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    • jpdevol
      jpdevol replied to the thread New xs owner.
      The previous builder wasn't very experienced (being kind). I can empathise with you on the sealer. Seen it like that before: I use only...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread Donor bike.
      Depending on how elaborate ya wanna get and how complete your XS2 is, you may be money ahead to trade for a later model year. Decent...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread Education time..
      Well, ya know, us hillbillies think ya'll do peculiar things too. A creak is a noise made by a rusty hinge or loose stair, not someplace...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread XS850 Special Under Seat hook.
      Well then maybe not; perhaps the tang is supposed to slide under the scalloped rear tank mount. Hard to tell, depth wise, from a pic...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread Education time..
      I hear it that way a lot in middle Appalachia (WV,KY,VA,TN)
    • jpdevol
      jpdevol replied to the thread XS850 Special Under Seat hook.
      Supposed to have a YB14L-A2, terminals rear, + on right, vent on left. Might currently have 12N12-4A-1, or YB14L-B2 - mounted backward...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread Education time..
      Hey, I'll stop and eat BBQ - even Gator - with ya, but I ain't eatin' no boiled peanuts:speechless::laugh2:
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      jpdevol replied to the thread Education time..
      I'm barely southern - just below Mason-Dixon - but I like most southern things. The exception: many years ago on a drive -maybe SC or GA...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread XS850 Special Under Seat hook.
      Yes, battery vent tubes and their "mishandling" cause a lot of damage (SOHC Honda chain breaking comes to mind) - the bane of old bikes...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread XS850 Special Under Seat hook.
      And.....a couple more observations: The front of the battery box has a notch in it and it appears the purpose thereof may be to give...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread XS850 Special Under Seat hook.
      Maybe we had the pic of the wrong frame up before; this is the pic of XS850SG and it shows no crossbar for the seat tongue: Perhaps...
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      jpdevol replied to the thread Just some general "carb porn".
      The affect of velocity stacks has been well studied: they work. I recall seeing a similar chart in a Mikuni manual somewhere (they...
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    • jpdevol
      Appears the rotor has been rubbing on the stator plate soldering for a while - could've been the clicking noise and the voltage drop and...
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