Guss80special
XS650 Addict
Thx. Will do Bob. Give me a day.
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Monster Rat: My XS650 put my hands to sleep in the first mile when I first got it running it vibrated real bad... BUT with the Pilot air screws adjusted correctly and the carbs Synced real good it hardly vibrates at all now.... no problem seeing what's behind me in the mirrors
and my hands are good for about 50 miles now !
Bob.......
Yup, if you're used to a modern multi-cylinder bike, the XS650 is a bit of mobile a paint shaker.
You can get vibration isolators for the mirrors - these are special little studs with a rubber insert that mount between the mirror and the handlebar (or caliper housing). MikesXS sells them for a few bucks each and I've found that they help. Just be aware that stock Yamaha mirror stem uses a LEFT hand thread on the right hand mirror. If you have an aftermarket brake master cylinder - it will likely have a RH thread and so one of those special studs won't fit.
I would also ask - are all of your engine mounts secure?
There are quite a few mounts - including one right on the top of the cylinder head - and they all should be torqued up.
Finally, if the carburetors are not properly balanced, it can make the engine run rough.
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Monster Rat: My XS650 put my hands to sleep in the first mile when I first got it running it vibrated real bad... BUT with the Pilot air screws adjusted correctly and the carbs Synced real good it hardly vibrates at all now.... no problem seeing what's behind me in the mirrors
and my hands are good for about 50 miles now !
I think the main cure is carb syncing I made 2M's carb syncer and it works wonders..... super accurate !
.....here's a link to the one I built.
http://www.xs650.com/threads/carb-sync.48939/
Bob.......
These bikes are not meant for riding at 80 mph. If you want to drive that fast, then you should buy another more powerful bike. Once you have everything tuned up, they are quite pleasant to drive at 100 kms/hr (62 mph) . I use 17/33 sprockets, and turn 3800 rpm at 100 kms/hr. My engine feels very comfortable at that rpm. I have driven 620 kms in one day at that speed and the engine just loves it.What did I do to my XS today? RODE IT! Yay I finally got to clock a bit more than a mile or two at a wack. Rode probably 20 miles with my Sunpro volt meter on the bars to watch voltages and it seems to hold 14v give or take. So how hard do you guys push these things? I feel like it's screaming at 50mph. Probably 4k or so. Can't even imagine highway speeds which happen to be 80 here.
Anyways it was awesome to get home after a real ride, have beer and just look at it. Finally feel a connection has been made.
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These bikes are not meant for riding at 80 mph. If you want to drive that fast, then you should buy another more powerful bike. Once you have everything tuned up, they are quite pleasant to drive at 100 kms/hr (62 mph) . I use 17/33 sprockets, and turn 3800 rpm at 100 kms/hr. My engine feels very comfortable at that rpm. I have driven 620 kms in one day at that speed and the engine just loves it.
This is a bike designed in the 1960s..........................you can't compare it to the silky smooth 4 cylinder bikes of today.