Recent content by SomervilleXS650

What's the story with those cool panniers on the 75?? Never seen those before. Were they a factory option? Looks so fun, have a great time fellas. Maybe someday I'll make the trek

@toglhot In the past I've seen bits and pieces of what you're capable of, but man this is so impressive. Your bike came out splendidly. Very jealous of your ability to just machine up whatever you need. There's so much skill in that bike. Well done, sir.

Wow, amazing build. So many nice touches, awesome job.

Awesome! Thanks for saving me the trouble of searching. Didn't know if you could pull them/drive the new ones without pulling the cam cover, that's great. My points and advance are gone so it should just be the 5 screws for me. I'll report back with anything of note. Thanks fellas.

Yesterday I realized I'm having the same issue around the cam so will try a set of those 24x40mm. Great tip...I had this same issue with my old cam as well and no amount of grease or polishing the ends of the cam seemed to fix it...glad we've got a better solution! I'd welcome a write up (or...

The thing that jumps out at me is the start time of the clips (they're offset). Did you simultaneously record those and just crop the start times? A very simple explanation would be if you inadvertently dragged one of the clips forward or backwards and offset them. (As someone that's...

Actually, found 'em. Few pics of Type C measurements I took here https://www.xs650.com/threads/1974-tx650a-restoration-project.57476/post-685855

Yeah, Gary hit the nail on the head....it needs to be a D or E, because while the threaded tensioner from earlier ones (at least my original "C" type) can indeed thread in, I believe it's too long to use with the newer-type acorn nut. I had a pic somewhere of this but can't seem to find the...

Thanks for the quick replies gents. @MrBultaco thanks for the offer, found a very nice one care of @DogBunny that he was able to send along. Appreciate the help!

Hey gang, Was out for a ride today enjoying some beautiful weather and was very irritated to see I lost my alternator cover somewhere along the way. Anyone have a spare for my 74 that they’d be willing to part with? Thanks all -Somerville

Welcome back Daniel, and congrats on the new endeavor (/endeavour)! Glad to see you back and picking the torch back up.

Welcome Tom. Nice to see a fellow New Englander on here! Good luck with your 77, and echo the folks on here that say the tech section is your best friend. I did a frame-up resto on my 74 using only the factory service manual and this forum.

Wow. Van Islander, your build looks incredible! I like the look of the fork gaiters a lot. Really nice work. The setting looks great....I had a bit of deja vu....I went through all my bike pics and it's no wonder why, haha. Twins!

Count me in. Love GoFast drivers.

It’s crazy, in the million pictures I took of my bike I can’t find one of just the side stand. And 95% of the time I use the center stand when it’s parked so probably not helpful. I found one that might be useful, if for nothing else but to confirm the one shown in Skull’s parts fiche.