Some small details.......
The early bikes didn’t have much of a system for mounting mirrors. Most advertising doesn’t show mirrors and to the best of my knowledge they came with one long stem clamp on mirror on the left side.
Well, my new right side master cylinder / brake lever , has a 10mm right hand threaded hole built in to accept a mirror, and I also wanted a matching mirror on the left side, so I bought these on eBay.
They are small and discreet and inexpensive, and now that I have two right hand threaded 10mm mounting holes, I’m not limited to Yamaha mirrors. I bought a set of round chrome early Honda mirrors with 10” stalks, which I will install later.
WHO YOU CALLIN A DIPSTICK?!
Now seemed like a good time to address setting the correct level on my XS2 dipstick. As per this service bulletin.
I removed the dipstick from my ‘77 650 for comparison and laid them side by side on my bench. They are exactly the same length , but clearly marked differently. The XS2 was marked to hold more oil.
Here’s some detail shots of the difference.
Here I’ve scribed a new oil level line on my XS2 dipstick.
While I had them both on the bench it was a good time to freshen up the no good gaskets that each of them had.
There! Much better!
Alright, I had a good productive day. I’ll have to hang on to these good feelings for a few days. I’ve got a couple doctor appointments in the first part of the week.
“Now turn your head and bark! “
Until next time,
Bob