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Hi from Idaho!
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bikefreakjon
XS650 Addict
A 75b with a 447 1980 engine and tci.
Cruzinimage 1 over pistons, rd350 front brake, ex500 carbs!
Cruzinimage 1 over pistons, rd350 front brake, ex500 carbs!
Idaho riding eh? Lucky dog!
Hello Jon and welcome to the forum! Thats a nice looking bike! What part of Idaho do you live in? My folks lived in Pocatello for years, beautiful country. I used to go visit them during the winter and ski the local slopes around there. Super cold! I went there one winter and for two weeks , it never got ABOVE 20 below zero! Pretty frosty for a desert dweller!
especially when your truck keys are locked in your running truck in front of the motel lobby in the dark , minus something 
bikefreakjon
XS650 Addict
I live in Moscow, 200 miles south of the Canadian border.
It's nice.
It's nice.
Im in CDA and travel thru Moscow on rides. There is a place we go for breakfast that's always busy.
Thats a nice looking bike. Are you cutting it up?
bikefreakjon
XS650 Addict
No, I got a truckload of rusty parts and made one good bike outta it.
Want to keep it stockish. Or more street tracker than cafe racer.
Want to keep it stockish. Or more street tracker than cafe racer.
bikefreakjon
XS650 Addict
Repaired the timing chain stop with a piece of nylon, cobbled an ignition from some 75 parts and some 80 parts.
All new wiring, just a toggle for the ignition and a high/low headlight switch.
Rebuilt the forks, eBay stock headers, Sportster mufflers.
New clutch plates, starter delete.
Tach only, no speedo.
The thing I like the most is the cvk carb swap, that really wakes this engine up.
Jon
All new wiring, just a toggle for the ignition and a high/low headlight switch.
Rebuilt the forks, eBay stock headers, Sportster mufflers.
New clutch plates, starter delete.
Tach only, no speedo.
The thing I like the most is the cvk carb swap, that really wakes this engine up.
Jon
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bikefreakjon
XS650 Addict
Rental street bars, Chinese controls, h4 headlight, vintage Mulholland shocks.
New Dunlop k70s
Have new sprockets coming!
Also some needles to play with...
New Dunlop k70s
Have new sprockets coming!
Also some needles to play with...
bikefreakjon
XS650 Addict
Update:
Front cam chain stop fabrication was a fail.
The nylon I used was too soft I think, lots of shreds of it in the oil filter.
Guess the motor is coming back out... Eventually.
Probably not this summer, too busy. And as far as I can tell it still does it's job.
Jon
Front cam chain stop fabrication was a fail.
The nylon I used was too soft I think, lots of shreds of it in the oil filter.
Guess the motor is coming back out... Eventually.
Probably not this summer, too busy. And as far as I can tell it still does it's job.
Jon
RonXS
XS650 Addict
Bike looks great!
