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Hey everyone! Hope you're all staying busy in the garage this season. I've been working on my '78 XS650 restoration project and ran into an interesting challenge that got me thinking about the broader community here. I'm sure many of you have faced the frustration of needing specific plastic...

Anyone ever tried a DIY gravity fed soda blasting set up like the video below on our engine top end? Attached are a few pictures of my disassembled engine. Years of neglect and oil leaks from the PO have left the exterior pretty nasty. I'm wondering if this would be a useful cleaning setup and...

Just a follow up on my previous post about using Ducati muffler hanger rubber bushings when building your own rearset peg plates. Here is a short rundown of what I am working on, for one side. So you need twice this amount. 10 mm aluminum plate, 6082T6, I believe 2 pcs aluminum spacers, 30 mm...

So today I went outside to (in this order) set timing on my points ignition, then sync the carbs, and then set my mixture screws. I decided to do all this because I went up a size on my pilots and 2 sizes on my main jets for the Uni filters and open headers that I'm running. I had already did...

Gentlemen, I am intending to ceramic coat the pistons for racing two stroke. I have used professional coaters before and been satisfied with the results. However the cost of doing 4 pistons top and sides is an eye watering NZ $231. I have found this source for DIY ceramic coating material do...

Hi there. Recently picked up my first bike. 1979 xs650. Found it for sale over a year ago, came across it again a few weeks ago at a local shop, couldn't pass it up again. Swapped mirrors, redid the seat mounting bolt, and made a speedo relocation bracket. It's pretty rough since I lacked...

Hey Guys-I've almost got my 83 properly chopped and I'm in the process of making up some "good" metal tabs to replace the temp ones I cut with my angle grinder. I would love to get a good metal shear to handle 3/16 plate. Anybody know of a way to convert a hydraulic press into a metal shear...

First time trying to change a motorcycle tire. I bought these damn tire spoons from Harbor Freight, and so far all I've done is struggled for 2 hours and poped one of the tubes. Any chance there's somebody out the in the Portland area that could help me with this? I know, I know, just take it...

I've finished glass beading and sand blasting all/most of my parts. Everything on this bike came painted rattle can black, the paint was chipping and overall looked really terrible. I after several days of pain and discomfort I built my own sand blasting setup and got all the parts cleaned up...