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it ok i got it off by heating the gear, put it back on using a socket. getting the shift forks to line up was the hardest part.

i'm doing my XJ550RH another question. the last gear on the shaft is pressed on. all pictures should it should be a c clip. how should i remove it to change out the gears/ heat it?

how long should i let it cure before starting it up?

do i put sealant on the crank shaft seals and output shaft seal?

i don't really see anything.

so i'm going to split my cases and install the trans i bought. i bought the Yamabond 4. and i'm all set. question is: when applying the bond do i do both sides of the cases and sandwich it together or just one side...

i was pushing 90mph two days ago.... you have to love that 9000 red line.

it doesn't matter anymore, my thoughts were confirmed last night while on XJbikes.com i can remove the bottom case without removing the cylinders! yay!

the two motors are completely different. just look at the profiles....

ok, threw a drive chain and i think i killed third gear and maybe second. sounds like clacking when i put it into third. but was able to ride home fifty miles just by passing 2 and 3 gear. ok my question for you all is: can you split the cases without having to take apart the cylinders and head? yank the motor flip it and split cases apart just to get at the trans gears... Anyone who actually has a XJ550 1981 know if this is possible.

its a 1981 model NOT a "II" model. i looked at the fiche last night and i didn't see any bolts under the jugs. i also looked at the manual, it doesn't mention any bolts under the jugs....

ok, threw a drive chain today and i think i killed third gear and maybe second. sounds like clacking when i put it into third. but was able to ride home fifty miles just by passing 2 and 3 gear. ok my question for you all is: can you split the cases without having to take apart the cylinders and head? yank the motor flip it and split cases apart just to get at the trans gears....

http://www.mikesxs.net/mikesxs-suspension....category_id=6.3 http://www.mikesxs.net/mikesxs-suspension....category_id=6.3 two brackets and one damper. can so my question again, can you use fork bracket as a frame bracket for the damper to mount to?

can you use a fork bracket as a frame bracket as long as the down tube is the correct size? 34mm down tubes.... 34mm bracket that should go on the fork tube? can you use it for the frame bracket?

the 2E had wire wheels drums front and rear. no electric start

bobber huh? then you want Avon road runners/ gangsters. white walls!!

i'm running Bridgestone Battlax BT-45 on my bike, and i love them.

1978 SR500 13,500miles I'll be posting pictures and the Ebay listing # tomorrow. My knee can no longer take the kicking of a high compression single. My XS400 is fine but the SR500 has to go. dual disc progressive springs up front new rear shocks uni filter good tires super trapp good seat and plastics tank has a dent, but I'm probably going to include the extra tank i have that needs to be welded. chrome is in good shape had the stator rewound at RM stator in Canada last month new wiring harness new cdi good chain and sprockets key works ignition, tank ,side cover, no helmet lock.

i got one of these last Christmas. very very useful.

toss 'em. get new ones. you would want a repair compound going in to the combustion chamber.

just buy shorter shocks.

well, heres what i'm trying to figure out. i know MC companies send there bikes out in to the world running lean. so my question to you all is: should i stick with 38mm carbs and increase the jet size? or buy a brand new set of 36mm Mikuni's?

yeah i know. but i'm not going to buy the dellorto set he has at those prices. i'm trying to find out if i should buy a 34 36 38 set of mikuni's i've been buying from them for two years for parts on my 78 SR500.

what size are the stock carbs on the 1977 xs650? what are better options?

what do you mean vacuum disaster? as long as your float bowl needles and floats are good, your fuel "shuts" off.