Recent content by Graham04

Love the seat, you need legs like a giraffe to reach the ground.

Is it this.

I have an XS650 fender fitted to my XS250, fitted ok. I assume the lugs are higher up the fork leg on the 650. It

Easy enough to fit, air filter rubbers may be too small but try them without. See how it runs. You can always fit cone filters if they work.

At least you have saved the carb.

Sounds like the center stand came off an SE with a 16 inch rear wheel.

There is a span adjuster on my original brake lever . This is shown in the owners handbook if you have one. It varies the depth of the plunger which presses on the master cylinder . Comprises of a screw and locknut . This is assuming you have a front disk brake. As for the clutch you can try...

It's not so bad, at least you can take the head and barrels off without removing the engine. Try letting something like redex soak into the piston rings, just in case they have gummed up over the years. A bit of running might free them up.

took me an age to fire mine up after a long lay off. Sprayed some fuel straight into the carb intakes a couple of times and it finally coughed into life. No problems since.

Hi Bamboozle I wonder how many understand "Owdo" on this forum. Made me laugh though.

I seems a popular move to fit 2 springs to each carb. My 250 and 400 came with this mod. The pistons should snap back to idle when not running.

Early Japanese speedometers were notoriously optimistic. Could it be a speedo off another Yamaha model. They often look the same.

Hi painted my XS2 650 tank in Renault Mars Red, not a bad match. The side panels are original Brilliant Red. Not sure how good as a touch up it may be as the tank is far enough away from the side panels. However I spent some time with paint matches before coming up with this one. It is base coat...