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Hello, I have an issue that I cannot find a solution to. My 1980 Special starts first kick, has a steady idle and rides fine for ~40 minutes. During the first 25 minutes the idle rises about 2k, which I adjust for with the idle screw while i'm at a stop light. Consistently, around the 40 minute...

I just picked up a 78 650 Special. It has been sitting for 30 years. I hope to rebuild it with my son (for as long as his patience lasts anyway). In any event, I am a total noob here. New to bikes, relatively new to vehicles (I putter on some cars and "figure stuff out"). As such, if you...

Hello, I have relied on this forum during my build over the past six months and just joined. My 1982 xs650 will start in neutral, but if I let it warm up and change into first or second, the engine cuts off immediately. It feels like a side stand switch cutoff, but I've looked back through my...

This topic is just for knowing what it is, I want to buy a XS 650 but the engine doesn't want to start the owner says. He was running it and the engine just fell out and he doesn't want to start again? He says that,when he want to start it, that the engine only blows air out of the mufflers...