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I have an older 1982 Yamaha Seca 650 I'm working on and just recently had to redo some of the brakes as the rotor ate into the caliper mount bracket. After I took it apart I found that the forks were possibly twisted and on top of that the rotor was rubbing on the caliper bracket. I recently...

We all know that shaft bikes have a higher percentage of power train loss compared to those with a chain. If you were looking at an older bike say mid 70s to late 80s would you be more inclined to go with a chain over a shaft? Would it be more to do with the CCs of the bike? Or would you just...

What is the general consensus on these bikes? I am looking at a couple bikes this spring and they have shown up on my radar. One is a untouched xv750 with lots of possibilities and another is a xv920 already modded but has starter issues which I know about. My concerrn is around the power...

I am in the processs of converting from 6v to 12v on my bike and did a lot of research and looking and think I have what needs to happen to make this work. I plan to run a led headlight on its own switch so its on only when I need it. I also will be running led turn signals as well as a led...

Bike in question: Rear is a 3.50x18 and front is a 2.75x19 .. Doing the conversion 3.50 ends up being a 90 tire where the 2.75 is a 70 tire. For the back I'm figuring I could do a 100/90-18 and for the front I could do a 90/90-19 setup? Anyone see any issues with this?

Hey guys looking for some feedback on a few ideas I have about starting a bike. Right now unfortunately my two batteries are dead and not coming back. I am looking for a quick way to test run a bike and have a few thoughts of which could be bad or dangerous. Idea #1: Use a smaller battery I...

Recently gotten bored of working on my CB750 and wanted something that I could easily ride and bomb around on. Started looking around and immediately decided I wanted to pickup an older enduro 2 stroke and started the hunt. What I came across was the DT series was the most popular with some of...

Due to a previous PO and a few hack jobs done on the bike I have I am looking at redoing some frame work including the shock mounts for the upper shock eye. You can see below the awesome mess the PO of future made and I want to correct this. What I want to do is cut off all the original metal...

So I have a 1978 CB750k with the standard 19" front wheel and the 17" wheel on the rear. I am thinking of running 18s on the bike really trying to track down what a good size for the front and rear would be in that size. I've done so much research and searching but can't find any solid answers...

One Canadian hoping another Canadian maybe able to help. I am looking for some stuff to put back onto my bike that a few POs have destroyed or mangled. I also have a few things of a "want" but don't necessarily need. I am located in Calgary, AB and can pay either through EMT or Paypal. The...

Without going into too many specifics I am trying to pin point down somethings and one of the which is right now my bike I can get running with the choke on. This is a Mikuni VM32 and when I turn the choke off the bike dies. Now I've been doing some reading and the general consensus is either...

I'm curious what you guys use on bikes that are custom. For example I went from a dual to a single carb which requires me to use a new throttle setup. One of the more popular ones that seem to be used is something like the Turbo Throttle from Motion Pro...

Being that I live in Canada and shipping across the border at times can be very expensive I try to shop as much locally as I can but our local shops can really suck and have no clue and just order things anyways. So the other day I needed to order some parts for my bike and xs650direct had them...

I wasn't sure where exactly to place this so I placed it here. I'll start with a bit of a back story. I picked up an 40 year old bike that I managed to get running last year and then I purchased a new combined R/R unit so I was getting my bike rewired to work with this and got the bike started...

I am looking for a good condition speedometer that reads KM/H for a SR500. It looks like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAHA-SR500-SPEEDOMETER-KMH-/191135875556?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item2c809601e4&vxp=mtr I'm located in Canada and can pay through paypal. Would prefer with no...

I am looking for this gauge. I have found it in Australia and being that I'm from Canada the shipping on this thing is astronomical. They company who is selling it says they will be opening a shop in the US in a short while but I'm looking to buy now. I've search the majority of the sponsor...

I'm trying to decide if I want to run both or just one of the other. Curious what other peoples thoughts are.

I've posted this up over on the kz400 forums but havent' received any response so thought I'd ask a few people here and see if they provide some answers. I recently picked up a Ricks R/R for my bike and want to make sure that when I wire this up it will be done right. The image is what I have...

I've searched high and low to try and get a correct answer on this and I can't seem to find an answer anywhere. My bike from 1974 came with a speedometer that shows mph instead of kph and since I live up in the great north I would like it to reflect the kph instead of mph. Is it just as simple...

I know that we have a couple of talented people in here that know a thing or two about electrical. Right now I am looking into adding a 12v circuit to a scooter with only AC so that lights and horn work off of 12v. I have included 2 diagrams for reference and from I can see as long as I add a...