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I'm running pretty much the same seat on mine. It's early Ducati 750 or 900SS. Have a look in my gallery.

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I see quite a few sets of 34mm Mikuni flat slides from the Yamaha Banshee 350. I wonder how these would go on a 650 or 750 with a bit of work?

The jetting and needle sizes from the round slide woul ...

The top faring bracket is just a bar between the two sides. I machined up a sleeve and welded it in the middle and there's a small ball race in there. I drilled and tapped the top of the head stem bol ...

I machined up the nylon sleeve out of some bar stock in the lathe. It's pretty easy to machine providing your tooling is sharp.

I'll pull the bike out on the weekend and take some pics.

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[quote="dpmphoto"]That tank appears to be a reed triton conversion tank,it will set you back $494.[/quote]

You're spot on. Thanks for that. I just did a bit of a search and found them at Airtech. G ...

A bit of trivia for you: Curious thing with fuel cap on these tanks. It's actually the same as the Early Shelby Cobras ran on the rear guard. This is the street version not the S/C. The S/C cars got t ...

My seat was a 900SS reproduction. I think it's pretty much the same thing. A local Aussie fiberglas shop had a mold.

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That tank looks very similar to mine except mine has the filler central.

Any idea what it came off?

I found mine at a swap meet. It's fiberglass and pretty old. There were no markings on it but ...

[quote="xs1961"]Yep, its that ruddy chain-on-the-swinging-arm issue..did once see an adapted chain tensioner rigged to the top of the swinging-arm on an XS , it seemed as if it was doing the job ..[/q ...

I put longer Koni shocks on the back of mine. I think they were about 25mm longer than the originals.

You might also look at a few other mods to gain some clearance. The main things that that use ...

I haven't used a seat from that company but the Imola seat at the bottom of the page is pretty much the same as the one I've used. Mine is a replica Ducati 900SS tail from a local Australian fiberglas ...

Negative crank case pressure is good because it improves ring seal. That's one of the main power benifits. Rings are sealed against the cylinder walls by the combustion pressure getting in behind the ...

That stainless steel wool in there is to act as an oil seperator. Oil vapour passing through it will condense on the woll as it goes past and drain back to the sump.

I pulled it all out when I adde ...

I made a catch can setup that sits in behind the carbs. I wanted something that would fill the hole left after I removed the original airbox and battery tray.

The catch can has 2 inputs at the top ...

I believe you can pull it and plug it without removing all the other stuff. I just ripped it all out to save a bit of extra weight.

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Michael

I fabbed up my own. 4x 90 degree bends and 2x 45 degree bends and 3 or 4 feet of straigth tube and your set.

I've got a couple of pics somewhere of when I first tacked it together.

Any decent ex ...

Hi There,

I'm a new Aussie member too. I'm in Melbourne.

I deleted the starter motor on mine too. When I had the motor out and the clutch cover off I pulled all the associated gears and stuff. I ...

Thanks.

The Fairing is a Dunstall replica. The 900SS fairing is a lot bigger and didn't look quite right to me. The 650 is quite a bit smaller than a Ducati and the SS fairing looked to big. The ta ...

Here's the view from the seat. It's a long reach to the bars.

[img]http://www.650rider.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/13389/xss7.jpg[/img]

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Michael

Another angle

[img]http://www.650rider.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/13389/xs650_front.jpg[/img]

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Michael

This pic shows the seat a bit better

[img]http://www.650rider.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/13389/xs650_rear.jpg[/img]

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Michael

The shell is a fiberglass replica of an early 900SS Ducati. One of the local fiberglass race faring places had a mould. I dont know if they are still in business. They were called Racers Edge.

I ma ...

I posted this in the Cafe racer forum by mistake.

I just found this forum and thought I'd join.

I'm in Melbourne Australia and have been a long time Yamaha fan and XS650 fan.

I built a 650 Ca ...

Looks like an old Board Track racer. I like it.

I can't imagine it's to comfortable to ride though.

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Michael

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