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Didn’t have the patience to wait for a JIS set so I smoothed the end of a phillips head with a bench grinder. Went little by little...

It actually wasn’t rust but some sort of dust. I cleaned the housing and it wiped clean off with a rag. Looking at the color (doesnt...

Here's hoping the seal starts to hold after getting some oil, not holding my breath tho. Gotta check it once I get it back up and...

All good and thanks for looking out, much appreciated! I got my hands full and the shopping list keeps getting longer every day, so...

Since we got into the subject, I went ahead and checked the rotor. The resistance between the slip rings on the rotor measured 6 ohms...

Just checked and I can get the rewind done at Heiden for 175€ plus shipping. Might have to do that down the line.

Sending the rotor out to states is probably out of the question, but I’ll check if theres a place where I could get it done a bit...

Been a bit under the weather so havent got much done. Except going down the ”Best Oil” rabbit hole and reading up on ignitions and PMAs...

Forgot to include this: If the odometer is to be trusted it’s around 33 000 km / 20 000 miles.

I printed out couple manuals I found here on the forums, but didn’t catch that one. Seems to be great, thanks! And thanks for the link...

Thanks for the links Raymond! Shame about brexit tho, ordering from UK means tolls and taxes so the costs tend to go up nowdays. I...

Didn’t know about that one, thanks! The european shops I found are Heidentuning and https://www.xs650shop.de/ About the 5th gear...

Nope. And as silly as it is, I knew it was there. Was supposed to check it, but with a brainfart I put in the oil before I got around...

The one on the right side.

All good and I meant no offense to anyone! Good to know i’m welcome, chop or otherwise. These are great bikes and as with all things...

Thanks all for the warm welcome! There is indeed a XS650 club in Finland, but from what I saw the forums were pretty inactive. As for...