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I changed out the starter gear on my '77 xs650. The bike starts but I'm thinking the RH Crank2 (#3061144203) might be too worn but would like to hear from someone with more experience. Pic shows the wear which was comparable on the starter gear.

('77 XS650) Working through electrical issues. When I'm using the electric starter, the battery starts to die. Its a new battery and the tender shows that its maintaining. After starting until it sounds labored, the tender show 95%(after reanalyzing). Replaced coils, spark plug wires,caps...

I'm looking around the tech area and am finding posts that no longer have pictures but only a placeholder. Have these been relocated to another area on the site? Here's an example http://www.xs650.com/threads/starter-gear-fix.18060/ Thanks!

I'm needing to replace the front brake light switch and am not seeing how that comes off the bike. Can anyone point me to an existing link? ('77 standard XS) Also, this bike does not have a rear brake light switch installed (or I'm not seeing it). Same question as above. Thanks Adam

Working on my 77 standard. Noticed fuel in the drain hoses. Looked at the heights and they checked out to 24mm. Thought about raising them. With the bowls off, I inverted the carbs. At this point I noticed that one float lowered so much that the float needle almosts comes out. Flipping...

Hi All - I recently picked up a 77 standard and am excited to get this on the road. Starting with the fuel system, I'm seeing odd things with these carbs that I have not seen on other bikes. In this instance I have two different mixture screws. I've overhauled carbs on 4 cylinder bikes and...