Re: WTB: GAS CAP w/Key...or parts I have one only thing is just about any key will open it.....
Get Well Rick!!
Anyone still looking for a MC. I have one I bought new from Chacal and have only used a little bit. I dont have a very good lever though....
I have 2 650 tanks and a 750 tank available. One of the 650 tanks has a small leak in it and the other came off my bike you can see it in the...
Yeah, Im working on photos. Need to get a new battery for the camera.
Hey guys, anyone looking for a couple 1980 Maxims, I have 2 with titles. One is taken completely apart, the other not so much. I was in the...
Hey guys, due to health issues, Ive been gone for quite awhile. Now that Im over that *Knocks on wood*, Ive broke out the build I had to give up...
Hi.... May be a silly question, but will it work on an '80 XJ650? Ive 2 rear wheels and like the idea of using a rear wheel on the front....
Two pfennigs for your thoughts mate!
Just to let you know, I checked Fun Country in The Dalles, they do do vintage bikes. Shop rate is $77/hr. Makes you cringe dont it?
Ive done checking around when I first got my 650. Since its over 10 years old there arent many shops that will touch it. Fun Country in The...
Will do.
Was passing by a car lot the other day and saw they had some bikes in the lot. Had some time to waste so I went looking. One was a 2005...
St John's Honda maybe? They seem to work on anything...had an XS650 in the last time I was there. Oh...and get the upgraded fork springs from...
My heartfelt condolences. God Bless.
Hummm...maybe its trying to lure Granny away from her Buick with the automatic tranny.
There are battery operated vests out there....
Ill get it some pics of it when my sis brings my camera back. But i think if you set it on the frame with the tank on, it will become obvious...
Re: Wich solo seat looks the best on the XJ with a Harley fe Well...gee. Thanks! I dont think Im using the fender as it was meant to be used,...
Re: Wich solo seat looks the best on the XJ with a Harley fe Im putting a seat from a 2000 Vstar on my '80 xj650 maxim. Had to do a little...
I can tell you from having bought one for my XJ, a little cutting with a dremel too and it will fit an XJ frame.
Try the front end off of a 79-80 XS 1100.....it has dual front discs. Have one on my '80 Xj650 Maxim
Well with 2 bikes...there should always be one to ride while the other is being worked on.....
Sounds like your instrument lights may be burned out.
Not trying to be insulting...but are you sure the floats arent in upside down?
[img] This is what I have planned for my 650...
Im just curious, are you adding LEDs for improved visibility? Or decreased power requirements?
I must add he is diligent in answering even the most obvious of questions one may have....
I appreciate the thought and the heads up, but I dont know if Yamaha was that standard on its wiring harnesses and Im still a little gun shy from...
Yes the choke cable is integral to the control.
Hi.... Well I messed up the wiring harness on my lefthand control, i can get it to work for now, but if anyone has an extra one they'd like to...
I know that Chacal has had internet problems in the past, thats probably whats happening now...Chacal has answered me at 2 o'clock in the morning...
Well, on mine it was shaped like an old Top Hat, with a metal button on the bottom. Its held in a bracket you have to open to put it in, little...
Ive been thinking about this myself, and have been looking for some 2 wire sockets to replace the existing sockets so I can stick some 1157's in...
I had an old lefthand control I took the horn button apart, worked like a charm.
I think it will, but I believe it is more like the size of the 650...which is one reason I got a 750 tank...larger capacity
The PO on the newest bike I bought didnt even notice that the front wheel was different from the rear wheel (seems there's an XS1100 front end on...
Welcome Inferno!
I would get the Idle adjusting tool from Chacal. Its specially made for those brass screws and will help in keeping you from messing them up with...
Yep thats a SECA alright. Not bad looking.
Thats kinda like blaming a robbery victim for not doing all that they could and more for being robbed isnt it??
Helmet, if you can find it, Id suggest finding some Wright's brass polish. And a green scratch pad, let the Wrights set for about a minute then...
Im using the one I got from Chacal...
I just wonder what else Im going to find upside down or backwards.... 8O
Well, I dug in and took the carbs off the new 650 I bought, expecting to see all kinds of ruin....but to my surprise...after a quick spray off...
Yep, sounds like your carbs....need to clean more than the bowls out. Check out the FAQ Suggestions and following Rickomatic's Old Skool Carb...
Chacal...he's got 'em!
I think if it had been me, 'feck'less abandon could have been a more appropriate description....
Cool Mad, Ill be signing up later today after work.
I know its late in the show to chime in, but I had a thought...what if instead of a card, we did something like the XJ Relay bag...that way...
