Recent content by Paddywak

That's the one. Excellent badges!

Sorry about the staggered reply. When I'm on the phone the message system goes weird when I'm typing. I'm on the computer now. Yes there have been shenanigans with the earth strap. Its been cut and joined possibly to accommodate the wrong battery. This will be remedied. So when the seat is...

Sorry for not getting back to you guys. I'm using my phone and there seems to be some glitches. Anyway, yes you are correct. It's an 850 special. The Key is on the throttle side and has 2 x lock tabs under the seat at the rear. The plastic seat base has the tounge but no cross bar for it to...

Thank you for the info. I'll use this to try to get to the bottom of it. I'll get back to you tonight after I do some more research with what you've unearthed. Cheers Paddy

My build date says 11 month 1979 which I assume is an 80 model. VIN # 3J2011657. My frame DOES "look" like the XS750F frame In my manual it says 1980 XS850G, LG, SG 1981 XS850H ,LH, SH

Here are some pics. As you can see no cross bar.

Thank you all for your replies I was looking at the same diagrams but my fram doesn't look the same. For some reason my bike has no welded crossbar, which you think would be there or evidence of it being there. The bike only has 19k miles on it. Very clean and original. Being an American...

Hello to all. Great info on this site! A world of knowledge. So I was wondering if anyone could help me out here. I have no bracket where the plastic base of the front of my seat slides into. Would anyone have a picture of this bracket or part number or even better the actual bracket! Its...