SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
Yeah, oops I bought ANOTHER bike.
So at present I'm building the SR500 tracker, the RD400, and now this xs650.
Not really sure what I will do with it yet. Probably turn it into a mild brat for daily rider and longer trips.
Anyway, I told myself no more bikes. Then I happened to look on Craigslist because I was bored and there sits a 79 xs650 lookin' good and calling my name. 350 bucks later I own this piece of, well call it what you will.
It was a little rougher than I thought from the photos but most of it is easy cleanup.
This fucker about gave me an aneurism trying to get it running. Thank god for VonYinzer and his suggestion to make the valves perfect.
Two valve adjustments, timing set, cam chain adjusted and it runs like a bat out of hell.
In the getting it started phase I couldn't get a steady spark, so in my usual fashion I got pissed off and ripped the entire wiring harness out of it in a very violent manner.
I rewired it the way it should have come from the factory without all the stupid bullshit (if you need self canceling blinkers, an auxiliary lighting unit (whatever the fuck that is), safety switches, a headlight malfunction indicator, or bright light indicator then fuck you.
Now it has head light, tail light, horn, kill switch, and starter. Nothing more.
So at present I'm building the SR500 tracker, the RD400, and now this xs650.
Not really sure what I will do with it yet. Probably turn it into a mild brat for daily rider and longer trips.
Anyway, I told myself no more bikes. Then I happened to look on Craigslist because I was bored and there sits a 79 xs650 lookin' good and calling my name. 350 bucks later I own this piece of, well call it what you will.
It was a little rougher than I thought from the photos but most of it is easy cleanup.
This fucker about gave me an aneurism trying to get it running. Thank god for VonYinzer and his suggestion to make the valves perfect.
Two valve adjustments, timing set, cam chain adjusted and it runs like a bat out of hell.
In the getting it started phase I couldn't get a steady spark, so in my usual fashion I got pissed off and ripped the entire wiring harness out of it in a very violent manner.
I rewired it the way it should have come from the factory without all the stupid bullshit (if you need self canceling blinkers, an auxiliary lighting unit (whatever the fuck that is), safety switches, a headlight malfunction indicator, or bright light indicator then fuck you.
Now it has head light, tail light, horn, kill switch, and starter. Nothing more.