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Howdy all ! yah it's been a while sense I visited you guys here..... I've been busy.... bike wize with a whole new line up of bikes.... I've got a 1977 Triumph T140 750cc bike now.... starts on first kick (today) also a Brand new 2021 CSC RX4 450cc adventure bike that weighs more than the...

for about 5 days I have been trying to log in and post with google... Travis asked if I tried internet explorer ( I had not at that time) I forgot my password and one thing lead to another and I never did try internet explorer...till now and low and behold it works ! it works just fine but...

Howdy all , I think I may have come upon an idea to fix my bike to get rid of that loud Wrrr sound that it has....which is the primary gear pushing on the clutch gear and making that noise I Know the Proper method of repair is to pull the crank and replace it with a known good one.... however...

I thought I'ed post a few pictures of the table saw I've made from scratch from "found".... it started off by bringing home a old table saw frame I had slapped together about 35 years ago from the Ranch..... it was 40"x40" and I did use it before I got the shopsmith.... once I got the...

On my 82'XS650HS I am wondering about the OIL level on the dip stick...... I read somewhere on here that the dipsticks were not accurate or something like that but I don't remember if it was a particular year or model.... I'ed like to run a tad more oil in my engine to calm down the noise a...

I think of all the stupid things I have done on a motorcycle 2 come to mind.... 1) putting Floorboards on my Honda 1100cc shadow that didn't fold up.... took a corner at 50mph and wound up in the ditch facing the other way and the bike in front of a pine tree ! the floor board touched ! and I...

It seams I have a project ... My Father in Law's TRX450FE Fourtrax Foreman Quad ...won't start...so I offered to haul it home and fix it for him....and he jumped at the chance..... so we Muscled it into the truck and I tied it down real good and off I went.... However what I thought would be a...

when trying to put my bike back together again after having the clutch basket off I discovered that the Kick starter came out too far with the case when I was taking the case off and it wouldn't work at all, so I took the 2 screws I put back in the case off ( I always test the Kick starter first...

Once again, that Loud Wrrr noise of my bike is getting to me... I can't figure it out ! I chocked it up to "Square gears on the clutch" and left it the way it was.... it's still as noisy as it was... and after thinking about it I've been wondering if the can chain could be the cause of all this...

seams strange but the last 3 or 4 days the XS650.com site has been quite slow.... dunno why... so I am wondering if it's My internet provider or if the site itself is getting slow because of hosting all the pictures ??? perhaps ? I dunno but half the pictures get about half way loaded and...

I went to Autozone today and after a Long search Finally found one of the fuse boxes they have on their web site.... they wanted $11.99 for it and it comes without fuzes, I had my wife read me the info on it and it said to my supprise a max of 15 amps per fuse and 45 amps Max for the entire...

in the technical reference the wiring diagrams in particular are not showing because of PB.... can you post them here please ? I tried to PM you 2 times about this but it won't let me .... thank you ! Bob...........

In another Thread a fellow member whom I have allot or respect for maintains that the carb floats are not meant to be a shut-off valve for the gas.... and I totally disagree.... that is what they were meant to accomplish, and if their not accomplishing that task their not set correctly ...

Hay Travis ! on Nov 14 2009 you posted a Pic of your "Project" do you have a current pic of it by chance I'ed like to see that puppy ! ..... Bob..........

I have a problem that when I look at "New posts" they go away and are not there when I come back to look for them..... so if I'm making a post and go get a link and come back it's nowhere to be found..... so what's up with that and How do I tell it to not do that ???? ...... Bob.........

I've recently seen a few bikes with smaller than stock rims on the front of XS650's my question is ...does this improve handling in the corners ? or is it just for looks ? .... I would like my bike to handle like the Triumps of old, and their rake and trail were diferent than these XS650's so...

I have noticed Many machines that are better than just clean their spotless ! and look like they just came off the show-room floor ! but I cannot get that kind of clean on my cylinder and head like you guys are getting .... what are you doing to get them so clean and fresh looking ? I've tried...

Hi all... sense I decided to make a Cruse control/throttle lock I figured I might as well document it so others could get the idea on how to make one . let me stress that this is not the only way to make a throttle lock/cruse control.... I think Most Honda's have the adjustments already in the...

Travis, if your interested My T-Shirt arrived today in great shape! Thank you ! ... WOOOT!!!! Bob....

Hi All... EDIT....Thanks to gggGary I know know that the pipe i used was not PVC as I state in this build its actually 2" ABS schedual 40 pipe....... .... the side plate I made was the small Lower sideplate on the lower left side of my 83'Heritage special. its Mostly flat and a simple sheet of...