maintenance

After I get my bike running, I want to clean and maintenance all the parts this winter because let's get real, you can't ride a motorcycle in Chicago during the winter. I've seen a few plans for building an engine stand/mount on this site; however, as cheap as that may be, it certainly takes its...

I just bought a '77 model, and had the seller remove the front forks, clutch lever and cable, front brake cable, and headlamp to fit it in my buddy's truck. It's my first Japanese bike, and I only own English measure tools so I need basic set of wrenches to get started and put it back together...

Hi everyone, I have a 1982 XS650 Heritage Special with TCI Ignition that started giving me trouble recently. It cut off while riding the other day and after heaving it back home and getting a chance to poke at it, I learned that it would no longer start from the electric, only the kickstart, but...

After tearing down my carbs, examined the throttle shaft bores, and found that the inboard bores are just 8mm holes in the carb body. But the outboard (throttle lever side) bores appear to have split bushings. A magnet sticks to the bushing, so I can assume that they're steel. Took close-up...

Hi Guys Got a spare 447 motor i have decided to rebuild. I wasn't planning on doing the bottom end but when i pulled the starter i found some broken gear teeth. Got a really nice replacement gear box so I've decided to totally tear it down. I noticed the small ends of the rods look...

looks like the gear lock thingy (cant find the name of the part) is broken in 2 places, but there was no debris in the engine case... not sure if im looking at a problem or not. parts manual doesnt show this. it locks into the gears.

Feeling at a loss here guys. I'm new to the bike world and purchased a very well kept 1983 650 SE about a month ago. She's been running fine and has been an absolute blast until about a week ago - I was going about 40 and she starts choking on me a tad, having to give her a little more throttle...

I've seen more than a few posts about similar clutch problems. The clutch has been adjusted at both the engine case and the bar lever before each ride and operates normally with just over 1/8" free play. After riding the bike for a while when I come to a stop in first gear with the clutch...

There are two different muffler nuts Early Yamaha 256-14713-01-00 Nut, Muffler Joint is used in the following models and assemblies: 1970 XS1 - Exhaust 1971 XS1B - Exhaust 1972 XS2 - Exhaust 1973 TX650 - Exhaust this is a bit smaller in diameter than the late Yamaha 371-14713-00-00...

She was an Iowa farm girl, The Weathervane Man had her parked in the garage behind this truck, After a tour of his projects and some interesting tales she came home with me. That was last summer and a couple of weeks ago "weathervane" went up on the lift. So like me this thread is going to...

Hey guys, I read a thread before but basically I've had clutch slippage and I got new friction plates and springs since its bored to 750... When I ordered the plates the guy at 650 central said he recommends the diesel oil and was reading about the rotella t 15-40 being good... In the past I've...

My bike has come down with a bad case of brake squeal which I am trying to eliminate. I tried that red spray on Disc Brake Quiet stuff, which worked for about two days. Now the squeal is back worse than ever. I do know that I am running without the shims that I hear mention of every once in a...

I installed a pamco with e advance on a xs650 that was running with a kickstart battery using hough PMA and battery. It had a boyer before. Battery melted and i reverse polarity on the batterh and fried the ignition. I re wired it all and now the bike starts and run no battery but i camt get...

Hi all, I flooded my bike yesterday morning and pulled one of my plugs to check how bad the bike was flooded. I made the mistake of giving the bike a few kicks with only one spark plug connected. Now when I plug them both in I don't get any spark. I also tried new spark plugs without any...

hey guy's i have an 1974 tx650 lately she been staling out of no were,first I've thought it was a carburetor issue checked everything and it looked alright . so i went for a ride at night and right before she stalled she was bogging real bad my light were really dimming out like the stator...

1-Is it normal for the bike to take 5 minutes of me holding the throttle while it idles (2000-2500 rpms) before it's warm enough to go for a drive without dying in neutral? Maybe the carbs have something to do with it because I have not cleaned them yet and I didn't ask PO when he last cleaned...

Learned this the hard way on my 78. The "D" type does not have a lock nut behind the acorn nut that caps the adjuster. When you install the acorn nut it may screw the adjuster in effectively overtightening the cam chain and wear out your components. I went from this:bike:to this:wtf:to...

So I met this girl in 2012, moved in with her in 2014. :shrug: in her garage I noticed was a beast of a motorcycle. xs1100. a year passed, and I began asking her if it ran. she said no, her dad parked it there in 2012 and it hasn't been ridden since. so I get the manual from him and start...

Hi all, Some of you may have seen an earlier post of mine about some top end noise I've been noticing on my '75. Here's a video: I replaced my tappets (stock ones were pitting pretty bad), checked cam chain tension, and set my valves (.002" on the intake and .004" on the exhaust)...

Are there any good repair shops for a xs2 near the Pennsylvania/Delaware border. Thanks txgary