Recent content by jtfield

Omaha, NE

Hello everyone! JTF Customs is back with another XS650 build. Took a brake after I build my original bike, post from that is below. http://www.xs650.com/threads/omaha-nebraska-xs650-bobber-build.38568/ Built a 1975 Honda CB500T and a 1976 Kawasaki KZ750. Now the wife wants her own toy, so...

1981 XS650

JTF Customs bikes

Could use an updated system to keep this running for my daughter several years down the line.

Self nominating: jtfield bobber ; build link ---> http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38568&highlight=omaha

Looking good and bringing back memories. Hopefully the cylinders are stuck at mid height and not TDC or BDC; I used some WD40 Rust Release Penetrant Spray, a torch to heat the cylinders, a block of wood, and a BFH for unsticking my CB500T. Personally I recommend ripping down the bottom end...

It was cold as hell when i bought it, got it home, the battery was shot so just hooked it up to the car battery turned it over had compression checked for spark and that was all I needed in my head. Then completely tore down the motor, just wanted to get a complete knowledge of the motor inside...

Yea I always like to ground out the plugs to to visually inspect for a spark as well.

I'd do it in a second without even asking the wife lol