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Hi all, I'm new to this forum so apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. Over the past few months I've been getting pretty into XS650 choppers and seeing all the creative things people do with their custom chops, especially the Japanese and American chopper scene. I'm from Australia so...

I am in need of a stator and stator housing to complete my charging system, I have plans to upgrade in the future. For now due to budget I’d like to stick with stock. 60$ for the stator and housing 60$ for the rotor both reading 5.2 ohms. Worth it ?

Hey everyone, glad to be here! So I have a 75 XS650 which has been sitting in my garage for approximately 2 to 3 years. This fall I plan to start rebuilding it or should I say reassembling it with my son who is 11. I have very basic knowledge when it comes to rebuilding a motorcycle so my...

Newbie here...I am very happy to have found this excellent XS650 website. I just learned that I could have repaired the speedo & tach dials on my XS650E and would have saved a hundred eBay bucks for a used cluster. I bought a instrument cluster, the vendor ID'd as a 650 cluster, but its not...

Hey, folks! Got a question... I'm in the process of fitting the engine back into the frame. I went with the approach of doing it with frame in the upright ( I know some do it with the engine and frame on the side). Got it in with a bit of a wiggle. The lower centre bolt went in without an issue...

So a while back I came to be the owner of an XS650 that was found on the eastern shore in a barn with the spare parts of a second bike. $300 dollars and borrowing my buddies truck it ended up in my work shed and now that the process of titling is done the bike is officially mine. I have...

Hi all, In a few weeks I'm looking at doing my first road trip to pick up a newly purchased '77 650D in Chicago and ride it back to my home in Brooklyn. I have an '80 XSG (Special II), my first XS but not my first bike. Still, I'm a newbie. I've been riding it for a couple of years but...

Hi guys, My dad got me interested in bikes a few years a go, we're british and own Lambretta scooters. It's safe to say I've got the itch and now want a bike as my main vehicle (in English weather, I must be mad). I came across xs650 bobbers a while ago and love the style, my favourite non...

Just want to get aquatinted with everyone, this is how she looked when I got her up until now!

Hey all, I've been reading through this site for a couple of months now, reading a lot of stuff for Newbies. I was intending on buying a bike next spring, after I took the Beginners Course... however, things change in weird wonderful ways :D I received a text from a buddy while at work asking...

I've been on this site now for 2 years come this Christmas. I've come a long way working on my bike, but I've never put all of my work into a single build thread to document any of it...so this is it. Background: I was a 36 year old father of two when I decided that I was tired of sitting at...

So I have an XS650 (1977) that I picked up in February that I have been making into a bobber. I paid an "expert" to wire it up for me. I live in Sacramento CA by the way. Well this expert, who has been working on bikes for 30 something years, yeah he f%^ked up my bike something fierce. The...