drewpy

its clutch drag, when you say adjusted is that just at the handle bars or the full adjustment? you could have a sticky cable, so lube it! there may be some rust on the clutch rod preventing full movement. or you might have rusted plates and just need to ride the bike or the plates have warped preventing them opening oe there may be grooves on the clutch basket preventing the plates moving there's a lot to go on to keep you busy for a while

no problem, just had an "accident " with my carb so having to use my own advice and pushed out the broken tip off. now I'm baking soda blasting the bugger and ultrasonic/dishwasher cleaning it at the mo (wife is at work)

tyre wise I've seen a 120 x 80 x 18but it is very close to the chain guard I run 110 x 90 x 18 BT45 on the rear. don;t know about the xs650 as it comes in all sort of guises

http://www.moto.gb.com/sito.html sorry my bad, you weren't in uppercase its just your font is soooo big have you tried the view function in your web browser? set it to medium or large ( like OG)

drill and brass wire attachment

I don't own a dohc bike so can only point you in a particular direction. this is in german but you can use google translator http://www.yamaha-xs400.de.vu/

thought I'd tweek my ignition timing with the strobe and the tick over went down. started raising it and it felt a bit stiff, all of a sudden the thread let go and know I've stripped the fine thread on the carb body AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!! luckily I've got a spare body ( unlike mine) but I'll have to restore it if its going on me bike. MORAL: don' piss about with something if it ain't broken, as it soon wil be there got that off my chest

tank shop has a bad rep due to long waits for the tank to be made. there was a dude in aussy, who has old ducati tanks which look great and have the knee indents, can't find the link though

duanage, please do not write in uppercase ITS SHOUTING!! and considered rude! btw you can get sito pipes which look the same as original!!

I just got non resistor caps, didn't seem to make any difference to performance, but are black and look nicer!!

got a motad system on the project, which sounds meaty and has good midrange to top end performance. My nice one has an original 1:1 which is the best all round for performance, but is heavier

using xs250 wire hubs and respoked with stainless. not done much work lately as no money and other priorities!! need to get tyres and then start finishing those carbs off and maybe do the wiring!!

that's one mint ride you have there! clean machine, well done

alex. that project sounds interesting, keep us informed!!

ashworth valley is nice ( near scout moor)

dip it in OG's tea, that'll strip anything!! failing that, If its just for repainting, just rub down the good paint and spray over it as this is an ideal key for the new paint. If you want them powder coating, i suggest you let the powder coaters take the paint off.

to the forum Pharo. I'll check it out tomorrow as I am a little tired right now!!

excellent OG's glasses, class

knew that was comming!! (said the actress to the bishop)

there wasn't supposed to racing just "a parade" why dont you have a go next year? its only a £5 for 2 x 15 min sessions in your class ( you can enter the under 200cc class and modern class so that 4 x 15 mins for the £5) I got a luvverly red tan didn't expect that much sun!! I went via holfirth first and then back over snake on way home!!

moi!! the xs400.de site has a map which shows the location of members ( in germany of course) which could be usefull if your in a particular area, wonder if it could be done here?

how did you lot get in the pictures? its a 15 rated looks like you had a good time, reminds me of me youth when that car park were fields!!!

did you put in new bearings, and are they the right colour for clearance? are the gears in correctly as they can bind the case and thus the crank

buon compleanno Alex.

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