Recent content by bkellis1

As long as you received the title signed and dated from the now-deceased owner as part of the original transaction, looks like you would just pay the maximum late fee

Missouri Resident Titling Requirements You have 30 days from the date of purchase to title and pay sales tax on your newly purchased vehicle. If you do not title the vehicle within 30 days, there is a title penalty of $25 on the 31st day after purchase. The penalty increases another $25 for...

My local DMV filled out Form 4808 (Incomplete Transaction Notice) indicating I needed a declaratory judgment in my favor. I used their official Bill of Sale form 1957 in the initial purchase. Along with these 2 items, I also attached as exhibits the VIN Check results from www.nicb.org/vincheck...

Here's one of the things that I like most about that car - it's the same age as I am

Jim wins the prize... You are correct sir! Good eye 😁

I threw some cork gasket material under the cap to keep it off of the pickup coils, screwed it down with some blue loctite, then after that dried, I backed it off until it had some wiggle room and put a large o-ring seal left over from the valve covers to fill in the gap to keep it from...

Just finished installing a new exhaust gasket and was putting on the covers to go for a ride when I encountered my next issue... with the extra washer behind the stator plate, it sits just proud of the case, so now when I try to install the cover, it hits the pickup coils. Now I'm concerned of...

Ha ha, when I first read your message about being 40-50 years old, I thought you were talking about me (I'm north of 55 now), and yeah, I don't like going fast on this thing. I just recently got a back fender mounted, and haven't even ridden it since then. All last summer, I rode around...

I'm glad you responded - I have your "XS650 Top End Buildup" thread up right now looking through what's involved. Excellent write-up!

After a good nights sleep, I got to thinking about the trick of squirting a little oil in the cylinder to see if the compression would come up. It did, which confirms it could use a ring job. But with the new compression reading, it was up to 110 lbs. Not great but not as terrible as it was...

Hey everyone, just wanted to provide an update on this issue to close it out. I finally received the new stator plate from Boyer and after inserting an additional washer behind the plate to push it out more from the rotor, it is no longer rubbing against the solder and I got it to run. Well...

Thanks for the links. I have found both to be extremely helpful. I do have a question about this picture though... With the right-side cam pin hole at the 12 o'clock position, does that indicate that the left side #1 piston is at TDC?

Just a quick update on this topic... I've ordered a new stator plate from Boyer and waiting on shipment to the US. I also found a complete points ignition setup including rod on eBay that I bought and also awaiting shipment. Lastly I found some MP08 coils on eBay and bought those too just for...

Looks like a nice setup. One problem I would run into is not having any of the original parts. When I got the bike, it already had the Boyer installed, so I don't have the original rod or any of it. It just has a piece of all-thread with the Boyer rotor on one side and nuts on the other. Since...

I could simply replace that one plate for the Boyer, and that would be the most cost effective, assuming that's the only thing in need of replacement. But what if I replace the whole system with something else? I've read on here to stay away from the XS Charge from Mike's. What other options...