Recent content by IllusiveJack

I never understand why you'd want to bore it out to a 750 because you still have the same rpm at 60mph with standard pistons but use more fuel with a 750, is it because you want to get to higher speeds quicker, what is it that makes you want to turn your 650 into a 750? I would understand if you...

Converted my single disc brake setup to a twin disc setup

I know its a bit late but I have a spreadsheet of all the Mikuni needles and their sizes, its on a Excel spreadsheet on page two, you can download it from here :- https://motorcyclemerchandise.co.uk/docs/Mikuni_Needles.xls

The Bitsa bike was built from all the spare parts I had laying around and finished off with parts from evil bay, it has a Triumph headlight with Lucas indicators and BSA Goldstar mufflers, sounds very loud!

The Bitsa bike was built from all the spare parts I had laying around and finished off with parts from evil bay, it has a Triumph headlight with Lucas indicators and BSA Goldstar mufflers, sounds very loud!

I guess free shipping is out the question for the UK members, no chance of us winning it for free then huh?

@jetmechmarty Bit of a late reply but they are bars off a Triumph T140E US spec

Recently rebuilt the engine, changed the seat and grips for brown ones and added a rack oh and also swapped out the exhausts for quieter ones, I think it looks OK what do ya think?

So on my YouTube channel I built a XS650 from the frame up using what I had spare in the garage and the rest from Evil Bay, anyway she turned out quite OK, the bike has Lucas indicators, headlight and a Boyer Mk3 electronic ignition that were spares off my T140, YouTube/Oldbiker

Its definitely a 447 piston, 20mm wrist-pin, 80mm height, top edge of piston to wrist-pin center around 40mm ish, it was from Cruzinimage and has the thin clips that nobody likes, have a look

I have a question, the compression ring has the chrome plating and the scraper ring is just one shade of black, when I look at the ring ends with a watchmakers eyeglass, the scraper ring has beveled edges the same as the compression ring, what's odd is I have another set of 1.0 oversize and the...

Hi all, I purchased a "YAMAHA XS650 0.5mm OVERSIZE PISTONS SET 447 TYPE" from Cruzinimage and the ring slots are 1.5, 1.5, 2.8. So it looks like if I or someone further down the line wanted to change the rings in the bike, they would have to purchase 256 or XS1 rings? I presume the XS1 and 256...

Did you ever sell these or still have them?

Had a look at the site but couldn't find a drop down to post to the UK

Hi all, for a 1974 engine I am bulding from parts from everywhere :/ I'm after the following :- 1. A couple of standard 447 Pistons 2. Valve springs, seats, tops and collets 3. Left hand side casing 4. Alternator stator 5. All the starter gear setup behind the clutch Due to the virus I no...