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    not an xs

    got a question that i cant find much info on thought someone on here might know. a friend of my cousin has a 67 triumph 650 for sale i drove 2 hrs to buy it. when i got there i vetted the bike bolt on hard tail, 120 compression on both cylinders, had one carb, and felt like it was shifting...
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    sump oil screen

    i ended up pulling my clutch cover because it was just slipping to bad, couldnt ride like i like to. the plates mesured to thin, while waiting on the order i pulled the sump screen plate every thing looked great so went to put it back on and saw the arrow on the plate and on the screen it reads...
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    do I need to switch out clutch ?

    my bike is slipping in high gears and doesnt seem to have any adjustment left on the handle end. i have adjusted at the case. is there something else i might be missing. if not what all do you replace .
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    call out to cturek

    check out craigslist st louis yamaha xs650 might not want to pass it up
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    carb tuneing

    i in no way will try and tell anybody i know what iam talking about in this field, but here is my best attemt. i noticed that with the carbs on, ive turned the synch screw not even a 1/16 of a turn one way or the other and ended up with all kinds of lean sinarios, one side getting hotter...
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    Open Pipe Washers

    Hey, just searching around and found a link that might help anyone who is running open pipes. I've been using this on my bike and it seems to work alright, though I haven't put that many miles on it so far with no highway miles whatsoever. http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/exhaust.htm
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    upshifting through gears

    when upshifting through my gears it seams way to easy to do it without the clutch, not counting taking off ovcourse. ive search the web on this most people say never, some say only for racers with sponses to pay for it. but some have the belief that it aint so bad ,just dont down shift without...
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    open pipes

    didnt meen to repost this so sorry i wont try it again till i become more proficiant at it
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    running fat ,soundin good doinit

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    Got Pictures

    Finally learned how to post pictures. It will never be finished, but this is what I have so far. Waiting on a headlight and header gaskets to get a license plate on it. I have been terrorizing the neighborhood. . .and having fun doing it.
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    exhaust gasket help

    Hello everybody, I have been working on my 82 heritage and I pulled the headers off to paint them.Now I can't seem to get them to seal. I think I need a new gasket. Does anyone know where I could get some of these. I looked on ebay and only found some in Britain. I guess i could buy them but if...
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    a very neat picture

    looking at craigslist and ran across this pic you should take a look, it is at the columbia mo section tuesday, titled 1979 yamaha xs 650. i would never cut it out.
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    frame tubeing

    i am new to this site and not very proficant with a typwriter that being said i will give it a try. i have bought a xs 400 my son wanted the seat lowerd so i chopped the tubing up by the back bone and at the shock mounts wanting to put acurve in it but i dont have a tube bender so trying to...
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    new xs400 owner

    Bought a 400 for me and my son to play with and I was wanting to lower seat area. I was kinda wanting to recreate what they sell on the 650 site for the brat-style bikes. I chopped it up before I realized I didnt know what I was doing. I have some 5/8 rebar lying in garage and noticed it fit in...
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