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    '79 Special Headlight Bracket Assembly

    Hey, friends. So, I'm putting this '79 Special I have back together and I realize I have no idea how all the bits of the headlight ear/bracket assembly go on. When looking at the diagrams in the Haynes manual and online (Partzilla), they show only about half of the parts I actually have. So...
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    Reserve Lighting Unit/Headlight Relay Delete

    So, as a long-time XS850 owner, I know that the old RLU/HR delete is a common and easy to perform mod. Is it the same for the XS650s? The parts are old and known trouble spots, so I reckon it probably is. If so, what's the forum-approved process for deleting the RLU and the Headlight Relay?
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    '79 XS650 Special Low-Effort Resto

    Hey there! Back in the before times (last year) I picked up a long-abandoned '78 SE model that was in pretty sad shape. Here it is the day I brought it home. I finally dug into it this weekend and the carbs are a disaster. Carb #2 is completely seized up, packed full of filth and dried out...
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    Picked up my first XS650

    Hey there! My name's Jason, I'm a gearhead and magazine editor out of Detroit, MI. I picked up my first XS650 today after riding an XS850 for twenty years and spending the past couple years fixing and flipping old Hondas. What I have is, I think, a '79 XS650SF in Carmine Red. I say "I think"...
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