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Ran into a weird bug & thought I'd share. As always YMMV New router -- TP Link Wi-Fi 7 tri band. Great reviews. Good signal strength. Fast. Works great. Except… yeah. You knew that was coming. Set up new router. Desktops came back on line, wired and wireless. Laptops… problem. Crashed hard...

Well into the reassembly stage. Just put the rear wheel back on, though it's not all battened down yet. Pretty sure it'll have to come off or at least shift to final the rear break linkage. Just making sure I know where everything goes right now. Inventory to see what's unaccounted for...

Pulled my pipes -- this is the extensively cleaned up version. Notice the cracks in the fitting where the crossover pipe meets up. The outer piece is missing one of the four fingers that should be under the clamp that holds them together. Local exhaust man -- Brian -- says he can cut that part...

Working on an '83 XS 650 Heritage Special that's kind of a barn find -- parked dry in a storage shed for a decade plus. Wanted to try building a sculpted seat. Thanks to Jim for providing the guinea pig for this project! Here's the starting point -- original next to stripped foam base, seat...

Hey guys, need some suggestions, I can kinda see the point at which I'll have the parts that are currently scattered all over the house turning back into a functional motorcycle. With that, though, comes a new mission. I'm about an inch shorter than I was 25 years ago. Way back when, my '82 fit...

Found an original Yamaha SX650SJ Assembly Manual on EBay and snatched it up. Since my bike's in about that many pieces at the moment, thought it might come in handy putting her back together. Came today, complete with boot prints on the back of some of the pages. :D Paper's delicate, as...

Back in the 90s I had a 1982 XS 650 Special that I stripped to the frame and rebuilt, then later an '83 Heritage Special. Had some health issues and sold them both. Still riding, but mostly a 2014 Yamaha VStar 250. Fun, nimble little bike, but I'd never take her on the interstate like I used to...