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If you just want a basic fork I'd say have your frame builder set it up for a sportster front end that way you can get the traditional chop/bob look with a 21" front tire. Otherwise I've seen many guys using GSXR forks for a more modern fork though it appears it sits like a standard xs fork...

Why? Sounds like a lotta dinking around just to put a heavy fat tire on the front of your bike and kill your performance at the same time. Oh yeah and it looks like trash but that's just my opinion. The part about it wrecking your performance isn't debatable tho. Adding unsprung weight to a...

Access to YouTube makes up for it for me. My internet sucks but i can still watch YouTube. Tons of bike reviews and tutorials, guitar gear and lessons, bushcrafting, guns, free music and some ok free movies. Once I had streamed videos I found TV to be a waste of time cause I can ACTUALLY select...

Ain't had cable since 09. I don't even bother with a TV anymore. Waste of time, waste of money. If I wanted a sewer pipe into my living room I'd build a second bathroom.

Sounds very right to me man I have been looking at doing the same thing if I can find an xs in m area for reasonable. They are tough to come by around here.

Yeah, too much advance. Or stock advance weights sticking.... Stock compression kick was lazy man quitter style. Long day at work throw your leg over the seat, choke carb, and a lazy kick or two. High comp and no lazy man technique will do. Gotta stand on it like you would a big twin. You can...

The pressed together pieces of crank are welded. Cheap insurance if you plan on lots of beating on it. Might as well since you are doing a full teardown. Don't forget about a new camchain. A web camshaft grind is also a power boost and somewhat affordable. I'd opt for a digital ignition but if...

Flatslide mikunis are money better spent than roundslides. I'm not sure why roundslides have proliferated a flatslide isn't that much more money and is a better, more responsive carb. I'd do first overbore, about 11:1 compression on a rebuilt and welded crank. Basic head work. Ain't gonna use a...

Sold all my xs stuff in 08-09. I could lie and say I was doing the dad thing but really was just moving a lot and got burned out on moving it, idiots on the roads, and police cracking down on loud bikes and minimalistic and creative tag displays. Literally didn't look back after that. Got the...

You are making this more difficult than needed. Go to auto parts and buy 20-50 Castrol or valvoline. Done.

Those are cartoon like. Yuck! Head pipe section looks ok tho. I wouldn't be beyond chopping the ugly flare off the pipe and ripping any muffler packing or baffle out and giving it a try. You never know what might make a pleasant noise. In my experience most xs mufflers sound bad, weak, or too...

Danger is overstated in the modern age. Everything will hurt you. I hear much of the same hysteria about lead. Jus don't cast bullets in poorly ventilated areas. Smoking is bad. So is red meat. So is beer. Motorcycling is dangerous. So are guns. Reality is an avid consumer of fish has more to...

The ones hitting the junk pile behind the garage always sounded best to me. Straight pipes!