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I'm after a damaged/knackered/unwanted rear cast wheel with bearings I can use to dry build my 'brat or whatever it turns out to be' former Special. Good enough to take a tyre. Need it while I'm still fettling things. Buy or loan? Preferably located in the West Midlands or North West of England...

Hi all, I'm reaching the stage where I've got to refit the engine into the painted frame but the problem is I'm a short-arsed, slightly built one-man-band. I lifted the engine out using my gantry with the bike on its wheels which was awkward but then I didn't care about the paintwork then...

Hi all, Have any of you UK based 'kickstart only' guys got a redundant (and working) safety relay they could sell me? It's the 2-hump relay, usually found under the right hand side cover of late 70s/early 80s bikes, that controls the operation of the starter motor and also automatically...

Hi all, I'm looking to replace my original '81 Special clutch lever and perch assembly with one having a slightly higher ratio so as to give an increased cable pull. I'd like to retain the clutch micro switch. I accept the higher ratio will increase the hand effort required. Can anyone...

Hi, I'm trying to get hold of 1 (or 2) of this item which has been discontinued by Yamaha. It is the small disc of 'rubber' that seals and blanks an oil gallery drilling between the two crankcase halves. The original part number was 256-15395-00-00 and I understand it was superceded by...

Hi, I've posted a few messages since I joined XS650.com but I've not yet posted anything about my bikes. I've only had XSs for about 3 yrs now. My first purchase was a red 79 SE, sight unseen, off Ebay that needs so much doing to it that I ended up buying a second 'cos I was hooked! I never...

I built up the crank case assemblies on 2 engines last year then left them alone. Coming back to them I can't for the life of me recall seeing the scribe line on the rotor side bearing aligned to the crankcase joint face. I know the bearings were seated on the pins properly and the crankcase...

I've been trying to get hold of one of these in the UK but my efforts have failed to come up with anything so I'll try another tack of having one made. But before I can do that I need the dimensions of it. Does anyone have the dimensions or have one that they can measure for me? The item is...

Has anyone ever rebuilt or serviced a tachometer and not just replaced the lens or brightened up the facia? Mine is reading slow and is reluctant to go past 5000 and I fancy having a go at fixing it. Thanks

Hi, I posed this question on a couple of UK web sites but with no success so I thought I'd send it across the pond to see if you guys can come up trumps. This NISSIN m/c was fitted to a (single disc) XS650SE I have that was customised a few years back by a PO. I've recently transferred it to...

Hi fellas, This will be my first message on this forum having been bitten by the XS650 bug after my son asked me to rebuild his engine for him. (I've been a car man for years hence my username.) I enjoyed it so much that I found a project on eBay that I could mess with. After lurking in the...