fiftynineab
XS650 Enthusiast
Here it is the bike from "returning back to stock ignition" thread https://www.xs650.com/threads/returning-bike-to-stock-ignition.55195/page-3#post-601697
I pick the bike up in 07. It had been bought off the original owner and wrecked the same day then put out in the backyard to marinate in the Sun. The seat skin had been baked completely off and it was a crumbly mess. The tires were no good. the forks were bent. The tank was smashed all the hell. The brakes were no good. Most of the rubber was gone. All the cables were no good. I had bought the bike with the intention building a bobber or a chopper. Upon doing research on exactly what I had I realize that it was the last year of the standard version of the XS650. And in looking for parts I I realized how rare the bike is. I brought the bike home put gas in it clean the carbs threw a battery in it got it running and it ran pretty good. I didn't have my motorcycles license and for the next for years I pretty much just moved it from house to housewith slowly accumulating clean OEM Parts off of eBay. At top dollar. Lol. In 2012 I moved to San Francisco and acquired a job that paid me enough to have a little extra money to waste on this bike. Haha. Another battery. fixed the forks, Progressive Springs and adjustable dampeners. New tires. New brakes. Newbrake pads. New brake shoes, clutch cable, throttle cable, brake lines, seat cover, rebuild master cylinder, electronic ignition, Mikuni carbs, converted to 12 volt alternator. A few seals here and there. And on and on. Anyhow it's been a fun Journey I've learned a lot. I definitely could have bought a used Harley-Davidson for what I have into it. I don't think I'll ever get my money back out of it. Unless I part it out. And that pretty much brings up to today. With your guys's help I was able to put the stock Advanced mechanism back in it and the points back in it. And its running pretty good. The next thing I will be doing is rebuilding the stock master cylinder. Because last week when I flush the system I sprayed brake clean into the reservoir killing my master cylinder. Ricky.
I pick the bike up in 07. It had been bought off the original owner and wrecked the same day then put out in the backyard to marinate in the Sun. The seat skin had been baked completely off and it was a crumbly mess. The tires were no good. the forks were bent. The tank was smashed all the hell. The brakes were no good. Most of the rubber was gone. All the cables were no good. I had bought the bike with the intention building a bobber or a chopper. Upon doing research on exactly what I had I realize that it was the last year of the standard version of the XS650. And in looking for parts I I realized how rare the bike is. I brought the bike home put gas in it clean the carbs threw a battery in it got it running and it ran pretty good. I didn't have my motorcycles license and for the next for years I pretty much just moved it from house to housewith slowly accumulating clean OEM Parts off of eBay. At top dollar. Lol. In 2012 I moved to San Francisco and acquired a job that paid me enough to have a little extra money to waste on this bike. Haha. Another battery. fixed the forks, Progressive Springs and adjustable dampeners. New tires. New brakes. Newbrake pads. New brake shoes, clutch cable, throttle cable, brake lines, seat cover, rebuild master cylinder, electronic ignition, Mikuni carbs, converted to 12 volt alternator. A few seals here and there. And on and on. Anyhow it's been a fun Journey I've learned a lot. I definitely could have bought a used Harley-Davidson for what I have into it. I don't think I'll ever get my money back out of it. Unless I part it out. And that pretty much brings up to today. With your guys's help I was able to put the stock Advanced mechanism back in it and the points back in it. And its running pretty good. The next thing I will be doing is rebuilding the stock master cylinder. Because last week when I flush the system I sprayed brake clean into the reservoir killing my master cylinder. Ricky.
Nice going !
lol .. not all that Kleen
besides there's a brand-new NOS master cylinder on eBay for $400 plus shipping!
