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When I'm in a hurry I'll just go up to the next size crimp splice, twist the wires together and crimp them.

The best way of course is to twist the wires together, solder them and cover with heat sh ...

Be sure to immediately chop it up. The early models aren't rare or anything. Everyone here agrees, a stock XS650 is a sad XS650.

The starter is on the bottom, unless someone has removed it.

I looked into it and the benefits seemed negligible other than lowering unsprung weight.

^Point taken. To be honest I was more concerned with the battery's health, haha.

Here's the thread I was talking about:
http://xs650temp.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Charging&action=display&thre ...

It's electrical, probably a dead battery at this point. I'd be wary of using a 50 amp jumpbox on that battery...I jump my 1975 with a car but it doesn't have any electronics. I never charge motorcyc ...

Clipons are handlebars(just separate handles, really) that clamp directly to the fork tubes for a lower look on sportbikes/cafes.

Or maybe he's just busy. As long as the prices are cheap and the quality is good, who cares?

It's my understanding the the caliper piston rings are actually responsible for retracting the piston.

Just changing the sprockets helped mine a good bit. I have the 18" rear wheel and dropped down to a 30 tooth in the rear. It likes to cruise at around 65mph, faster than that and the vibrations retu ...

Looks good, and pretty similar to my bike. A thicker seat would help with the flow of how the bike looks I think.

Does it hang at high rpm? Sputter and barely run?

I adjust my carbs like so. Crank the bike. Idle the left carb(so both carbs actually, since they're attached) way up. Unplug the right cylinder ...

Here is the carb guide you're looking for. It's a very good read.
http://www.amckayltd.com/carbguide.pdf

I just use my internet browser's bookmark/favorites feature.

Success. More or less.

I pulled the stator off, replaced the wires going to it, and grinded clean every terminal related to it left in the wiring harness(this time with my dremel and a small bit.) ...

I don't want to burn twice.

A chopper with front and rear discs. I like it.

Rubber mounts with a ground wire would seem best to me, and something that I'd also never considered.

The problem with hard mounting anything on this bike is the vibration shakes the metal until it ...

Rotor resistance is 5.5ohms. I just checked the rectifier diodes, working correctly. I just pulled the stator and it's wiring harness. I get about 5 ohms between each of the white stator wires. I' ...

I've been working with this charging system all year. I've chopped the wiring harness up completely in search of tenths of volts. I now have a switch beside the battery and fresh hot wires everywher ...

Yeah, that enricher choke sucks. When it works...great. When it doesn't you just end up flooding it.

I had a hard time finding any 19" tires wider than 3.50". I know they exist because I've seen them on antique bikes that have 19" front and rear(probably chinese tires that I'd have to import).

I'm no expert by any means, but it sounds like it's a bit lean. Most guys change the main jets one or two sizes larger when running the pods, which also richens the midrange to some extent. If you d ...

Let me guess, you overtightened the plug trying to fix a gas leak.

Ask me how I know. Hahaha.

I bought a junk set of carbs on ebay. The float bowls usually have a letter stamped on them("E" i ...

Still screwing with this thing. It misses one time out of ten. Occasional blue sparks at the points.

The carbs are setup right and synched. Cleaned all ignition connections, including the ground ...

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