Sky King
XS650 Addict
......beyond the paint job that is. I am coming up on almost a month of ownership of my first XS and still just scratching the surface but learning more. Looking at some examples of different years I recently saw that the paint scheme on my 1975 gas tank is that of a 1979 model as well as the tank badges so it looks like the original tank was replaced at some point with a 79. It obviously fits the bike well but I recently ordered a pair of non vacuum petcocks that did not match the bolt holes in my tank. Maybe the hole spacing is different on the 79 compared to the 75 tank, or maybe the vendor just sent the wrong parts. From here on out as far the gas tank goes I will order parts for a 79 and when the day comes I may paint it to look like the 75 if I go the full resto route.
Last question can someone recommend a good source for non vacuum petcocks? One of my beefs these days is so many of the vendors have no help line or even email for tech questions. It's a drag to have to send parts back, in the old days of phone orders that rarely happened.
Last question can someone recommend a good source for non vacuum petcocks? One of my beefs these days is so many of the vendors have no help line or even email for tech questions. It's a drag to have to send parts back, in the old days of phone orders that rarely happened.
