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that super-pratic sure is tasty... I've been eyeballing the vm34's for awhile, but I was told it was a downgrade from the bs38's.. still up in the air... thank's for the help.. sorry for jacking the thread..

my bike is a 75 as well. ! we really need to talk. 8) Right now I have the 34mm shocks. will this work for the 34's ? I ordered a 35mm set of trees last night so eventualy i'm going to go to the better forks. I also ordered the calipers from the sv650.. found a great deal on ebay last night...

this is what I want to do and I already have the forks through the trees about 1.5 inches. I did this to low the stance of the bike. the problem with the upper tree is that I can't mount the clipon mount cause it hits where the riser would go. my clipons have big cnc'ed mounts and there pretty...

Re: Tim's XS project - May 10 2010 - suspension improvements hey tim, looking good. how do you like the 35mm shocks? I got the old 34's and they suck ass... also where did you get the kick start lever from. I tried to bend my stocker with a total fail

been riding the XS650 around and I really don't like the riding position from the clip-ons and rearsets. I'm 6ft and I feel like i'm too hunched foward. I have my clipons mount under the top tree. I can't mount them on top cause there is no room.. is there anything I can do to improve the ride...

wow!!! glad I found this thread... I'm actually wanting to do this right now.. can you go into more detail with the 6mm spacers???, also what year is your bike...

yea, I have the 38's on my 75.. setting the float level is critical. I have bought a NOS rebuilt kit from yamaha.. it came with a guage to set the correct float level.

tin foil and coke cola... works gansta and the shit is in your kitchen 8)

word to the wise..... loctite EVERYTHING on a motorcycle. on my brake rod I use a nyloc nut and cotter pin..

why not order a can of por-15... best stuff

looks like a BCR style setup

use thread-serts on the frame....

Re: XS650 bobber ohhh ok,,,glad you are aware.. i've seen people cut their frames and wonder why their engine won't bolt back in.

Re: XS650 bobber ehhh,,, should have braced the frame better before cutting it... good luck putting the engine back. of the 5 engine mounting point I bet atleast 2 won't line up...