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The timing was spot on when I had the old rotor on there. The Pamco was turned as far counter clockwise as possible to make that happen.......man, I really dont want to fish that thing out of the trash. The carbs.......well the last thing I want to do is post about tuning VM's since this...

Thanks for chiming in Petet 1. It's an 83 2. New advancer was already installed and working fine 3. Brand spankin new battery 4. Yes, rev's are very high. pops like crazy out of the pipes until it shuts down. plugs turn very black. bike wont start back up unless new/clean plugs are...

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Installed a PMA fom Mikes. Set the TDC mark using he straw-on-piston-in-plug hole method. When I start the bike, it rages with the timing way advanced an he plugs burn up in minutes. The unit fit perfectly when I threw I together. There's only one way it could go on. What the heck did I do...

Went to adjust the timing on my 83 XS650 after installing a Pamco Ultimate kit. In order for me to get the timing marks to line up, I need to rotate the Pamco so far to the left that I have to remove the bottom screw that holds the Pamco plate on. Anybody ever have this issue?

I've had good luck with their small air die grinders. I use the shit out of them. Just keep them oiled and they seem to last. Picked up a planishing hammer couple years ago and the air hammer broke within a few weeks. I have the MC lift and it serves its purpose. That small sandblasting pot...

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thanks - not trying to turn this into a VM tuning thread..................I'm just stumped on this idle screw / slide thing. the top adjusters are all the way down. I still need to turn the screws out 6 turns to get the the slides to drop to the appropraite level. something just doesnt seem...

Been battling to get these things tuned Needle Jet=159P6 Needle=6D97 PJ=20 (tried swapped out 22.5) MJ=180 Air jet removed I've read that as a baseline, to set the slide heights with a 5/32" drill bit. In order for me to do that, I need to turn my throttle adjust screw out 6 turns to...

Thanks Leo.... I just remember reading somewhere that a lot of other metric bike's stator/rotors will work in the XS.....could be wrong. Angus67 - ya I did read the supplement. pics still weren't matching up to what I got.

I replaced the stock ignition with a PAMCO complete kit (coil, etc). The bike ran fine before.....but now is running like the timing is off. Also - in the Haynes Manual, it says my stator model should be a LD115 or 115-02. Mine says LD115-07. Plus the timing plate looks different than...

After reading my owners manual, the rotor/stator in my XS dont look stock. Anybody have any idea where this combo could have come from? The motor is supposedly an 83' but I'm beginning to believe that it's a mix-match of parts. The stator doesn't have a "F" and the rotor doesn't have a white...

I got this XS motor with Mikuni carbs that (i dont believe) are orig XS carbs. How can I tell what model they are? Dont see anything obvious on the outside of them.

Thanks for the replies. it seamed liked the clutch wasn't working at all and it just seemed wierd. just trying to see if that was normal with XS's. Never worked on them before. littlebill31, it was exactly like you said. thanks

When the bike is in gear I should be able to pull in the clutch and roll it forward. I just want make sure that the thing isn't going to take off on me when I try to start it

I bought this 83XS for cheap and I cant get the clutch to work. The worm drive is working and the pushrod is moving back and forth. I adjusted the 2 every which way possible. I havent tride engaging the clutch with the bike running. Just by pulling in the clutch with the bike off and in...

This is my 1st XS650 build. Looking to get some opinions on this.......Made my own pipes from a mixture of 1.5" OD bends and stock XS pipes that I have laying around. The pipes are mocked up and at the head, there's still about 8" of that inner tubing still there. So it basicall goes from...