DogBunny

If you're freaked out by acid (which is understandable), buy an AGM battery. They don't cost much more than a conventional battery, and...

Keeping a couple of tires around can come in handy as a cushion if you ever need to lay the bike down, which you might want to do if you...

Twice a year, my city has a bulky trash pickup which my monthly solid waste fee pays for. They take tires, limit of 8. One time I had...

Not to beat a dead horse, but for the dozenth time, if anyone wants a parts fiche that is actually half-decent go here...

I believe this crud is what was preventing full rotation of the crank. The cylinder looks pretty good. The honing marks look fresh...

More previous owner handiwork: the cam chain tensioner bolt was cut... at an angle... and one of the cylinder head locating dowels...

Impressive! That's a metal-backed plate that broke!

You are right, there IS a handle for the 22 and 27 mm wrenches, a sort of flattened tube that slips on. I have it.

Got sealant? Excess sealant on interior head walls, tappet adjuster screw and nut, valve spring retainer, and exterior of cylinder head.

Also -- there's supposed to be a spring in there. And the collar that I mentioned above that you need rides on a seal, just like the...

I wasn't actually endorsing it. Hope it works for you. I think you're going to have to make some kind of a collar for it. Look at...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185922541773 Spotted this on eBay for $65 plus $22 shipping. The speed holes and shaved rear end make me think...

Yes, you are right, there should be a 22mm wrench to match the 27mm, which I also have. I have never seen a handle that slips over...

You're missing the handle for the screwdrivers, which I have. Otherwise looks pretty complete. What else do you think you're missing?

PM sent on kickstand...

The outer basket, also known as the "Primary Driven Gear" never changed. It's the same, 1970-1983.

New and NOS friction plates are available on eBay. Search eBay by parts number. There are two different friction plates, search both...

Sending you a PM....

Maybe a bit of crud got under one of the needles. There's a pretty simple, fast, and non-messy bench test. Carbs upside down on bench...

One friction plate was broken (and the rest were VERY stuck). Never seen this before. I don't have one handy, but I think the later...

The hole. One only, but same, mirror-image placed hole on the other side.

I thought exhaust springs too. You'd expect to see marks from the spring hooks, or whatever it was the holes were used for, but no. I...

Too late. I'd already committed to tearing it down by the time the engine freed up.

The engine was loose. What I got was an almost complete bike in baskets, a frame, and an engine. I don't know how it was stored, but...

The crank now has full rotation. This was advertised as a stuck motor. I assume the seller determined that it was stuck by using the...

Will do.

Thanks. Both are interesting ideas. Bike was bought in baskets, with intention of parting out. There's a couple of other little...

Old, neglected XS2 engine. In one direction the crank stops rotating about 10 degrees before it hits TDC. In the other direction, the...

7 years after transplanting in my yard, and I have a full grown Santa Rosa plum tree, although I think it will keep getting bigger if...

Suburbia in the 70's... five of my high school drunken vandal friends once carried a VW bug from a driveway and set it crossways in the...