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I’ve just set up my new workshop heater. Previously I was using a kero heater, but apparently it was smelly, not that I could tell...

I'm not in the habit of filling milk jugs with petrol and timing it, but whatever floats your boat I suppose!

No idea how big an orifice you would need, but I just finished spinning up two barbs for the petcocks, the orifice is 4mm, same as the...

And here they are, fitted with new push fit spigots. First two pics are the 90 degree screw in barbs that kept coming loose.

I bought a couple of 90 degree fuel outlet barbss for the petcocks a while back, I thought it might make it easier to connect the fuel...

I have a 74, but swapped the carbs for VMs some time ago, so can't remember the jetting. There is a plethora of posts in this forum on...

I made a couple of small sensor brackets out of 2mm ally today, fitted one at the front under an ally U chanel. The other bracket and...

I did I say unusual, downright strange. https://old.xs650.org.au/offbeat.html

This is an interesting build by the XS650.club in OZ. Some very interesting work being done on this bike...

looks like the brother to my POS, also bought in Adelaide, although I think it came from Melbourne. Mine had a stuffed crankcase...

Here's the model history: https://xs650.org.au/model-history/ Funny thing about XS650 parts being hard to find in Australia. I just...

If it's not running right, change the jetting. You do that by READING THE PLUGS!

I bought this DRO on aliexpress with the intention of fitting it to my lathe. Changed my mind and I'm now fitting it to my mill. I...

If it shifts alright with the engine running, but won't shift with the engine off, that's not unusual. There must be a few hundred...

I have a special tool for reading the spark plug colour - eyes.

Not many neat freaks around.

I don't have any BFHs, I'm not that rough, but I do have have a tack hammer. Great for tapping in tacks, although, fingers, hands and...

Since installing the new dual output coil, the plug cables have been annoying me, flopping around under the tank. If there's one thing...

For parts, look on ebay, lots of parts, gaskets, seals there, New or second hand. AliExpress and Amazon also have parts. Then you have...

Oops, I edited my post re raising and lowering the needle clip: Lowering the clip wil raise the needle, thus richen the mixture...

I don't have a centrestand, but I'm pretty sure, from memory, either the frame or centrestand has a stop. Using the muffler as a stop...

I bought VM 34s from MikuniOz a few years ago. They came with manifolds, rubbers, cables, and a few main jets. I threw the manifolds...

Mine may be different to yours, the keyed part is not part of the cap.

Mine's as easy as pie, never had a problem.

A couple of minor mods: The brake lever was just scraping the side of the exhaust bracket, so I bent it out a little to clear the...

That's easy: BS carbs are rubbish, VM carbs aren't.

Be careful annealing ally, it can't be hardened again easily. So,,the annealed ally will stay very soft and bend very easily. On the...

If the PO installed the forks back to front, he's probably seen other XS650s with the caliper behind the leg, so thought they were all...

This will tell you pretty well everything you want to know about the different models. https://xs650.org.au/model-history/

Brand names are good, however, buying good Asian tools saves cash, cash you can spend on more tools. Some of my Asian tools, like...

I have nothing older than 'quality' Chinese or Asian tools. Well , I do have one Mitutoyo micrometer which I never use and a few...

The same applies with forums like this. Having to join is a good thing. Many forums allow searches by guests, but those guests don't...

Some of the terminals from China are made of very thin material, most of them state the thickness of the material so you can compare...

The raised bead around the outside is nothing as the lip is still supported by the outer section. Why the original has a direction...

Sometimes. I'm never civil, neither are a few others.

Panda in his underwear. Panda's nearly five but behaves like a six month old dog, full of beans. I don't think he's growing on the...

Several years ago, I created a FB group for OIF Triumphs. There wasn't much activity, until I announced I'd be opening up the forum to...

Home Made Tools is probably the best forum I'm a member of. There are some pretty silly posts, but then again that's true of all forums.

The problem with any forum/group, whether on Facebook or stand alone, is the self appointed experts who will tell you a better way of...

A nun with a ruler, geez that brings back memories. Some of the nuns I ran into as a kid used rulers, others had much better weapons...

More info on the tap for you, lest you find out the hard way: Make sure the tap is turned off every time you kill the engine...

The brake arm on my 74 takes a bolt with a nut the other side. But if yours is threaded I would assume it'd be the same as the gear...

There is a search function on all facebook groups under the three dots to the right and under the group picture. If the group has a tech...

I've started several facebook forums, most members tend to sit on the fence, out of every thousand members only one or two will...

More and more people are turning to Facebook for the sheer number of forums. On Facebook you can find forums for pretty well anything...

I bought an after market sump filter from China, instead of a flat screen on the end, the screen is the same all the way around, so...

If the right side is blinking but the left isn't, there is either a short in the left side wiring, or it has been wired up incorrectly...

Manganese bronze has a similar heat expansion rate to aluminum, but being bronze the ends should stand up to the balls a lot better. No...

I use fibre washers, have on every bike I've owned that required similar fixing. Never had a leak.