All through these threads I see mention of unreliability of the XS. That seems to ring true to me so far. Mine has never left me stranded but I thought it was going to. It had the hole in the gas cap stopped up, My fault but I had to find it the hard way. It still limped home. I had a no start after it was hot. It finally did and came home. I had the engine break down and chug, then run perfect then repeat the chug. I was 40 miles out but it came home. Loose wiring connectors. I had two head lights burn out while riding. Fixed that with a LED. Not it's fault. New bulbs can't take the Vibs. Once in a blue moon you will pull up to a stop and it will just shut off. Starts right back up but takes a couple of kicks, and it may not do it again for miles and miles and just run like a top. I thought I did a better job of repairing the XS than the Honda. I do love riding the XS more than the Honda, 1200 plus miles on the XS compared to 700 on the Honda. But the Honda has never done anything but run. It's cold blooded as hell but always starts. It's heavy, uses more gas than the XS covering the same amount of road. But on the road it's a smooth piece of history. I wouldn't take for either one of em'. What I want now is a Service Cycle to restore. Some used an old upright looking brigs engine? Yeah and a brown leather bomber cap with the flaps flopping!