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Purchasing Guide; 850 midnight special


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I am new to the forum and am hoping to find somebody browsing with some experience under their belt. I love classic motorcycles and recently discovered a 1980 xs850 midnight special edition for an extremely reasonable price. I will be going to check it out soon, hopefully test her out, but was curious if anyone knew what I should look for. I am a novice mechanic, have fixed up one 1979 xs400 already, but want to know what things are commonly worn out as well as what I should pay attention too. I know the basics, compression in the cylinders, not too much rust, no standing gas in the carbs, but I'm interested in some specific things that are known to be faulty. I thank anyone ahead of time for some insight.

Seth Goulet

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check the output bearing on the shaft drive, in second gear and off/on throttle, listen for clunking

if you've done an xs400 you will see a lot of similarities ie brakes running gear etc so you should be fairly comfortable with it.

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