DanielBlack
XS650 Junkie
Back in March or so I had gone out to the garage to start the Spring wakeup. First task was to flush the front brake and I was met with a busted sight glass.
Did a little googling and found this replacement for just a couple bucks. Kit came with the new 'glass' and an o-ring.
I had first thought that the original glass was busted during the truck ride cross country, I don't think so now. In my searching about replacing the glass, I came across a forum thread somewhere (not xs650) about a guy who made his own out of a spare slug of acrylic. Someone suggested he test it for resistance to brake fluid so he dropped it in a cup of fluid for a week. Sure enough, it developed a spiderweb of cracks and crumbled into tiny wet pieces. Just like Stella's when I excavated it.
Well, the replacement 'glass' is plastic too. I imagine I'll be dealing with this again in a few years, but I don't mind kicking it down the road for $3 shipped. Next time, I'll pick up a good used MC.
Replacement was super easy. Just tap the old one out from the inside, clean out the remnants, tap in the new one. Original was a dry friction fit, I added a thin smear of Hylomar Blue. Was able to do the whole job without removing the MC from the bar.
Next up, a little job I skipped in the very beginning. I figured I'd give the head bolts a retorque before the usual Spring tune-up. She's always needed a good degreasing after 1000 miles or so, hopefully this will take care of it. I've had the copper washers for a while now, just another matter of those elusive round tuits. Never been a huge collector of them and nowadays the toddler seems to hide the few in inventory out of spite.
Did a little googling and found this replacement for just a couple bucks. Kit came with the new 'glass' and an o-ring.
I had first thought that the original glass was busted during the truck ride cross country, I don't think so now. In my searching about replacing the glass, I came across a forum thread somewhere (not xs650) about a guy who made his own out of a spare slug of acrylic. Someone suggested he test it for resistance to brake fluid so he dropped it in a cup of fluid for a week. Sure enough, it developed a spiderweb of cracks and crumbled into tiny wet pieces. Just like Stella's when I excavated it.
Well, the replacement 'glass' is plastic too. I imagine I'll be dealing with this again in a few years, but I don't mind kicking it down the road for $3 shipped. Next time, I'll pick up a good used MC.
Replacement was super easy. Just tap the old one out from the inside, clean out the remnants, tap in the new one. Original was a dry friction fit, I added a thin smear of Hylomar Blue. Was able to do the whole job without removing the MC from the bar.
Next up, a little job I skipped in the very beginning. I figured I'd give the head bolts a retorque before the usual Spring tune-up. She's always needed a good degreasing after 1000 miles or so, hopefully this will take care of it. I've had the copper washers for a while now, just another matter of those elusive round tuits. Never been a huge collector of them and nowadays the toddler seems to hide the few in inventory out of spite.