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Hello all, I've had a few posts here, there seems to be something new popping up each time I fix something else, have to love it :) So my '75 was running great but the plugs weren't getting hot enough. I went through the charging system and got that looking right. This meant taking off and...

Hi, I've posted a few times recently, so to go through what I've done: Points, valves, timing, cleaned out tank, new coils and condenser. I cleaned the '78 bs38's and put in new butterfly seals. I'm running one petcock into right side carb and using the fuel crossover tube. I took it out this...

Hi, so I’ve recently gone through my ‘75 as it was running on one cylinder, replacing the coil fixed that. I also put on a new (old) set of BS38s that I cleaned, just with carb cleaner and an air compressor. So it starts first kick, but upon throttle there are flames coming out of the left...

Hello all, I may be doing something very dumb so I just want to check. The bike started idling on one cylinder suddenly, and I was also having carb issues. I replaced the carbs with another set of BS38’s which have been cleaned (only carb cleaner + air compressor). The bike starts first kick...

Hey, it's another idle thread! I got my 75 XS650B on the road a few days ago and have been loving it. I took it on quite a long ride (6hrs), then some shorter ones across a few days. Still a few things to tune but mostly there. Today I took it out and when the engine got warm it started idling...