Scottike
XS650 Member
Fab'd up a lifting fixture to pull my engine from the frame.
And pulled my engine to figure out why I only have 60 lbs. Compression on the right side along with the odd backfire.
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What have you done to your XS today?
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Nice work.... and it always goes better with a whickey/7 on the bench!
Scottike
XS650 Member
Just a little Jim at the end of the day.
Notice I need to add a little more clearance for the hook. But that's for tommorrow, along with a proper engine stand.
Notice I need to add a little more clearance for the hook. But that's for tommorrow, along with a proper engine stand.
SoleX
XS650 Member
After nearly breaking my foot kick'n the bike into life resorted back to minimal battery and starter. To my suprise a 6 Ah battery (130 CCA) has no problems starting the bike and is small enough to fit in between the two brace bars. Integrated a start button on the battery box as well as a starter selenoid on the other side. Was able to maintain the "clean" look ...
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Finished installing the Heiden Tuning headers and Commando peashooter mufflers today. Not quite plug and play and had to make a new centre stand rubber stop. But not too difficult. Looks far better now to my eyes than it did with the 2 into 1 pipe fitted. Just boosting the battery a little now before starting up to see how it sounds.
SoleX
XS650 Member
Engine would stall after popping into first gear. Did al the regular fixings but nothing worked. While removing the clutch basket to acces the troublesome starter gear I noticed that one of the clutch springs was bend and compressed (see photo). So even with the clutch handle fully pulled the clutch did not entirely disengage ... ordered new springs and allen bolts (PO stripped the original ones) and problem fixed .
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And it cap it all, PO made it bloody difficult for you to even get in there. PO's ears must be burning by now
SoleX
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The bike belonged to a young women so I'm think'n the PO before that did the hatchet job ... but hey, I know the bike is up to specs now
It’s nearing the end of the season and since the weather was nice I decided to do an oil change. For the first time I found some very small bits in the sump plate - thought it might be the chain guide coming apart, but now I’m hoping it was bits of Hylomar sealant.
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Looks a bit like sealant.
When I cleaned the plate up and wiped out the little turds, they were fairly soft and pliable. I was also thinking the bits may have been some squeeze out of Hylomar seal and from the sump gasket, so you may be correct.
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Still dont have your own dedicated topic? It's free you know
Like the bike! Is that an R6 fork you are running? and motorlana swingarm?
That left side looks so much better now 
Sounds great too. Heiden Tuning headers, Armours Motor Products Commando peashooter mufflers.
Sounds great too. Heiden Tuning headers, Armours Motor Products Commando peashooter mufflers.
Looks great! Any tuning differences moving from the 2 into 1 to the new system?
I haven't checked the plugs just yet, not enough miles really. It starts and rides exactly the same. The pipes didn't go blue, or even yellow just yet. When I have done some more miles I'll check the plug colour, I don't think there's an issue though.
It was running a little bit rich with the Delkevic pipe and the CVK34 carbs. Better a little rich than lean, safer for the pistons.
No pictures today. Further cleaning up the 650D alloy rims with Scotchbrite pads I bought. Fine wire wool wasn't quite aggressive enough. Starting to look much better as I get the remnant lacquer and corrosion off. Still quite a bit of work to do though.
Not a lot.
Wheeled Taffy out, fired it up to temps. Ride around the block no helmet!!!!!!!
Wheeled it in.
Tidy.
Wheeled Taffy out, fired it up to temps. Ride around the block no helmet!!!!!!!
Wheeled it in.
Tidy.
Lot of work but sounds like you feel it's worth it. How are you going to protect the alloy once you get them fully cleaned up?
I have no plans to do anything beyond a nice clean satin finish. Definitely not polished. Since the bike will certainly never see water and likely will never do more than a couple or three of hundred miles a year, I'm not anticipating much of a problem keeping the rims looking respectable. Perhaps a wipe with an oily cloth a couple of times a year should keep it looking pretty good.
In an ideal world, I would strip both the wheels down, clean everything up and rebuild it all. However, I'm not up to tyre removal/refitting myself these days and it's virtually impossible to find anyone near here who will do tubed tyres on spoked alloy rims. All the local bike shops who would do that kind of thing long since disappeared from around here. Last year when I wanted new tyres, it was a 50 or 60 miles each way trip to buy tyres and have them fitted.
Still, I have until next spring now before I will likely ride it again. Plenty of time to clean two rims up.
