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The KW guides need to be resized,the are made undersized during machining to allow your tolerances to be honed.Any machine shop should be able to re-size them. Do not drive those guides in,either pul ...

I would like to give an apology to 99% of the members of this forum for my outburst, I will not be returning for obvious reasons.

John...........Sorry to hear about the unfortunate death of your friend,my condolences go out to you and his family.

The New York State Attorney General is attempting to persuade legislation in tha ...

[quote="Mikesxs"]Well theres only one foul mouthed Jack that posts the negative comments before he has even seen a product. No confusion there, never has been.

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Well here's that slandering post you speak of,you just love to nick & pick and totally distort the facts for the sack of arguing don't you,you're worse than a woman at times.
http://xs650temp.proboa ...

[quote="Mikesxs"]Jack!, Jack who ? Not the Jack that participates with good old Gordon in a
choreographed post that states with certainty that all XS Performance cams are out a degree or so so they ...

[quote="Mikesxs"]Well I agree that a lot of XS owners do not have the mechanical green thumb but the problem I have is when someone anounces all over the web that THEY had a problem with a part so it ...

Keep the mods minimal Wink

Real Sweet "77"

Yamaha had just two camshafts for the XS,the 256 and 447 , as to why they've listed several valve settings is anyone's guess but these camshafts require moderate lash settings to provide a lube film ...

[quote="Joseph"]I have stock ari boxes and filters and just realized how restrictive the filter material is, which will defiantly Help with vacuum and stableise the slides as stated previously. I wou ...

There are several advantages to an air box over pods,the filters don't become as dirty clogging up restricting air flow,when caught in the rain they remain dry, you have more area of volume to draw a ...

Keep chopping it Wink

,you would of spent more trying to restore it and probably recouped little in return. In the end if you ever decide to sell this fine machine,there will always be someone willi ...

Gordon.............backing up to the comments I made about your megaphones in regards to reverse cone design,here's a photo of a set on a Triumph,similar to what I built for my BMW about twenty years ...

[quote="gordonscott"][quote="Jack"]These dyno graphs clearly depict the results of the testing during the Minton erra.
Gordon...you know that testing of the pipes is just the beginning cuz you've got ...

These dyno graphs clearly depict the results of the testing during the Minton erra.
Gordon...you know that testing of the pipes is just the beginning cuz you've got a lot catching up to do Rolling Eyes

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Gordonscott..........YOU OWN NOW ONE AN APOLOGY for your sincere concern of one's safety when it comes reconstructing a motorcycles frame,there are a lot idiots in this world who just simply jump in h ...

To lean out the mid range you raise the clip but you really need to find out what size pilots are in there.

pilot jets are to big,should be in the neighborhood of 22s,what size is in them now. There's just now such thing as bolt on carbs out of the box,no matter who's setting the jetting up,maybe close but ...

That would be the norm unless you wanna go moly.

You farting trouble maker...where the heck are those moderator mediators when ya need,em Laughing

Got any future plans to dyno a set of stepped headers Scott? I just had to post this picture,I hop ...

5Twins .............where did you get the needle air tip at........I likes that Wink

you'll get much better responsiveness with quicker steering going to a 90 or 100/90/18 front and stick a 110 or 120/90/18 in the back. I'm a very aggressive rider(50% of the time) with sticky Avons mo ...

I don't know how the VM's react cold but with the way you have the jet needles set,if starting out cold from the initial take off,if that motor gives any indication of a missing feeling,you're to lean ...

as to why air jets are supplied VMs using the primary type needle jet is a good question as air jets are more commonly used to regulate the A/F ratio through the bleed type needle jet but in desperat ...

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