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Ahh I did something stupid. I took off the cover and diapraghm, filled it up a bit and started pumping and noticed that the bubbles moved really slow. Then I realize that I put in power steering fluid ...

Ok thanks. The lever has no pressure. What do you use to acctually bleed the brakes? It's like a valve that redirects it too the resevoir or do you just dump the fluid out of the system? And why would ...

I went up to the bike today, (it's been sitting all winter) and I noticed the front brake is loose and the brake doesnt work.

How would I go about troubleshooting this? I'm a little worried about ...

Sounds like the same problem I had, the intake valve was leaking on one of the cylinders. See if it blows air out the intake and if it will run one just one of either the cylinders. While it's running ...

Ok I decided to try charging my battery again so I can get the bike running. The bike has had a valve job done, but I coucldn't start it ever since.

I'm starting to think it might be the battery. ...

It got really cold really fast here in Chicago. (one day it's around 50 the next day it's low 20s) I'm going to have to put off working on it till it warms up a bit. The mechanic's a good guy he didn' ...

Ok the points open 180 degrees off from where they are supposed to. I also noticed that when the advance weights are opened up, the timing is retarded not advanced. Can you tell me what direction the ...

Ok I tried to do it but I still can't get this damn thing to work.

The ohm reader should read zero resistance at the point that it fires right? But when it reads zero resistance on the F mark full ...

Thanks a lot for the instructions, it looks pretty easy. This is definitely much better then the service manual. I'll try to do it tomorrow.

Ok so I checked everything once I got it back from the mechanic and it's still not running. The guy that put the valves in is a car mechanic, he's also worked on motorcycles in the past, but I'm begin ...

I do have a volt meter, but my expereince with using it ends at checking battery voltage. How do you test individual connections? Do you use the same knob position as checking the battery or are you l ...

I thought it was 48hp. On another xs650 forum they keep saying it makes 50hp, so I'm guessing theyre rounding up.

I got my engine from the valve job recently. The compression is great now. I charged the battery up today and hooked it up. The thing is I switched the positive and negative and turned the key. (I was ...

Get a metric thickness gauge. Its better to set them too loose then too tight if you can't set it exactly.

Is it just me or is there a whole lot more of those scooters around? It seems like they are everywhere here in Chicago. Even my mechanic bought one. A while back I saw a very elderly couple riding one ...

My bike has had extended forks put on by the previous owner, which look really good but they raised the height of the bike making the sidestand too short. Any ideas on fixing this? I was thining of he ...

Do you know the item number for the lowering kit you're talking about? I only found one on that site and it cost 67-140.

I took the head off, but this is definitely going to be a litlle too much for me. Thanks again for all the help and especially the phone numbers, I'll be taking it to one of the two.

Thanks for the info. The guy at Shadetree Cycle was really cool and said he would work on it even if I brought it in pieces. I will see how far I can get on it by myself. I'm ready to take the engine ...

I live in Chicago. There's suprisingly few motorcycle mechanics around here.

I called around today to see if any mechanic would do this for me and it seems no one wants to work on this bike. One guy told me he only does Japanesse bikes 20 years back. Another one I talked to sa ...

I followed your instructions and worked on the valves today. The right intake valve was much too loose. I set the clearances at .10mm for intake and .15 for exhaust like it said in the service manual. ...

Do you suspect that the engine might be a throw out? I thought that 125 was a good reading. What would be the reading from a new or rebuilt engine? It's hard to believe that there could be much wear o ...

The plugs are brand new. I borrowed a compression tester from my neighbor (whose a mechanic) and I got a reading of 125 on the left cylinder and no compression on the right. He told me that this is ca ...

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