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Wingedwheel
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Outsmarted myself once again
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Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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What I’m missing out on.
Jan 25, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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Puerto Rico 82*
Jan 25, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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85* St Thomas US Virgin Islands
Jan 25, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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Sorry guys…. not…
Jan 24, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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Labadee, Haiti 85* yesterday
Jan 24, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Need to remove vin sticker to powder coat frame
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This thread talks about it, https://www.xs650.com/threads/powder-coating-a-frame-cost.63284/#post-774467
Jan 21, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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Hey Jim!
Jan 20, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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Sorry guys but I almost hate to post this with all the cold weather right now. Going south on a big boat tomorrow.
Jan 20, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Interesting motorcycles, not XS650
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I think somewhere I saw a vid of the guy riding that or one like it. Bikes and Beards maybe?
Jan 17, 2023
Wingedwheel
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1972 XS2 Front to Back Restomod
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IMHO that’s not that bad. As long as it cleans up and there’s no huge pits or scaling it should be fine. I’ve seen much worse.
Jan 17, 2023
Wingedwheel
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New here!
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Both those look good!
Jan 15, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Wheel Lacing
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I’ve had good luck with them as well but the SS spoke sets were out the last couple times I needed sets and I had to order Cad.
Jan 14, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Headlight Voltage Drops
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When I built my Bobber I removed the e-start and ran a much smaller battery with just enough juice to fire the points for a kickstart...
Jan 12, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Wheel Lacing
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Pretty sure if it wasn’t correct the spokes wouldn’t work out. At least that’s what I noticed on the ones I’ve had to take back apart. Lol
Jan 12, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Real Estate Update
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Opening Day! After three weeks and much eliminating I fired up the machines for a couple wood projects, I gave my step-son my job site...
Jan 12, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Right now I'm listening to...
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, their greatest hits.
Jan 12, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Probably only a few of us left.
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Yes we do however spell check has taken the need to actually learn how to do it and made it non-essential, just like cursive writing...
Jan 11, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Probably only a few of us left.
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Before I retired there was a big push at my company to “mentor” the young guys. I asked about some of the better apprentices and younger...
Jan 10, 2023
Wingedwheel
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EZ pull
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The Garage
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I’ve read a few threads about using EZ pull clutch cables but no mention that I can find about the geared levers. Has anyone tried using...
Jan 10, 2023
Wingedwheel
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1972 XS2 Front to Back Restomod
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WELCOME! Nice start! FYI If you have any pitting on those upper tubes they will eat the new seals.
Jan 10, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Introduction
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Welcome to the insanity……
Jan 10, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Real Estate Update
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I have decided that with my varied interests that 3 bikes are enough for me. I don’t have a shed of ill repute to store things but my...
Jan 9, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Real Estate Update
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I literally had 7 sets of 3/8 drive standard sockets. Everything from Snap-on, Craftsman Husky. feel really good about purging and what...
Jan 8, 2023
Wingedwheel
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Real Estate Update
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Not trying to hijack but all this talk about shops and work spaces really got me thinking. Since a few days before Christmas I’ve been...
Jan 8, 2023
Wingedwheel
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XS650 Craigslist postings depository
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It’s just the time of year. Not many people are getting excited about Motorcycles in Jan. Rig up a ski on the front and a track on the...
Jan 2, 2023
Wingedwheel
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What the Heck Is It ?
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I think it may be a jewelry making item.
Dec 31, 2022
Wingedwheel
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What the Heck Is It ?
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Here’s one. I actually have no idea myself. This ended up in my stuff that came home from my last trip to the southern shop. In a metal...
Dec 31, 2022
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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To all our warmer temperate members. 30 yrs ago I too was a winter Noob. If you’ve never experienced the pleasure of moving snow imagine...
Dec 25, 2022
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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MERRY CHRISTMAS! Says it’s 5* outside but with the wind feels like -15*. I do not miss the days of working outside during winter. Maybe...
Dec 25, 2022
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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Unfortunately even if it got warm enough to ride here the salt on the roads is a huge deterrent for me.
Dec 24, 2022
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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5* and windy as hell. I see it’s supposed to be 50’s by next weekend.
Dec 24, 2022
Wingedwheel
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XS650 Craigslist postings depository
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Scrap or a trot line anchor.
Dec 24, 2022
Wingedwheel
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XS650 Craigslist postings depository
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those are always the parts I’m looking for!
Dec 23, 2022
Wingedwheel
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XS650 Craigslist postings depository
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Can’t see much of the front. Is that an XS-1?
Dec 22, 2022
Wingedwheel
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XS650 Craigslist postings depository
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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/695021908809828/?hoisted=false&ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_stor...
Dec 21, 2022
Wingedwheel
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Adhesive and Glue
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For a quick quality repair I’ve used Tessa Tape(body panel tape)the thinner the better
Dec 20, 2022
Wingedwheel
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XS650 Craigslist postings depository
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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1037409527655334/?hoisted=false&ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking...
Dec 19, 2022
Wingedwheel
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XS650 Craigslist postings depository
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Looks more like a greenhouse to me.
Dec 19, 2022
Wingedwheel
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Video Thread
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I wouldn’t need one but it would be fun to build.
Dec 18, 2022
Wingedwheel
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Harley Davidson’s new Chinese built entry level bikes
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That guy sure looks like a Samurai to me!
Dec 17, 2022
Wingedwheel
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Whats your weather right now?
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Plenty of work rebuilding everything the Hurricanes destroy every year or so…..
Dec 17, 2022
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