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Thanks Fredintoon, From what I can find, the Michelins don't have a 110/90 rear tire, but they do have a 4.00". Can I mix a metric front tire (100/90 - 19) with a 4.00 - 18 "inch" rear tire? The closest I can find to 110/90 in the Michelin is 120/90, I think that may be too wide. Thanks

Thank you all for your replies, I think I have it narrowed my search down to three tires and would like to get your impressions of my choices and the sizes I have picked out. I am looking at the Michelin Pilot Activ (Front 100/90 - 19, Rear 4.00 - 18), Dunlop K70 (Front 3.50 - 19, Rear 4.00 -...

Greetings, I am close to getting my 1975 XS650B back on the road, the next thing on the agenda are tires. I currently have a set of 40 year old Dunlop K81 TT100 (4.10 H 19 on front and 4.25/85 H 18 on the rear). I like the aggressive tread pattern and when I originally purchased these I went a...

Thanks for the info, i found the solution. I had replaced the blown fuse with the spare fuse from the fuse holder, which was almost 44 years old. That fuse was defective, it looked good, no breaks in the filament could be seen, but I guess vibration and age got the best of it. Once a new fuse...

I was very close to getting my old 75 XS650B back on the road, when the battery died. While charging on the bike, my old charger shorted out and fried the battery. Because it showed no voltage and I could not get it to charge, I had to replace the battery. When I installed the new battery I had...

Thanks TwoManyXS1Bs, this is perfect!

Greetings, I am getting my XS650B back on the road after being in storage for 38 years. I put a Martek ignition on this bike back in 1979, but no longer have any documentation on it. I found a thread with a link to information on this ignition, unfortunately the link is no longer live. Can...