Recent content by Thestranger

Greetings everyone. I don't know if any remember the xs650 I was restoring in some of my earlier posts. Someone suggested that i switch out the nylon screws on my stator. Which I did and it no longer shorts out. My last issue would be the ignition. The motor is a 78 and the frame and wiring...

Thanks.I will give it a shot and see how that works. Hope it answers my problem. Then to the next problems...

So I put a 78-79 series XS motor in my 83 xs650. Everything is in and fits nicely. Problem I am running into is electric. Shorting out and blowing main fuse.:banghead: Traced it back to the alternator. I heard somewhere that I would need to use plastic screws on the alternator hookups. Is this...

Bike is a 1982 heritage. Air box looks like the one in the pdf that was posted with the forum.

I am not sure. I am in the process of trying to get mine back together. I recently started my project bike a few months ago and got to the carbs and am having trouble getting the airbox back on. Would you know or have source for pictorial instructions to put them back in? Just looking at it I...