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1981 XS650 Special bobber Starts easy and rides great. Geared for zipping around town. Always garaged and has only done 1,100kms since ground-up rebuild (have receipts). Tuned by Daryl Hutcheon at Professional Motorcycle Tuning. Never missed a beat. Heaps of quality custom parts including...

Absolute legend! Thanks man!

Thanks again for your advice guys. 5twins, it turns out I do have the adjustable needle, so would you recommend dropping it a step in addition to the larger main and pilot? I'm planning to start with a 45 pilot and 137.5 main like you suggest and go bigger from there if necessary.

Thanks, I'll definitely be checking whether I have the adjustable needles and making sure they're assembled correctly.

Cheers mate, I ended up ordering 45 and 47 pilots and 137, 140 and 142 mains. They should arrive this week, so I'll report back with some results when I've had a chance to pull the carbs and change them.

I know you can't speak in absolutes but this is a great place for me to start! Thanks a lot for the detailed response man. Much appreciated.

Thanks 5twins. Ok that's at least a couple of well respected votes for "too lean" and I know better than to disregard carb advice from you guys... I'll order some larger jets this week and buy a new pair of BP7ES. Any idea on where I should start with sizing? I'm in Melbourne which is close to...

Thanks 2M, my jets are stock 42.5 pilot/132.5 main. I would've thought with the new uni's and straight exhaust there's no way it'd be running rich? Also, it idles pretty well for extended periods when I first start it. Compression on the other hand... I have noticed that it feels...

Hey guys, My brother and I recently finished the very long build of my '81 XS650SH down here in Aus and I'm now trying to get it running reliably so that I can actually start riding it! A bit of background first: The bike when we bought it was in good running condition and 100%...

Dudes, I need a replacement OEM exhaust for my '81 and have come across one in decent condition from a '75 model. The bike will be running Gordon Scott straight pipes in the end but I need the stocker unit to throw on temporarily, in order to get it past the super-tight Australian...

Hey man, He's definitely still making exhausts. I just took delivery of a set of his fat chopper pipes last week (stoked with them!). We've been in contact via email and he was super responsive. I'm not sure if he likes to post his email address on the forums but I'm sure he'll reply to your...

5twins, Thanks a lot for your help mate. Really appreciate the effort. Haven't had a chance to get out to the shed for a few days but will be hitting it again this week. I'll report back, hopefully for the last time...

I see what you're talking about now... :doh: Cheers boys. Will have a go at take 3! 5Twins, everything will come back apart for cleaning, sandblasting and paint. Waiting on plenty of other stuff so just want to learn how to lace it properly first to avoid messing around later. Once I...

Thanks again for your help dudes. Pretty sure I got it right this time... Still some slight bending on the outers but I'm guessing that will pull out when it's all trued up. If anyone can spot any other issues with the lacing, please let me know.

P.S. Didn't grease the threads when it went together the first time but I will when I redo it. Any particular type of grease to use, or will general purpose stuff do?

Thanks for your help guys. I've never done a cross 3 and found it really difficult to find any info online about lacing one. The only info/tutorial stuff I could find was... yep, you guessed it... designed for bicycles! I'm just glad I embarrassed myself here first and didn't contact...

Hey guys, I'm having some trouble lacing a 21" DT rim to my stock XS front hub. First off, a bit of background. I took the rim and hub to a very well respected wheel builder in my area. He manufactured custom spokes and re-drilled the rim to make it work. He offered to lace it up for an extra...

Hey reelop, Just curious about whether you ever ended up fitting the Mono shock seat to your ardtail? I've got an ardtail too and was lookin' at this seat but wasn't sure if you would be able to mount the shock at an appropriate angle to allow it to work properly... If you could let me know /...

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Hey Sinking, See here: http://www.xs650exhaust.com/ They look pretty hot to me.