Recent content by JeffMc

Thank you for all your replies. I have answers for many of the questions - particularly the carbs. They are the '78/'79 version BS38s. And in my disassembly I verified all the jet sizes were correct from the same chart @teamWicked showed above. I reworked the carbs most specifically to clean...

Uh oh, what happened?? The above was my first post looking for some Cincinnati owners...possible mentors. I had a host of replies within 24 hours encouraging me to put the "Garage" forum to the test after posting some pictures of my bike and description of issues. I posted that a week...

Thanks @teamWicked ! I used two gage pins to set the butterfly alike. I probably should also mention, that right after reinstalling the carbs and changing the plugs, it ran very well. It just quickly degraded after that.

Hi all - new to the forum usage, this is my first formal post. In short, bought this 7200 mile bike a couple yrs ago, when it was running pretty well. In 2 years, I haven't put but ~100 miles on it. Now, it’s not running right and I'm confused where to even start. The only thing I have done...

Thank you for all the replies and the encouragement to use all the great resources right here on XS650.Com! I will gather all the facts and pics about my bike w/7200 miles on it. The VIN traces to 1980 XS650SGR (Cardinal Red) and the only thing I can see not original are BS38 carbs in lieu of...

Hi - First post, so may get it wrong (given I haven't seen similar posts). I've got an '80 XS650 I bought a couple years ago. Seemed to run fine when I bought it but I didn't drive it much until I replaced both dry rotted tires. Nonetheless, I've spent most of my time just detailing the...