JohnB53
XS650 Enthusiast
I have been working on a sidecar project this fall/winter and now have the sidecar finished. I have started on a 1981 XS650 special one owner with 8200 miles on it. The trouble with it that it had a stator issue and has been parked since "08. It has been quite a job with it needing a lot of work done. It is now running good and I am happy overall . I am replacing the front seals and when I replace the fluid I am wondering if I should go with a heavier weight fluid for side car duty. I have already replaced the bearings with all Balls tapered roller bearings. I built a vw trike and used a 650 front end on it with the all Balls bearings and it works fine, but I did have to go up to a 50 weight HD oil to keep the front end from diving when breaking . I am wondering if any one has delt with this issue and what did they do. By the way the car is a Velorex 562.