JTD1989
XS650 Enthusiast
Hi everyone, I am new to participating in the forum, but I have had my XS for about 4 years and have done a lot of research and learning on many of the great threads on here. I have very little mechanical experience, but I am learning a lot in this process.
I bought the bike several years ago and it ran rough but looked pretty. The PO was not the one who built it and had very limited knowledge to pass along about its history. I rode it for awhile and had some problems, cleaned the carbs and they got better, then one day she died on me and I couldn't get her to start back up by checking all of the easy obvious things. The PO had mentioned that when the bike was chopped they had done some engine rebuilding so I decided the best thing to do would be to open up at least the top end and see how messed up the engine is internally.
I have disconnected everything, pulled the engine, and taken it apart down to the case so far and will attach some pictures of my findings in the next post.
I bought the bike several years ago and it ran rough but looked pretty. The PO was not the one who built it and had very limited knowledge to pass along about its history. I rode it for awhile and had some problems, cleaned the carbs and they got better, then one day she died on me and I couldn't get her to start back up by checking all of the easy obvious things. The PO had mentioned that when the bike was chopped they had done some engine rebuilding so I decided the best thing to do would be to open up at least the top end and see how messed up the engine is internally.
I have disconnected everything, pulled the engine, and taken it apart down to the case so far and will attach some pictures of my findings in the next post.