What have you done to your XS today?

[bosco659]

Getting a stock swing arm ready to paint. Several hours of cleaning, sanding, scraping and the arm is just about ready for a coat of rattle can paint, although it looks pretty good now. Still May sand blast the nooks and crannies. Maybe I should just clear coat it. Lol.

 

[Raymond]

Able to take traditional Easter ride a couple weeks late but well worth the wait.Charging system repaired and working as it should.Jims rotor work is superb. I appreciate you all.Now onto some Sidecar updating.

The photo location - great looking bike BTW - with bridge, small river, meadow and trees could almost be someplace around here, LOL

 

[magoo66]

The photo location - great looking bike BTW - with bridge, small river, meadow and trees could almost be someplace around here, LOL

Rockyford bridge near Amboy Il

 

[arcticXS]

Able to take traditional Easter ride a couple weeks late but well worth the wait.Charging system repaired and working as it should.Jims rotor work is superb. I appreciate you all.Now onto some Sidecar updating.

Nice bike and nice rural location ! That alloy plate bracket for the RH passenger peg/ muffler makes me curious though.

 

[40north]

Well... the bigbigplan is to roll the old gal out, dust her off, check tire pressure, and take a few pictures fer y'll, then take the bitch for a loop 'round "my track", which does have a clean mile that's copfree.

More 30...when the pics exist. Nothin' far out. But the details might be of interest... snuffers, damper, dual disk front end... just stuff.

Best!

 

[magoo66]

Nice bike and nice rural location ! That alloy plate bracket for the RH passenger peg/ muffler makes me curious though.

This is the 75 I have with Sidecar in 2023 calendar. I have it dismounted while I do some maintenance on both.Its a mounting point.

 

[Adamc]

5.3Ω ring to ring is good.

Open, ring to ground should be infinity, but you need to test that on a higher scale. A 300Ω short to ground (for instance) will not show up on the 200Ω range you're set on. Try it again on the 2M (2 mega-ohms) range.

Maybe these videos I made will help point us in the right direction.

Hello @Jim
Tried the slap test and nothing, zilch, nadir!
Seems the rotor / stator are not getting energized.
I'll move this over to my build thread tomorrow as it getting more complex; and seems to be a continuation of my build now.
Will post more images there.
Cheers
Adam

 

[arcticXS]

Just set the tappets, using the clearance specs from the early models, on Howard Smed's recommendation. (0.15/ 0.30 mm or 6/ 12 thou.) The reasoning behind that makes perfect sense to me.

 

[40north]

Finally got 'round to taking pictures of SXST - a bit like johnny cash's caddy...bits from here an' there.
Old gal fired 1st kick. Took 'er around the block. Anyway just for details...note snuffer disks and the flatslides and that stuff. The guts of the shorties are reversion baffles ... note damper.

I have a couple of Vic Kraus aluminum sprockets...we'll fit one this summer....for practical purposes that makes a 4 speed box 'cause 1st gear will be nearly useless.

Best!

 

[Wingedwheel]

Used the Dogbunny fix for the side covers on the 75. Remembered what I hate about the aftermarket rubber we get when of course the new rubber grommet split in half pushing it through the hole.

 

[nighthog]

Not today, last Friday actually. I had a maintenance day - changed the clutch pushrod + seal on the XS, did an oil + filter change and clutch bleed on the Multi, fitted a Kedo steering damper kit on the SR. With the bikes sparkling nicely in the Spring sunshine, I thought I'd best take a pic!

 

[Dom]

Made a start on my wheel balancing stand, adjustable base to knock up next. I say knock up as I can't imagine I'll be using it again for some time so nothing too elaborate.

 

[arcticXS]

Suddenly I found my long lost "Rewiring Round Tuit". Somehow it has been AWOL for way too long....
Anyway, the OEM -77 wiring harness is now in a cardboard box, together with the alternator, reg/ rect, etc.
So now I have mounted the M-Unit, a new starter relay, and the Vape reg/ rect. And just made and connected the main wires between battery and M-Unit. I do hope all voltage drop gremlins now will be history, and there will be more room in the headlight bucket.
I am sure there will be a lot of headscratching and re-re-wiring before all is done, but now there is no going back (I think)

 

[Dom]

Well, I wasted over 2.5hrs of my life watching Man Utd narrowly beat Brighton in the FA Cup semi final when I could have been finishing off my balancing stand. Just enough time tonight to get it done though, adjustable to accept wider axles when needed.

 

[Flash1977]

Started mocking it up today

 

[Dunc]

Next stage of mods under way.

 

[arcticXS]

Next stage of mods under way.

XS500 tank?

 

[Dunc]

XS500 tank?

Yep, XS500C. Had to re-position the front mounts for the backbone to clear the tank tunnel.

 

[Dom]

I've had a wheel balancing session, what a peaceful and therapeutic job it is! I've temporarily used old car wheel weights that I'd saved a few years ago to balance, I'm a bit surprised how much weight I'll need to add to each wheel - the front needed 50g in one area and a 5g where as the rear needed 40g and a 5g. It's going to detract a bit from nice new spokes and polished rims, I notice that a rarely see photos of wheels on here with any weights on them.

 

[Flash1977]

I've had a wheel balancing session, what a peaceful and therapeutic job it is! I've temporarily used old car wheel weights that I'd saved a few years ago to balance, I'm a bit surprised how much weight I'll need to add to each wheel - the front needed 50g in one area and a 5g where as the rear needed 40g and a 5g. It's going to detract a bit from nice new spokes and polished rims, I notice that a rarely see photos of wheels on here with any weights on them.

I think you can buy beads that go on the inside that do the same job as the exterior wheel weights.