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1977 stock XS650 4 gallon tank set from ebay
Polished XS650 Cover Set
Black Powder Coated XS650 covers with cloud reflections.
1981 XS650 Stock Tool Kit With Valve Adjuster Tool and Feeler Guages
Sams Heavy Duty Imported Bike Lift with Hydraulic Jack and Manual Safety Positions for 79 dollars.
Hot Wing Tracker Parts large flat track tail assembly with built in number plates masked off where I am cutting it. It could be trimmed to have oval number plates like the classic H2 Kawasaki Tracy bodies etc.
Early and late model XS650 headpipes. The radius is a little different but the early model pipes are much longer to fit aftermarket mufflers.
A dozen XS650 80-81mm replacement sleeves
New in the box no longer made classic XS650 Hooker Header two into one exhaust system I got on ebay with cylinder head flanges and directions.
To avoid the famous "hunting idle" because the rpm increases when the timing advances, set/checking ignition timing and carb air screws with 2 pieces of cardboard wedged in between the advance weights and the stops.
Late carb air screws are hidden under the pressed in covers shown at the arrows above, around 3 turns out is usually best.
Carbon rod above and below:
Carbon brushes for many things can be made from the carbon core that comes in "D" cell batteries. Trim to shape on a belt sander or on a flat surface with sandpaper.
You can replace the stripped right hand side stock master cylinder left hand threaded mirror mount by finding a Suzuki GS1000 - GS1100 stock master cylinder handlebar clamp. It has 10mm X 1.25 right hand threads that many aftermarket mirror sets will fit.
Assorted Mikuni VM Carbs I picked up cheap on Ebay.
Oversize Valves for the XS650
I have never liked Champion plugs but many of the NGK plugs we fitted in many types of bikes seem to fail early the last few years for some reason. We have used these Champion plugs in many XS motors for several years now and they do not foul, they just keep going. Quite a surprise. They have a much broader heat range, burn cleaner and the most projected tip I have ever seen. (small compression increase) A two year old set is still in our cruiser right now. They are copper core plugs for a late model Big Twin Harley Davidson. The Champion number is RN12YC or # 404. They are called: Copper PlusŪ. You cannot use these with aftermarket camshafts or oversize intake valves however. The intake valve will hit the ground electrode. Get them at a Harley Shop. These have the large size high tension wire end fitted that is not removeable. Standard NGK resistor caps will not fit these plugs.
1526 cc's of Excess. (763 X 2)
Large mm allen wrench fork leg or other use allen tools made by putting several nuts on a bolt and inserting it in a deep socket.
A stock XS650 sleeve shown in a bored stock cylinder for the 81mm piston kit sleeves.
1975 XS650 models came with a chain oiling hole in the countershaft cover.
1983 Heritage Special camshaft end covers come with the 650 logo.
Many 36 mm - 38 mm VM Mikuni Equiped XS650's are on the road in various places on the planet.
Stiffer fork leg booster springs are shown at the top left fork spring above, they improve the bikes ride considerably, and don't limit the travel like the stock spacer shown on the second spring, and on a budget.
Booster Spring Ad From The 1970's above.
A pair of 4 gallon early tanks I picked up on ebay.
Wiseco XS650 81mm 763cc piston kits.
By Request: More GS Suzuki 450 Tank Information and Images Below;
GS450 Suzuki gas tank makes a nice cafe type XS650 tank.
450 tank bottom is super wide compared to the stock XS tank tunnel. Rubber front mounts need to be reversed on a rod through the frame for the GS tank.
The above cafe racer image was sent in from France, check out the tank on it!
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