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Hi guys, Anyone from Sydney, AU want to recommend someone to weld a rear loop and blast/paint my frame? Preferably a one-stop shop. South, west, I don't mind. I'm running out of time to finish my project before I leave the country and want to outsource this bit. Any recommendations are...

Just got my crank back from the engineers that were doing my rephase. It looks great, been serviced thoroughly. But the pushrods are in the same position as before, where I believe they should now be offset. Am I right about that? They way this project has been going, nothing surprises me...

This is a little embarrassing... I recently had my engine casings soda blasted. They came back covered in the standard crap from blasting, so I set about cleaning them up for paint. Had a bath of degreaser, bath of dish soap, air compressor to finish. Got distracted during the job...

Hi guys, Looking to put some spoked wheels on my cafe build and had to go with a tx750 rear hub, as it was all I could find. Read a thread from a fellow Aussie who did the same, but he ended up needing custom spokes and much buggering about to get it to work. It did seem he was restricted...

This has proved quite elusive so far. Not too concerned with condition, happy to restore. Can trade for mags. Any bright ideas?

Hi guys, Totally pulled apart the engine on my '81 with ONLY ONE STUCK BOLT! A bit of blowtorching sorted that out. But just when I thought i was totally winning, I tried removing the cylinder studs. My first few tries were unsuccessful, so decided to resort to the blowtorch and a plumbing...

Hi guys, Finally balls-deep in my '81 cafe build and getting ready to strip the paint and cut the frame. Just want a couple of tips before I get started. Firstly, cutting. I'm planning on cutting off the rear loop and welding on a flat one, not too stressed about that. What I also want...

Hi guys, http://omarsdtr.com/ Anyone know if these guys are still doing business? I've shot them a few emails with nothing back and I can't find any dates anywhere. No idea if it's new or old. I'm in Australia, so giving them a call is a little tricky. Thought I'd check with you guys...

Hi guys, Bought a reconditioned Left Side front caliper from Pandemonium, but they shipped me a silver one. Sounds like a minor issue, but it really won't suit the colour scheme I'm going for on the build I'm about to start. Pandemonium's out of stock now and I already waited a month for...

Howdy gang, Gearing up to do a rephase and I'm looking for the best deal on a rephased cam. I'm in Sydney, Australia and there are guys here that can cut and weld my existing cam for me, which is in great nick, but I thought i may as well upgrade the whole thing while I'm at it. I noticed...

Hi guys, Selling a bunch of original kit off my '81 on ebay. Best thing are the carbs - they're in great condition - got 'em up starting at $100. Everything else is in great nick, starting a 99 cents! Just listed them now, they'll run for 5 days. So keep an eye out if you're interested...

Hi guys, Been thinking about a fix to having to adjust my idle speed between cold bike and warm ride. I've got VM34's, so my idle screws are separate. I've been thinking that once they're sync'ed, it would be possible to build in a switch or dial, of sorts, by the throttle control, that...

Hi guys, Can't weld to save my life, so I'm going to start looking for a shop to cut/re-weld my rear loop, and weld a flat pan underneath it from the loop right up to the tank. The second thing I want to do is fit the 700cc JE pistons, for which I'll need to get my cylinder sleeves bored...

Hi guys, Been dialing in the air screws on VM34's for a couple of days after fouling my plugs during a session of mods/tinkering. New plugs, used dead cylinder method to set the air screws. Otherwise using the jetting MMM sent me (and the other Australians). Basically - 2 turns out was...

Hi guys, The description pretty much says it all and I'm pretty stumped on figuring. I want to at least have an idea before I go and take something apart. As my engine warms up during a ride, it can become near impossible at low revs to shift into neutral from 1st or 2nd or vice versa. If...

What a morning! After buggering around with my '81 for months, it was finally ready to register. Got it inspected by a mechanic (as is the law here) and got the green light. On the way to the motor registry, I hear/feel something break and I lose power. Managed to break down in the...

Hi guys, Tore the harness out of the '81 to rebuild it after installing a PAMCO ignition and Hugh's PMA, and I had a couple of questions about what can stay and what can go. I've scanned the forums and there's so many great diagrams there, some super simple, others much less so, but I...

Hi guys, I've all but given up on this and I'd love some advice. I just stuck some new Mikuni VM34's on my '81 XS, along with some aluminium intake manifolds and K&N filters. Bought the whole kit from 650Central, pre-jetted for my stock setup. I can get them to fire and idle very rough...

Hi guys, Just did a top-end rebuild to get my '81 on the road. It's the first decent amount of riding I've done on it since I bought it a few months back, and it's my first XS, so I'm wondering - Is an XS just the vibratin'est bike in the world, or does my rebuild need some fine tuning...

Hi guys, Just finished a top-end rebuild on my '81 Special and have a slow, small leak from the RHS engine cover, and what could be a minor leak (the slowest ever) from the base gasket, though I haven't had enough running time to establish that yet. My question is - how best should I...