Recent content by aprilsixth

Tom, I've tried that. I've tried every route imaginable. Maybe i'm just dumb, but I can't see how this cable would work. I'm on the west side as well, right down the street from you. Wilson & Trabue. Would you mind stopping by and taking a look?

I took measurements and it seems like i need to order a cable thats around 43"

Dirty Dog, how does that even work? nice bike btw Here are a few pics of what im talking about. you can see this stock length motion pro cable is to long...

Twomany, thanks for the link. I talked to Motionpro on the phone and I am going to have to take some measurements tonight of the length I need and custom order one from them. I'm assuming I need to do the same for the throttle cable now? Tom, my issue is that I put lower biltwell tracker bars...

Thanks DirtyDog. Yes, I am going to stay with motionpro. I can tell the difference in quality from the motionpro to Mikes xs (Mikes XS cable is much thinner). I called motionpro and what I'm going to have to do is custom order one of their clutch cables to fit the lower tracker bars. The other 3...

Tom- Thanks for the feedback. I was trying to re-route the cable to make it "work" not to hide it. It's to long to engage/dis-engage the clutch. Not worried about looks of the cable.

Thanks for the advise/info Gary, really appreciate it. Looks like I need to order a 3rd cable. The first cable I ordered was a motion pro cable from Dime City Cycles but this is the cable that seems to long (must be for stock pullback bars). The 2nd cable I got was from Mike's xs and is a...

Hey 650 members, I am currently restoring/building a 1980 xs650 special. I am almost done with my first round of mods but have run into an issue on installing the new clutch line on my tracker build. Since i have changed the bars to lower tracker bar (from stock) seems like the clutch cable...

Thanks for the replies. The tech section has some great info that has been very helpful. I think I'm going to start first with all new hand controls, bars, front/back master cylinders, brake/clutch/throttle lines. Once that is done i'd like to get the PAMCO and PMA installed so that it is...

I'll check around the forum. Thanks!

Hello, I just recently picked up a 1980 xs650 special. From what the seller told me it had been in a shop having repairs done when the owner could not afford to pay the bill. The seller I bought it from purchased from the shop, re-painted it, installed the 2-1 exhaust, and recovered the seat...