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Way too many photos to post. Here is a link https://instagram.com/vintagecycletrader/ 1 garage took a week the other took a couple. Both were pretty easy and they once i went to look at them i got them. One landlord was a littla crazy about an oil spill I had, but not other problems.

More like a hobby. You can see my bikes on IG @VintageCycleTrader

I rent 2 garages now. I have expanded quite a bit since making this thread in 2013. I found mine on Craigslist. Paying about 70c/sqft

What space are you referring to?

You can come wrench/have a beer anytime. I am there at least everyother day in the evenings. Your more than welcome to use my table, just bring beer!

Wow very cool. Yeah I read some of the success stories he had and they seemed great. I live in Burbank, and I am renting a shop a couple miles from my apt to work on bikes. Where do you live? I am ALREADY in deep shit, HAHA I have gone a little bike crazy!

Thats awesome!! I ride in Los Angeles, and trusting your bike is Muy Importante! I am learning that the hard way. I am starting to do a complete overhaul, and its probably going to take me a WHILE.

Gauges don't work, so I'm not quite sure. When I take off the carbs tonight I am going to reset my idle screws to 2.5-3 turns, to make sure. Does that sound about right?

So a while back I fried some electronics trying to jump my XS650 over and over again. It wouldn't run for more than a few seconds at a time. I cleaned the carbs, checked and cleaned my spark plugs, and cleaned my grounds. I finally got the bike running smooth(ish). Here is a quick...

Thanks for all the help guys. Looking at those diagrams can be a little overwhelming. I should probably just take it slow.

I am new enough at doing this, and have never tried my hand at electrics, but I guess it's time to start.

So I bought a 73 last month, and it ran, not well i might add. The bike had a dead battery that needed to be jumped, and when it did it started easily in 1-2 kicks. However the carbs needed cleaning and it took a lot of finess with the petcocks to get the right ammount of gas and not flood it...

Dunlop K70's

Let's see some photo's!

Put on snow tires and your good to go!

Woah, I paid $650 for mine and I thought I got a good deal, but you guys ^^^ make me feel like I over paid :D

I live in Los Angeles which probably has one of the HIGHEST markups I have seen for motorcycles (and everything else). Looking through craigslist here all of the XS650's are choppers, and when the stock ones do come up people want THOUSANDS for, even if they are rough project bikes, without...

Yeah you can bring your own carbs, however he doesn't want people bringing their own bikes. Since it is a general class, if everyone brings a different type of bike (vintage, Sport, Harley, etc.) I think he tried it before and it slowed down the class. I am especially excited for the engine...

No it's not everyday.....I WISH!!! But you also get a group discount -$25 for every person you bring. I have 4-5 friends who want to do it so instead of $300ea its going to be $275 ea It's every Sunday for 5 hours. 2 hour lecture, then 3 hour workshop. Here is the link...

The course is only $300, so I dont think I can lose anything going and learning. I am sure anything I learn will be worth more than that in mechanic fee's. The guy has a pretty good resume too, and has some nice success stories from past students.