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Anyone have a nice chain guard to fit my 83 they want to part with?

Well 50 and sunny here today finally. Took her for a 3 hour tour with a lunch stop and a picture. She has officially been named "Wheezie" she did everything I asked without complaint including the most important task, take me home. Thats twice now without issues so it appears she is going to be...

So I want to thank everyone that helped with Information , parts and guidance. You know who you are:) The mission was to go through a 40 year old bike and do neglected maintenance. Wheel bearings, steering head, chain, sprockets, carbs, filters, valves, cam chain adj., get the seating...

So while installing a LED headlight today I was really struggling to get it mounted vertical, around the 5th attempt I decided the bike was sitting crooked on the stand. After a little sniffing around I discovered the PO has blessed me with a 10mm bolt in the left side, so now I'm looking for a...

So I was on hold waiting for parts and I decided to skip ahead one or 2 jobs drained the oil and pulled the filters. The oil was clean with no trash in it the small filter had some small metal shards no more than I find during a routine WR400 change it was also missing it's gasket . I have the...

This may sound like a silly question though after an extensive search of this forum, it also seems to be one that hasn't been asked. So here goes, where are you sourcing your engine oil drain plug "Crushwashers" ? I have found them with a well known vendor at a Dom Perignon buy in. Any...

Does anyone have the rear section of frame with all the seat brackets for a hinged seat pre 80,leftover from a hardtail project they want to part with? Picture is of my 83 for location.

Yes another one. I'm a newb here so feel free to slap me around a little. So I bought this project a couple of weeks ago 83 xs650. The second thing on the list is the seat, I want to go back to the stock style seat it's an 83. I picked up a seat pan and hardware and that's when I figured out...