Recent content by Scooterbrain

Impossible to find seems more like it. I sold my 70 xs 4 yrs ago and have not found another buildable one in last several years. sold mine $8500. been looking high and low since then and nada till I spotted this one. Id like to build another one :) Mine was s/n 12xx so it was early.

Impossible to find seems more like it. I sold my 70 xs 4 yrs ago and have not found another buildable one in last several years. sold mine $8500. been looking high and low since then and nada till I spotted this one. Id like to build another one :)

That sounds similar to my experience when I sold my carefully restored 1970 XS-650. I always wanted one and satisfied that need quite well with the resto and a few rides. I was strung along for a month and a half by a chap from Australia and I finally dropped that and entertained a visitor from...

Wow. Just tha way to buy em. Pukin their guts out of the headlight hahaha. I wish mine had been that complete when I bought it . I sold mine a few months back and actually came out ahead. I would sure be tempted by another XS1. It was really a lot of fun sorting out the tranny and sourcing all...

OK so here is the result. Rode it a mile today and has no missed shifts. Got 5 gears. Did not slip out of gear. Once was a bit hard to find neutral. Rear chain still a bit tight as is the tranny. didnt ride too far as I still have a bit of sorting to do. On reassembly I managed to get my...

Yep. Glad You agree. Two passes on the gear and it was still a bit tight, but dressing down the shaft a tad did the trick. I will re-clean and polish a bit too for good measure. Tomorrow evening and Saturday I will re-assemble and triple-check everything along the way. Oh by the way Yes when...

So in additional summary, the one without the rebated splines, be it right or wrong, is what I received the bike with and the one that you would expect would Bind on the shaft but that's not the case. It is however the one that was installed when the bike fails to shift.

Ok I have Mis-described something but here is the deal. The gear in the "Foreground" that you marked ??? is the one with the taper on the splines is what was installed on the bike when I bought it. It slides smoothly even when jammed up against the stop it does not bind. The Gear in the...

oops forgot to rotate one. oh well

Three pics added. So, My shims are not here yet, maybe tomorrow. See compared Old Fourth gear slider against the new and see how the new gear does not have the splines cut down where the gear back-seats against the shaft when first gear is Dis-Engaged. It binds horribly of course. I thought...

Hi Mr 2M / "wolf on the Trail", Been ill for a day or 4 but got back at it today and here is the current state. 1. Thanks for your interest and all of your input. Of course as you know, " It's not over till the Fat Lady sings" 2. Today, I used a dremmel bit and eased the entry surfaces to the...

Here you go Writhanded http://www.par-group.co.uk/sealing-and-jointing/rubber-and-sponge-cord/silicone-rubber-cord/ I could not even find a part number for those little boogers, but I did find some White Silicone Cord Extrusion at this site. I ordered 2 feet so I could cut a bunch of them. At...

Jeeze, AMEN to that.... That New 4th gear was tight as hell. With a little dressing off and Oil it moves pretty good now but I am going to massage it a bit more. I feel really good about getting the slop from .052 down to .013 and with New Gears too I feel even better. I will smooth and polish...

OK so here are the New Comparison specs that I have gathered. My Drive axle has a bit of taper. It measures .7870 at one end and .7855 at the other end. That's .0025 taper. not huge Width of New First Gear .6300 Width of Old First gear .6255 That's a difference of .0045 Bearing difference...

WOW 2M. awesome specs. And I know that was some work.They USPS mailed my new first gear this morning about 10 so I am thinking that it will be here when I get home from work Wednesday. and Yeah I knew there was no way that .054 was anywhere near acceptable. Your spec "0.003"-0.005" for a free...