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Hey guys, how's it going!? My name is Brandon and about a month ago, I bought my first XS650. Its a 1971 thats been hardtailed with a suicide shift and left foot clutch from BlackSmith Billy. The guy who built the bike did a phenomenal job. However.......this bike will not stay in first gear...

First things first I have little to no mechanical inclination. Got my hands on a 1979 Yamaha XS750. Super cool bike, and it ran so good and got me home when I bought it. Well, almost. Around 50 minutes into the ride one of the air filters fell off and it died out, couldn’t find the filter. Shop...

Hey So I have 82 n been having some issues with the wiring. Anytime I hook up both Brushes running to the Rotor. The bike runs like poop. If I unplug ether one of the Brushes the bike runs fine.( it will run fine without the brushes plugged in , but it’s not charging the battery ). I have...

Hey all, I recently put a 750cc 9:1 compression ratio big bore kit in my 1975. I haven't gotten the bike started yet but the problem is I'm having massive issues when turning the bike over via the kickstarter, when the spark plugs are in it's an absolute bear to get the kickstarter to move at...

I've been trying to get the wiring for this bike done all winter, but something just doesn't add up. I went to mikesxs.com for a wiring harness that matched the vin number on the forks. The problem is that the harness didn't fit at all. Now I notice that some parts in the manual are showing...

Summary at the bottom if too lazy to read. (Picture after heavy cleaning, picture credit: Akustaka) So I have a 1978 Yamaha XS 650 with an aftermarket magnet based charging system, to the best of my knowledge...