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nighthog
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What have you done to your XS today?
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Thanks, Raymond. I've bookmarked that and will give it a careful read. I've also coughed up for a Tarozzi fork brace so I'll have more...
Yesterday at 11:56 AM
nighthog
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What have you done to your XS today?
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Bought myself a little project for the winter: Yes, parts like these are expensive in the UK, more's the pity. However, I wondered...
Yesterday at 3:35 AM
nighthog
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Brembo Goldline Caliper - removing a seized pinch bolt
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The Garage
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Making a note of this here in case it helps others. I've been gathering the parts to upgrade the front brake with a Brembo 4-pot...
Aug 12, 2022
nighthog
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Magura Clutch Lever and Aluminum pushrod
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Ah well, if you ever decide to make some more then please count me in.
Aug 12, 2022
nighthog
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Magura Clutch Lever and Aluminum pushrod
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Does anyone make aluminium pushrods any more? I'd buy one if any were available.
Aug 12, 2022
nighthog
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Lacing pattern for 64 spoke wheel
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Bill, here's the spokes I saved from my Heritage Special front wheel. There are two lengths as you can see I hope this helps. Cliff
Aug 7, 2022
nighthog
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Recommendations for better brakes.
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My SJ has a 19" spoked front built from a Mikes XS flangeless alloy rim & stainless spokes, plus an EBC rotor and 11mm m/c. Braided...
Aug 2, 2022
nighthog
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XS Performance Steering Head Bearings
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This may help too.
Aug 2, 2022
nighthog
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XS Performance Steering Head Bearings
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I got my taper roller set from All Balls. I don't recall any great instructions but it was pretty clear what to do as each end and dust...
Aug 2, 2022
nighthog
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Halco Ascot TT. Ya Want One?
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Today I was at Calne Bike Meet which is a free event (yes, free!! You read that right) where a few thousand bikers get together, just a...
Jul 30, 2022
nighthog
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And for my next trick ....
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Well, winter is well and truly over and I finally fitted a steering damper! Just finished the job, in fact .... not even road tested...
Jul 26, 2022
nighthog
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Question regarding Mikuni Hex shaped jets as used in VM 34’s and 36’s.
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Good question. I thought it was related to the orifice diameter but maybe not so ... at least, not always! Hopefully the attached will...
Jul 21, 2022
nighthog
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Festival of 1000 Bikes Mallory Park
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Quite right, Pete. My friend who has an H1 has the standard damper fitted and he says it NEEDS it. I'm in the process of fitting one to...
Jul 20, 2022
nighthog
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Festival of 1000 Bikes Mallory Park
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A couple of weeks ago it was Le Mans classic, rode there on the Multistrada. 5 of us went and we all got bloody Covid which rather...
Jul 19, 2022
nighthog
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Just Ride.
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Happy birthday Jessee! I bought a Multistrada 1200S touring 10 years ago, still have it, just had the 30k miles belt service and leave...
Jun 26, 2022
nighthog
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Voltmeter longevity
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Thanks Gary. That may well become solution #2 :)
Jun 23, 2022
nighthog
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Voltmeter longevity
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Thanks, all. Jim's solution while typically lovely is somewhat more involved than I'm looking for and I don't have any spare bits of...
Jun 23, 2022
nighthog
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What have you done to your XS today?
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Nice job. The tacho with the idiot lights looks the same as on my SR500. Makes for a very tidy dash :)
Jun 23, 2022
nighthog
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Voltmeter longevity
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The Garage
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Judging by what's in the Voltmeter Installation thread, the little LED meter I fitted when I rewired the bike over winter is the same as...
Jun 22, 2022
nighthog
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1980 XS with 1000 miles- stored in a spare bedroom for 40 years!!!
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Wow, you really lucked out there! You WILL change the tyres though, won't you? They will be lethally dangerous after all that time no...
Jun 22, 2022
nighthog
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Just Ride.
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Summer solstice yesterday, and I rode to a Bath Riders Of Old Japanese Motorbikes pub meet at Tucker's Grave, an old cider house in...
Jun 22, 2022
nighthog
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New Game: Old Barn photo with your XS650
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I live in Witshire and around here we do have stone-built barns like this one and the one at Bradford on Avon that are from the 14th...
Jun 8, 2022
nighthog
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What have you done to your XS today?
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Not today, yesterday actually ... rigged a little test doodah to try a TCI unit I acquired from one of our members. It worked just...
Jun 3, 2022
nighthog
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What have you done to your XS today?
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Good luck! I did mine over last winter, and it takes a lot longer than you'd think. And costs a lot more, too. Worth it in the end...
Jun 3, 2022
nighthog
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What have you done to your XS today?
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That speedo looks awfully like KPH rather than MPH to me ... I hope you ordered one with the right units, that's a lot of dosh for what...
May 28, 2022
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