew up a 4" shorter skid plate that does not cover the front mount, made a new front mount that does not have the chrome cover and started on some scrambler pipes. I already don`t like them but options are really limited. I`m more than sure I`ll change my mind. That`s what it`s there for!
I just started her up. Let her warm up a bit. Listened to her talk. She said she was OK. Battery was recharging well by what the voltmeter showed. Sometimes I just need to hear her.
Today I drew up a 4" shorter skid plate that does not cover the front mount, made a new front mount that does not have the chrome cover and started on some scrambler pipes. I already don`t like them but options are really limited. I`m more than sure I`ll change my mind. That`s what it`s there for!
View attachment 112701 View attachment 112702 View attachment 112703
I LIKE the way the pipes are shaping up. I have seen other scrambler pipes the take that same route and I think it looks good.
It was a cold crisp day in the Windsor-Detroit area but yesterday was warm after a week of rainy weather which has washed all the salt off the roads. The perfect day for a little boot around on my big silvery gal!! I know she’s not an XS650, but at least it was a ride....
Sooo..., I rode about 4 km to a breakfast restaurant for the regular Sunday morning meal with the local chapter of the Can. Vintage MC Group (www.cvmg.ca). I was surprised to be the only rider this morning out of about 12 folks at breakfast. Oh well. It was -1C when I left home and +3C when I returned. Pretty fresh - but fun! The bike worked perfectly (although I was riding like a granny).
Pete
Sooo..., I rode about 4 km to a breakfast restaurant for the regular Sunday morning meal with the local chapter of the Can. Vintage MC Group (www.cvmg.ca). I was surprised to be the only rider this morning out of about 12 folks at breakfast. Oh well. It was -1C when I left home and +3C when I returned. Pretty fresh - but fun! The bike worked perfectly (although I was riding like a granny).
Pete
Last edited:
Today I drew up a 4" shorter skid plate that does not cover the front mount, made a new front mount that does not have the chrome cover and started on some scrambler pipes. I already don`t like them but options are really limited. I`m more than sure I`ll change my mind. That`s what it`s there for!
View attachment 112701 View attachment 112702 View attachment 112703
Atta boy Pete!
Re did the pipes and tack welded them together. If you can`t burn your leg on these your just not trying hard enough! cut the ends for the Snuff-or-Not`s. Still have to make a rear mounting bracket. A steering damper mount and a couple of small brackets and the frame can go to the powder coaters.
Now there's a term I ain't heard since I was a kid. Had 'em on a 305 Superhawk. Didn't even know they still made 'em.
Pipes look good Phil!!
They don`t make them anymore but there are a few sets of NOS ones around. The price is astronomical $$$$$. Anywhere from $65 to $150 per pair. Original price was $1.95 each. 
Holy Cow! Talk about inflation!
Said a prayer and took a cut-off wheel to the front fender. I'm OK with the results.
Guss80special
XS650 Addict
I like it! I did the same (jig saw) a couple weeks ago. I left the back longer to keep the speedo clip. I think I’ll take it off - yours looks better IMO. I also added gaiters.
Yesterday I found a larger than normal puddle of oil under my bike. Maybe 2 tbls. I know my clutch push rod seal needs replacement but seems weird that it would leak more suddenly. Especially in -16 c temps and has certainly not run in many months. Any opinions? I took left cover off and not much of a mess. It drips right around the nut in the bottom. Not new. Always drips there. see pic. Sump cover perhaps?? I did jack the bike up when I put on the gaiters with a 2x12 centred on the 2 bottom frame tubes. Afterwards I noticed two small indents on the wood corresponding to the two acorn nuts near the oil drain plug. Do you think I’ve damaged something that is now leaking?
Guss80, you may want to create a separate thread for this oil leak.
The case stud protrusion is suspiciously wide/distorted.
(At arrow)
Member pckopp ran into a similar problem.
Follow this post, and the following 20? posts:
http://www.xs650.com/threads/refurbing-a-78-standard.47357/page-2#post-475921
The case stud protrusion is suspiciously wide/distorted.
(At arrow)
Member pckopp ran into a similar problem.
Follow this post, and the following 20? posts:
http://www.xs650.com/threads/refurbing-a-78-standard.47357/page-2#post-475921
Guss80special
XS650 Addict
Yup. Ok. Thank you.
Thanks Guss. I kept my speedo clip too and tried to equalize the distance front and rear from the centerline. The rear has a different profile which probably makes it look longer than it is. I figured I could always cut off more if I wanted it shorter but impossible to add if too short.
Next up: some XS1100 rotors.
Guss80special
XS650 Addict
Yes. I see that now. Looks good!
I spent the whole afternoon making 2 exhaust clamps that will hold the heat shield. You`ll never see them. Tomorrow I`ll polish them and countersink the socket head center bolt.
Very nice Phil. You shoulda' done your own build thread
Very nice Phil. You shoulda' done your own build thread
Agreed! It’s not too late!
