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I'm about to swap my old, at least partially destroyed engine out for a donor with a fresh top end. I pulled the donor today and am soaking it with simple green overnight. I will likely do the starter delete tomorrow. Is there anything else that any of you can think of that would be simpler...

I haven't torn it down yet, but my best guess is that the cam chain jumped a tooth. One minute I was riding along without a care in the world; the next, I was going 65 mph without a headlight at eleven o'clock at night on a dark country road listening to my engine do an impression of a trash...

I talked with MMM for a bit yesterday while ordering new chain, sprockets, and some other bits and pieces. I always enjoy ordering from 650 Central because I end up learning so much during the process. I am currently running stock 17/34 with just the headpipes. I mentioned to MMM that I...

I stumbled across some info the xs11.com forum and a british forum that made me ponder a bit. They are using Honda VF1000 coils for replacement and upgrade on the xs1100 bikes. This seems to be trending in the UK. The coils are rated at 3 ohms. One of the forum members calculated output at...

Here is the story- I purchased a 1981 XS with a shed full of parts. The P.O. had swapped the forks for what appear to be 1980ish XJ650 forks. The wheel is hideous, and doesn't match the stock aluminum rear wheel, and the thing has dual disks from an XJ, running off of a stock 1981 single disk...

Pm me with a price if you have a spare. Thanks!

Mine went awol. The sun is shining and my bike needs to be ridden!

I finally got my bike running, and went on a little shakedown run today. Everything was good, except I noticed that my neutral light sending unit was missing when I got home. Now I'm worried about what else might have escaped out of the hole. Also, I don't have a neutral light, so the sender...

I am beginning to go through my pile of parts. For sale this time are two gauge clusters. One is from my '81. It has 9034 miles on the clock, and appears to be in good shape. I know that the tach works, as well as the neutral light. I have no reason to believe that anything else doesn't work...

I stumbled across some old photos of a fix I did on my first XS650, and I thought I would share. I don't know if I got this idea from someone out there on the interwebz or if it was just my idea, but it seems to have worked. The symptoms were these- I kicked, and the kicker then failed to...

I am starting a new thread after picking up my victim today. She is a 81 XS that has been poorly partially chopped by the previous owner. She smokes. She backfires. She would probably cuss a little bit if she knew how. I'm going to have to watch her for a while to make sure she doesn't have a...

So here is the story- a few years ago, while undergoing a long-term Harley Ironhead bobber project, I felt the desire to have a little bike to run around with. I found a '72 XS650 in an old hardtailed Triumph frame for a good price, running well. I bought it. I then found out that the previous...