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Topic: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
chef.tay
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Forum: Fuel Posted: December 13, 2009, 4:59 pm Subject: Re: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
Yeah I'm still a little curious haha.... |
Topic: Sourcing Tires |
chef.tay
Replies: 8
Views: 6424
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Forum: Drive Posted: December 12, 2009, 2:11 am Subject: Re: Sourcing Tires |
Hey Dave,
I'm really not sure about this but I need to get some new tires for this spring also so I thought I'd push this post back out to the front page...
Chef.tay |
Topic: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
chef.tay
Replies: 8
Views: 7100
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Forum: Original Equipment Restoration Projects Posted: December 5, 2009, 5:21 pm Subject: Re: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
hmm i'm glad you said that before I bought the por15.
I like the sound of the imron from dupont but I didn't see anywhere you can buy it but the extreme chassis paint looks pretty decent too. |
Topic: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
chef.tay
Replies: 8
Views: 7100
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Forum: Original Equipment Restoration Projects Posted: December 5, 2009, 1:28 am Subject: Re: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
Wow that's awesome!
I've heard of people por 15'ing some chassis because it's so strong and rust resistant. you sayin otherwise? |
Topic: 71 xs 650 |
chef.tay
Replies: 21
Views: 14092
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Forum: Flattracker - Streettracker Posted: December 4, 2009, 4:54 pm Subject: Re: 71 xs 650 |
I have the same bike with the same color scheme and i think that stock is THE way to go( with maybe the exeption of clubman bars).
I'm pretty close to stock on mine except for my mufflers which ar ... |
Topic: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
chef.tay
Replies: 8
Views: 7100
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Forum: Original Equipment Restoration Projects Posted: December 2, 2009, 9:02 pm Subject: Re: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
dusty but nice.
Thanks for the complement |
Topic: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
chef.tay
Replies: 8
Views: 7100
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Forum: Original Equipment Restoration Projects Posted: December 2, 2009, 6:29 pm Subject: Re: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
Day 1:
[IMG]http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af163/taylorpetrehn/IMG_0005.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af163/taylorpetrehn/IMG_0006.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1004.photob ... |
Topic: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
chef.tay
Replies: 8
Views: 7100
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Forum: Original Equipment Restoration Projects Posted: November 29, 2009, 7:26 pm Subject: Winter Tear Down/Rebuild. ready. set. GO. |
Hello Everyone!
I'm going to start tearing down my '71 XS1B in two days from now and this post is the start of my project over the winter.
I plan on taking the engine out of the frame so I can ... |
Topic: Older XS parts |
chef.tay
Replies: 10
Views: 7374
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Forum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:13 pm Subject: Re: Older XS parts |
how much would you want for the two carburetors in the top picture( i think they're bs38s) |
Topic: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
chef.tay
Replies: 10
Views: 8282
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:20 am Subject: Re: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
Are the XS performance pod filters on mikes(k&n-style filters on 650central) an equal substitute for legit K&n's? |
Topic: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
chef.tay
Replies: 10
Views: 8282
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:05 pm Subject: Re: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
Okay, So I've decided to just go ahead and buy them...
Is the vehicle search on the K and N website accurate to what I need for my bike?
I don't know the diameter of my BS38s intake off the top ... |
Topic: RR Build Underway |
chef.tay
Replies: 45
Views: 36387
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Forum: Cafe Racer Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:18 pm Subject: Re: RR Build Underway |
you did a really nice job on it, it looks great. I'd like to build something similar to that someday but i need the funds to come first |
Topic: RR Build Underway |
chef.tay
Replies: 45
Views: 36387
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Forum: Cafe Racer Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:55 am Subject: Re: RR Build Underway |
Dude that is incredible looking! |
Topic: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
chef.tay
Replies: 10
Views: 8282
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:40 am Subject: Re: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
hmmmm I'll probably save my money for those and get them when spring comes around
Thanks Pumps |
Topic: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
chef.tay
Replies: 10
Views: 8282
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:24 pm Subject: Re: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
So i suppose the K and N's are in that range?
I imagine that the K and N's are much better than the stock filters but K and N's are pretty expensive as well right?
What do you think i should do? |
Topic: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
chef.tay
Replies: 10
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:36 pm Subject: Fuel filters. Stock or Pods? |
I've been running pod filters on my 71 XS1b for awhile but i've heard some controversey about them so i wanted to look into it...
I have the originals( i'm not sure how nice of condition though)... ... |
Topic: Reed type PVC valve.. |
chef.tay
Replies: 6
Views: 4043
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Forum: Engine Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:31 pm Subject: Re: Reed type PVC valve.. |
okay, sweet! that makes sence to me.
maybe i'll go look at Oreiley's for one of those |
Topic: Reed type PVC valve.. |
chef.tay
Replies: 6
Views: 4043
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Forum: Engine Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:29 pm Subject: Re: Reed type PVC valve.. |
you are talking for regular petcocks right? |
Topic: Reed type PVC valve.. |
chef.tay
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Forum: Engine Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:13 pm Subject: Reed type PVC valve.. |
I was looking around mikes to see if there is anything I need for my 71 XS1b and i saw this thing:
http://www.mikesxs.net/products-40.html#products
part number 15-0677..
it looked interesting...
... |
Topic: Baking Soda Cleaning carbs |
chef.tay
Replies: 20
Views: 10137
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:00 pm Subject: Re: Baking Soda Cleaning carbs |
Can you blast the exterior of your engine with baking soda to remove excess grease and grit, etc?
i would think so |
Topic: Mikuni BS38 carb - are they called something else? |
chef.tay
Replies: 5
Views: 5893
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Forum: Fuel Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:48 pm Subject: Re: Mikuni BS38 carb - are they called something else? |
I have a 71 XS1b with the stock carbs as well... so you can pm me if you have any questions. i'm still learnin as well though |
Topic: Bushings... |
chef.tay
Replies: 7
Views: 5558
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Forum: Frames Posted: October 30, 2009, 3:39 pm Subject: Re: Bushings... |
they were the bronze bushings from mikes xs.. said they for the 71.
I did get them in and have been riding them with no problems since... |
Topic: 71 carburetor holders |
chef.tay
Replies: 13
Views: 4593
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Forum: Stock Parts Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:28 pm Subject: Re: 71 carburetor holders |
hmm, I guess that does make sense.
Now i'm stumped on my left side haha... oh well. |
Topic: 71 carburetor holders |
chef.tay
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Views: 4593
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Forum: Stock Parts Posted: October 15, 2009, 6:44 am Subject: Re: 71 carburetor holders |
hmm, that's weird.
I used to have an extremely black plug on the right cylinder and i tracked that to a little tear in my carburetors diaphragm...
...changed the diaphragm and that right side i ... |
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