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Need some help brainstorming this new "farkle"for the shop. Not sure if I can use "farkle"here but I digress. I currently have a 1000lbs lift table in the shop and a large 2 post 7 ton hoist. The motorcycle lift table seems to always be in the way and has become a great spot for me to pile up...

Hey guys, I made a carb sync tool but it didn't turn out so well. So this year I decided to go buy one. I found the gauge type on amazon for 30 dollars. But I was also intrigued by finding that motion pro has a manometer. My intuition is to buy the cheaper kind but I also like neat tools haha...

Hey I have a 1978 yamaha xs 650 I am building my bike and I hit a little bit of a wall I bought a new harnesss from mikes xs, Also from mikes xs I bought the combined solid state regulator/rectifier When I bought the bike it came with the electronic pamco ignition already installed, I am...

I'm new to motorcycles in general but I recently purchased a 1975 XS650B. It needed and gas tank and a seat to be complete. I searched high and low for a decent, well priced seat to no avail. Eventually I stumbled upon an ad on craigslist offering a nice seat for $50. The catch was it was 3...

I'm a proud new owner of 77 xs650D. Just picked her up yesterday in the rain via trailer. She started fine before we left and ran through gears no problem. She started on first kick each time. It was a pretty bumpy ride home. Once we got her off the trailer, she wouldn't start via kick or...

Goodmoring, Well after riding for a few 100 miles trips i have holed the left piston :banghead:, and the right has low compression. I am starting to build a list of new parts to do a full top end rebuild. My questions is as follows, is it safe or not recommended to flush the crank case in...

Hi all I have a set of bs38 carbies on my 1976 xs650c and they keep flooding and fuel is running from the overflow and through the main jet air inlet, I have adjusted the floats to 25mm and I hav no idea why it's doin it and it's really Fukin annoyin! Excuse my French. All I can think of is...

While there are a few threads about these wheels floating around, the information is pretty scarce. Even more scarce is information about restoring them and actually fitting them on a bike. This is a thread about how I did it for my bike. As you'll see as we go along, there were a few...

I know electronic shift conversions are made for atvs and I am wondering if there is one made that will work on a 1978 xs650 cuz my wife broke both bones in her left leg about a inch above her ankle so she can shift down but cant pull the shifter up to catch a higher gear I have already been...

I have a 1972 XS650 that I am beginning to chop up, I just got a TC Bros Hardtail with a 3 inch stretch. I know my stock chain won't fit it is only 98 links, how do I find out how many links need to be added when buying a new chain? Its my first time ever doing this and this question may have...

I am starting to build my first little chop and here is my story. Since I was a kid I had always wanted a motorcycle of my own. However my mom had always said I would kill myself on it. Well two years ago my car got stolen while I was out of town on vacation. That was the point at which I...

hi, I posted the other day about getting a new 75 xs650 I just got a battery for it and charged it, turn the key and tried the lights and everything but nothing comes on at all, cleaned up the grounds bike has been sitting since 91 in dry garage, theres one wire inbeween the coil like a 4 or 6...

I have a 1980 xs650 and I want to run a 21" front wheel. I would love to find a wheel I can swap out without much work, or I would also be willing swap the whole front. I want it to be as easy as possible. So far the info i am finding is mostly on inverted forks, while I'm not against using...

I bought a 75 and while i have had luck with the engine, the frame has a bend off the ass end. I did plan to cut off the extended seat bars and shorten the seat anyway, but now I'm concerned about the rest of the bike. I see a slight bend in the shock mount area, but that could be cut out as if...

so i just got my first XS650, its a 81 and it needs some bringing back to life. its got a TC bros hard tail, running engine, basically its a rolling chassis with an engine. im thinking i should start with knocking out electrical. im planning on starting fresh by tearing out all the old stuff...

Hi, I have 1975 xs500. Can i fit 1983 xs650 engine into this frame? 1983 engine comes with electric components. Would all the cables to the engine and gear box fit, or i will have to do some adjustments, or replace the cables? Are the brakes and other parts the same? Is xs500 engine really so...

I did this on my xj550. I made my first windshield today and it turned out nice...I will get some pix on how I did it and for now I will tell about it. I bought a stock fairing on ebay for $65 shipped. It is from a 82 550 Seca, so I knew it would fit my 83. The only drawback was that there...

Hi, I'm looking for tips on linking to outside photo servers like Photobucket. I did it this morning and for some reason could only paste an external link from the "recent uploads" part of Phot0bucket, where I had a right mouse click option of "Copy Image Location". This option does not...

Hi looking for all torque specs on all bolts for my 1983 xs650 --

I rebuilt my carbies and installed a pamco ignition with a 3ohm dynatek coil, I hooked everything up and filled the carbies wit fuel, It took me 30 plus kicks to get it to start but it idles really high then dies then takes another 10 kicks to do start again and it just keeps going on and on...