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Just Picked up a 1981 XS650

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    #16
    Nice score.
    Even though I love riding around on the GS, every time I get on the XS, which is far rougher, vibratory and an awkward pig sometimes, I get off it grinning like a loon. In comparison to the GS, it feels like a 250, but goes much much better than I remember the stock XS650 being.
    I've also got the alloy shavings in the oil problem, and I suspect the front camchain guide needs replaced, so I'm limiting the miles I do until I get all the bits to do an engine pull and top end strip.
    When I've got it apart I'll measure up the bores, as I have a suspicion that one of the POs might have had it over-bored a touch.
    ---- Dave
    79 GS850N - Might be a trike soon.
    80 GS850T Single HIF38 S.U. SH775, Tow bar, Pantera II. Gnarly workhorse & daily driver.
    79 XS650SE - Pragmatic Ratter - goes better than a manky old twin should.
    92 XJ900F - Fairly Stock, for now.

    Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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