While I’ve had my rear wheel off to fix my flat tire, I’ve been doing some maintenance work on my XS2.
First up, I had recently replaced both of the muffler joint clamps and I noticed that the exhaust pipe was all sooty right next to the muffler joint, so I ordered a NOS gasket from EBay to replace it. The old one was thin as paper and shot. The new one at first appears solid, but when you start trying to cram it in there, it surprised me by popping open into this spiral of material.
Next up, I tackled something I should’ve done when I was restoring my bike. I pulled the center stand off and added grease zerk fittings. Something that 5Twins has advocated to everyone , and will be a nice addition.
And as long as everything is opened up, a little cleaning because, well.....why not.
Next up, the rear brake. I pulled everything apart and cleaned and lubed. I scuffed the glaze off of the drum with some sandpaper and I sprayed brake cleaner on the shoes and scuffed the glaze off of them as well.
I re installed my rear wheel and my chain that I had soaked in motor oil. I tried really hard to get any excess oil out of that chain. I really hope that genius idea doesn’t make a mess on me!
Then , I didn’t photograph this but I rerouted my fuel lines and filters
yet again to try and come up with a less crowded arrangement. Man there really is no room for filters in there!
And then when I was getting ready to put things back together, I noticed this. My coil has a flat wear spot on it.
Ruh Roh! That’s not good! My coil mounts on a plate that has slots for the mounting bolts, for adjustability. Somehow it had moved out of place. And it was rubbing on the tunnel under the gas tank.
So now everything is back together. Checked checked and double check! I think I’m ready for a little test ride!
Later! Bob