jpdevol

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...

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...

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...

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...

I hear it that way a lot in middle Appalachia (WV,KY,VA,TN)

Supposed to have a YB14L-A2, terminals rear, + on right, vent on left. Might currently have 12N12-4A-1, or YB14L-B2 - mounted backward...

Hey, I'll stop and eat BBQ - even Gator - with ya, but I ain't eatin' no boiled peanuts:speechless::laugh2:

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...

Yes, battery vent tubes and their "mishandling" cause a lot of damage (SOHC Honda chain breaking comes to mind) - the bane of old bikes...

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...

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...

The affect of velocity stacks has been well studied: they work. I recall seeing a similar chart in a Mikuni manual somewhere (they...

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...