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man, the worst part is the driver has you sit on it and hold it upright while he straps it down. You are just up on a stage on the side of the road, lead actor in the Broken-Ass Bike Show. People wavin'

obligatory: (all that oil on the deck was from a two year Porsche that some lady crashed in her own driveway, according to the driver) it sure looks good with the front forks compressed like that, maybe i should lower the forks a little, ha.

Hey all a question. Last night I was riding home and bike just quit. No nothin. And nothing odd before it quit. I had a feeling it was the ignition and to just wiggled wires and turned the key a million times. After a while the neutral light came on. And now various lights and horn all work...

Started it, it ran! After a winter of half assed attempts at tuning it up and it never really running right, it all came together today. Not a single pop, started on first kick with no choke, the sun was out. Sounds great and pulls great from throughout the throttle and RPM range. How about...

My first bike, back in '97, was an 81 XS650.

Awesome. I am a little jealous. I just got home from a trip in a plane and then a rented minivan out to a cabin on the north fork of the Shenandoah. The trip was great, especially for my kids, but it was no adventure. Probably just some rubbed off insulation in the harness. good luck.

(i really like the exhaust as it is)

The bmw turned into a honda! You should look into that! Looks good, that head light is mighty big, maybe experiment with mounting it as low as possible? Who knows. The pipes and bars are perfect and some great fab, nice work.

That's gorgeous, man. Good work.

An evening ride around and the bike is running perfect. I probably just adjust too much stuff at once and turn mix screws too much. I should just calm down.

Which is to say, he had the carbs off. But I have never gotten into a carb before. i guess it's time.

Yeah, kind of afraid of that. This bike was gone over and had the carbs cleaned by a (genuine) mechanic friend of mine after sitting for about 20 years. I haven't had the carbs off yet. I don't even have a shed, the wife is going to be so pleased when I do this in the kitchen.

Just going to use my old thread as a place to ask questions. So I received airbox doors and side covers from a friendly forum goer (thanks, Focusinprogress) put them on (with fresh seals) and the bike ran like garbage. Did the whole rigamarole to adjust the idle mix but no go. Ran crazy rich...

i got my old clunker up to 97, trying to hit 100, before the rattling made the headlight fall off, i thought i was going to die.

The Ford is a 1965 F250 4x4. 352, 4 speed and a few more gears in the transfer case. I fell for it because of it's skinny ass tires on original 19.5 inch rims. They are medium duty truck tires for the road, but the thing pulls through mud like crazy. It gets about 6 miles to the gallon though...

In about 1996, I was 19 and got my endorsement I had about $350 to buy a bike so I was just asking everyone I knew, I just wanted a bike, any bike. I really didn't know shit about bikes and mostly just fantasized about either a brand new Fat Boy or a ZX-7. First bike i tried was a $300 CX and...

Keeping all this well behaved/running/fed/clothed/oiled etc: I love sailing and have had a boat in the past, but with a small business to run, two small kids, old house, i think my main hobby these days is NAPPING.

Brain Damage Island, here. Lots of ducatis and bmw motorcycles, the only custom bikes I ever see belong to my friend, have yet to see another XS650 in the 3 years I have lived here.

ha, no, i just live on the south end of an island where no one works on their own cars, and the bridge to get off is on the north end.

After a recommendation from this board, I lubed up the advancer rod and weight pivots. Which fixed the idle and just in general made the bike much happier. All i had on hand was some motor oil so after cleaning the rod I oiled it up, very lightly on the points side. My plan was to just see how...