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    Rear brake drum setup

    Hey everyone, so I purchased a 78 650e about 6 months ago from someone from Minnesota and I am in California, he had it pretty stripped down, and I have been slowly adding stuff back on to get it registered here, my friend told me the dmv is most likely going to check to see if I have rear...
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    Tacho drive removal

    Oh, did not pay attention to that, will have to look and see if it's in the sidecover or the rod, thanks for the heads up
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    Tacho drive removal

    Sorry, do you mean the top of the shaft? Where it would attach tot he other piece that attaches to the cable?
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    Tacho drive removal

    Perfect, thanks for the reply 👍
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    Tacho drive removal

    Quick question guys, I had to open the right side case, the bikes been sitting for a while, but I recently removed the tach cable because I removed the speedo, my question is, The long tach drive if I remove it, will the oil pump inside and that big gear still function correctly? Sorry if it...
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    Urgent? Kind of

    Thank you guy for your help, especially the picture, side question, I plan on redoing the electrical, any recommendations on what gauge wire to use?
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    Urgent? Kind of

    Thank you, so I'm going to have to find that because the PO re did all the wiring, if I understand correctly, the switch will not prevent the bike from starting? I'm atleast trying to figure out why the light won't come on anymore, atleast to get one step ahead
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    Urgent? Kind of

    Hi everyone, So new owner of a 78 xs650, just picked it up a few days ago, without wasting your guys' time, I'll skip to the important stuff, it's a very mickey moused "bobber" I like the bike etc, so while riding today bike started stuttering (no white smoke or anything) so I pulled off into...
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    78 xs650 fork options (new owner)

    Okay so you're saying just to rebuild the brakes pretty much?
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    78 xs650 Bobber gas tank questions

    2nd post here guys, so I just picked this up and want to swap out the tank for a more bobberish type, couple of questions, 1 the standard tank has 2 peacocks and most of the bobber tanks have only 1 line of fuel, is that going to be a problem? Also what measurements should I keep in mind when...
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    78 xs650 fork options (new owner)

    Thanks everyone for your replies, maybe I wasn't too clear, so the reason foe this question is because I was hoping to get stronger calipers, I live in los angeles where they allow lane splitting and I do that everytime I ride and, sometimes there are people that jump out in front of you and you...
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    78 xs650 fork options (new owner)

    Here's one, I'll take a few more soon GOD willing
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    78 xs650 fork options (new owner)

    Hey everyone, so I'm new to the forum, I just picked up a rigid 78 xs650 literally a few days ago and am eager to do some work on it, it's in pretty rough condition as far as electrical and cleanliness of the project. Previous owner seems like he Mickey moused a lot of stuff. So the reason foe...
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