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Tiesco
XS650 Addict
I feel like it would be better for the bikes center of gravity if the luggage rack was over the back of the seat vs over the fender. Maybe it wouldn't make much of a difference
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Good adaptation! That should do a good job of hauling your groceries!
Tiesco
XS650 Addict
hahaha Oh, no. I really liked it, TZ. Especially the little ears the turn signals mounted on. It was a clean looking install. I thought about making the little ears and welding them on to the rack and back to the clean looking install. I'll use the frame mounts for now. However the sissy bar has the turn signal ears on it!
And it's gone, with a stock seat and gauges on it. Can't trust ANYONE to just look in the shed these days.
Anyone interested in a nice cafe seat for an 80 up special?
The One Time Throwing Money at it Actually Worked!
Brought it out of storage a bit ago, put a brand new bargain battery in it and it spun the motor a couple times and gave up. I cleaned all connections and replaced the cable to the starter and it maybe gave me three tries.
Having counselled the odd newby on the site not to throw money at a project but to think and reason, I did exactly that. I thought buying another battery would be reasonable.
The new sealed Yuasa battery was $115.00 plus 13% tax, but it had the oomph to spin it up to a start. Next warm day I may test the limits of essential travel and burn up a tank of gas.
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Great battery ! Now you're bragging
I've bought two of those Yuasas. So fun to add the acid out of those cell bottles and charge em up.
Good for years...
Hummmm… Is it a Gel battery?
AGM
Acid added at the store on delivery, then permanently sealed.
Acid added at the store on delivery, then permanently sealed.
I was asking because I was involved in a very un-scientific test. Two kayaks, battery power trolling motors. In apples to apples, my gel battery would run all day but the son-in-laws LA battery would only pull about 4 hours and he was paddling. These are the Lawn tractor size batteries. I went with a gel battery in my bike.
I dunno.
Johnnny13
XS650 Enthusiast
Got the fork seals done on my buddies 72 with 74 forks. Kept hand filing It until it fit. A few members here gave me measurements for a starting point. Had to use a hack saw, hold the socket with vice grips, and use a hand file.
Hacksaw and vice grips, the old school hard way, but it does work. ( Don't lose that special tool!)
Johnnny13
XS650 Enthusiast
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No way I'm losing this one, or the ones for my 35mm forks. I have 35mm tools for both styles. With the time I put into this it's worth at least $200 to me!
We all have those. It's like cutting a notch on your gun handle.
That looks really nice and dependable. I’ll have to take a pic of my homemade fork tool when I get home. When I rebuilt my forks two winters ago I followed 5Twins suggestion and bent a length of 1/4 rod. Cost me about 5.00 and took all of 2 minutes to make. I still have it. It’s def not as pretty as yours though
Maybe this time I won't break into somebodies conversation. Ok.
My ( new to me) Yamaha Service Manual came in yesterday, Now I have a good working library. I also scored a new point cam shaft rod, # 256-11156-00
I am getting together a point style system for my 81, 4M4 engine. ( I find it hard to gap the black boxes)
Somewhere I saw that the point shafts were different lengths? I'm looking for that reference post.
I know the shaft will work in my 77 but I'm not sure about the 81, 4M4. I wish I would have had the Service Manual last year when I started the build.
BTW, I see the early 256 engines and the later 447 engines but little reference is made to the 4M4's.
They are not mentioned very often. What's up with that?
I have a set of BS 38 carbs to go on it. I hope to get it running on the stand. ( but not in front of my book shelf!)
Comments and information welcomed! I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer!
You know, it does get hot here, but not like Mailman baking bread on his top of his tank!
I'm running 20W/50. May be too heavy?
My ( new to me) Yamaha Service Manual came in yesterday, Now I have a good working library. I also scored a new point cam shaft rod, # 256-11156-00
I am getting together a point style system for my 81, 4M4 engine. ( I find it hard to gap the black boxes)
Somewhere I saw that the point shafts were different lengths? I'm looking for that reference post.
I know the shaft will work in my 77 but I'm not sure about the 81, 4M4. I wish I would have had the Service Manual last year when I started the build.
BTW, I see the early 256 engines and the later 447 engines but little reference is made to the 4M4's.
They are not mentioned very often. What's up with that?
I have a set of BS 38 carbs to go on it. I hope to get it running on the stand. ( but not in front of my book shelf!)
Comments and information welcomed! I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer!
You know, it does get hot here, but not like Mailman baking bread on his top of his tank!
I'm running 20W/50. May be too heavy?
20W50 should be just fine. I wouldn't use anything lighter unless I was going to ride in sub 45 degree weather.
If it gets cold enough that it won't start with 20W50 in it you won't want to ride anyway.
