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I haven’t had an XS or any other bike with points for years. Is setting points on an XS always such a pain? I’ve set the gaps but it’s difficult to be 100% sure with feeler gauges as the points stay open for ages, and it isn’t easy to see the highest point on the points cam. I’m not sure my new...

For the past few years I've been building a chop and it seems that 99% of it has come from Ebay. It started with an Uncle Bunt plunger frame that had an XS motor in it, allegedly owned by one of the Outlaws MC in the Midlands, UK. The motor had been cut out of the frame, so no engine mounts were...

I’ve recently bought a project bike and I can’t pinpoint the exact model. I think it’s ax XS D based on the wiring harness and clocks etc. The forks however are 34mm with a single disc and early style caliper, but I think it should have 2. The caliper is mounted behind the left fork leg. Not the...

Hi everybody, I'm Dave. Been an XS 650 fan for as long as I can remember really and have owned one for about 7 years now, along with some other bikes. Currently got one bike that I've just rebuilt which is a 1977 D model that originally came to the UK from San Diego. I've also got a 1972 XS 2...

fitted 45mm exhaust headers? I've fitted a pair and put in some tuning core inserts that are advertised and sold by Heiden. The bike has got Mikuni round slide carbs, free flowing exhaust and fast road gas flowed head, it's on the dyno at the minute and the result so far 38BHP...