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$4595 OR BEST REASONABLE OFFER 1975 Yamaha XS650 Bobber. Clean New York Title in my name. Located in East Meadow, NY (Long Island). The time has come for me to pass this bike on to the next rider. My friend and I built this bike from the ground up starting with just a stripped frame and half...

I think its about time I pass this one on to someone thats going to ride it more than I do. I'm not quite sure what to ask for it, and I'll try to get some more ,and better pictures this weekend if its nice out. But here's the quick specs and pics: MikesXS 750 big bore kit Hughs Handbuilt...

Just saw one of these pop up locally. Guy is saying to make an offer. It looks like your typical nightmare project, but anyone know about these bikes? Would it be worth it to try and get it for a couple hundred bucks?

I picked up a 1972 frame and swingarm for free. It has a crack on the left side footpeg mounting area. (Pics below). It has some pretty heavy rust and pitting, and the rear loop is very rusted and pitted, so much that there is a small hole in it. I had a welder take a look and he said it could...

Well...we all have the bug here, so when a frame with a swingarm popped up near by, I jumped on it. I was told it was a 78, so I didnt have any hesitations about cutting it up a little to make a cafe or scrambler. I wasnt planning on any major chops, but mostly removing unneeded tabs, brackets...

I'm an Ape and I broke mine. Anyone got one on hand? MikesXS is out of stock.

In looking for a printable degree I came across this. Not sure if anyone has seen it before, but it seems very cool. Totally customizable. change sizes, add marks for valve opening/closing, and lobe centers. Has an option to print to the size of a CD too, perfect for mounting on the crank...

I think I may be a tooth off on the cam. Cam was rephased by Hugh. I have the threads on the right hand side of the engine. Advance Unit mounts just fine, all checks done on advance unit and PAMCO check out OK. I've been searching on here for days but I can't seem to find anything to come to...

Snapped one of the banjo bolts when reinstalling the oil pipe. anybody got one or 2 they can spare? Mikes wants 10 bucks for a pair and 8 bucks for shipping.

Not sure where to put this and IDont know who follows okdskoolcarbs on facebook, but I just saw a really awful post by Rick dropping some pretty inflammatory racist words. I know sometimes his posts and messages are pretty rambling and crazy sounding but if thats the type of person he is, then I...

I'm in need of the oil baffle that goes in the head, behind the breather tube.

Well, after a VERY long hiatus I'm back to finally finishing this bastard. It was smoking like a James Bond smoke screen and shooting liquid oil out of the pipes so I know I got some top end issues. I pulled the motor out yesterday and today I gave it a good bath and took off some of the covers...

This is the last bit of stuff I have to do to finally finish up this Brat/Rat/Bobber Not much more than a day or so's work.

Hi all, Been a while but due to an injury and having some free time to kill, I finally got around to wiring my years overdue project. My question isnt about HOW to wire the reg/rec. Plenty of good threads, and Hugh's directions for his PMA kit are pretty clear. So I know The red wire from the...

I'm hoping to find a local guy or shop that would be willing to finish up a project bike. Bike is located in Long Island. Any help or info would be appreciated.

Well, the time has come to finally part ways with this old bike. It is a 1975 Bobber project, however, it will still need some work to get it completely finished and running. I got this bike about 7 or 8 years ago when I purchased 2 of them together. One was listed as a "complete running"...

UPDATE- Drained fuel tank, old stinky gas, but no corrosion in tank, thanksk to the POR-15. Petcocks and carbs need to be cleaned/rebuilt. I'm going to order the parts from mikesxs to get it going, but will gladly sell if you want it as is. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST Ok folks, I've finally...

Is there a special terminal for the neutral wire where attaches to the detent spring on the engine? I popped mine off to take a look and it seems like it was just bare wire wrapped around the detent.

I have a Mikexs left side handle bar switch that I'm using. I've tested all the wires for continuity, and also just used jumpers to a battery and a bulb, and also to flasher relay to see what works and what doesn't. There are 11 wires coming in/out of the switch housing. I'm not connecting to a...

Finally got this build to fire up. Lots of carb and ignition troubles, but worked them all out. Kicked it over on the first shot and oh boy! CLOUDS of smoke shooting from both pipes. I expected a decemt amount of smoke from all the assembly lube and what not, but it just seems like so much. Shut...