From the XS650 Club site
http://www.xs650.org.au/notice_board.html
New Inlet Manifolds
Some new inlet manifolds are being produced in the US. This has come about as the result of available replacements proving to be unsuitable due to poor rubber quality. They will cost US$58 per pair plus US$13.45 for postage etc. ( AU$77.50 per pair on the exchange rate for today 9/1/2010). If anyone is interested in buying some of these contact Terry Gliddon at
toota@internode.on.net and I will try to organise a bulk buy to save on the postage cost from the USA. This may cover the repackaging and postage cost here in Australia, if not then it will be a bit extra. Contact me ASAP as I am closing orders on Friday 15th of January. I will need to receive payment before I can place the order. Click on my name for payment options.
These are available for both 34mm and 38mm with or without vacuum barbs. Without vacuum barbs US$54 per pair.
Original metal covers will not fit these manifolds and they are suitable for 447 engine models only.
256 engines have a different angle so these won't fit properly.
Might be a good time to get in touch with Don, if he is making a batch for our guys
Mikes people skills aren't the best and some people have a personal beef with him and some of his products have not been up to scratch
for what ever reason, but he has gone a long way to making the XS a restorative cost effective reliable every day runner with mostly cheep quality parts and to see this thread dissolve into a hateful slag MikesXS thread seems to run against site rule no 8.
8. If you have an issue with another member, deal with it in a professional and respectful manner. Try resolving your problems with the member through email or private messages first. If a thread turns into a bitch fight or
name calling and character bashing, it will be deleted or edited (cleaned up). This site is not the place for grade-school drama.
Yes i realize he is not a member. He used to drop into 650 rider and give us updates on availability of parts and some members were getting feedback on complaints (even if they had to wallow through some before he would come across), but communication was there and finding the negative and running with it will only stop any chance of him of coming onto here to give updates on availability of parts. I for one appreciated his input.
I'll climb down now