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Jimio Full Member
Joined: Jul 02, 2007 Posts: 19 Location: Painesville, Ohio
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 11:10 am Post subject: Finished! Finally |
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Finally finished this:
1977 XS650D, 707cc kit, Omar's pipes, CB500T tank, Omar's seat/tail, new bearings and seals throughout, etc. Have ridden it about 35 miles so far. No noises, no leaks, Runs great, lots-O-fun!! Took about 9 months out of my life....
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KYLEPRESTON 650Rider Supporter
Joined: Jul 24, 2006 Posts: 561 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 11:43 am Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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VERY NICE. really like the pipes. I should think for 9 months that was very good like your own child hell women go 9 months.
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xs1961 650Rider Supporter
Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 1808 Location: uk
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Superb !
How much are the pipes ?
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xs1961 650Rider Supporter
Joined: Apr 23, 2007 Posts: 1808 Location: uk
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Superb !
How much are the pipes ?
Damnit...why did this duplicate..? !
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Finn51 Full Member
Joined: Apr 25, 2007 Posts: 59
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Hi Jim, very nice job on your cycle. What is the front fender off, does Omar's rear fender/seat fit over the rear frame loop, or did you have to chop it off. I'm building my own 77D into something similar, but it sure is going to take longer than 9 months, more like a long term project. John
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5twins Full Member
Joined: Aug 05, 2006 Posts: 1616
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Yes, very nice. The more I see that Honda tank on these bikes, the more I like it. But we need more details. It appears you flattened a portion of the rear brake torque arm? Is that for wide tire clearance? And the custom side covers ..... they just screw on somehow?
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Cooltouch Full Member
Joined: Jan 07, 2007 Posts: 568 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Way cool, Jimio! What tires are you running? I like the rear's tread pattern -- it fits the cafe racer look, I think.
Best,
Michael
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royfisk Full Member
Joined: May 24, 2006 Posts: 1597 Location: winchester, new hampshire usa
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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nice
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Jake68 650Rider Supporter
Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 841
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Hey Jimio,
Nice bike. Nice Pipes!
I'd seen those before.
I am very intererested to know if your inner thigh gets warm at all?
I like long rides, and worry that the heat may cause comfort problems...
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Joseph Full Member
Joined: May 22, 2007 Posts: 767 Location: NY
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Posted: April 11, 2008, 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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do they sell those as a kit or was it coustom that sounds like what i want 707cc
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jralex Full Member
Joined: Apr 11, 2008 Posts: 43 Location: amongst the corn & soybeans in IL
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Posted: April 12, 2008, 1:36 am Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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I likey very much!
Very nice work and attention to detail. I was thinking very similarly on my project. I really like the side covers.
Did you get the exhaust and port optimizers with the exhaust? How does it run?
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Jimio Full Member
Joined: Jul 02, 2007 Posts: 19 Location: Painesville, Ohio
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Posted: April 12, 2008, 9:52 am Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Sorry, been away for a day or so... Anyway, the pipes are Omar's, he's very proud of them and I think they are $445.00. I bought the Optimizers for them as well. Another $90.00... Runs real nice. Smooth power curve. I wish I had a dyno to compare but it FEELS good! Leg doesn't begin to warm up. Some of that may be attributable to the Jet-Hot coating.
The rear brake arm is stock from an 80's Special. I was worried about tire clearance, wasn't sure which size I would run.
The side plates are flat aluminum. They are attached to the factory battery box. There are three 6mm holes on each side. One hole on each side required a spacer to bring it up to the same plane.
The fender is from an 80's Virago 920. Had to move the holes a little.
Completely rewired the bike. Installed a very small battery in the existing tray. Managed to hide everything back up in there. Ignition/stator/rotor is from an 80's Special. No electric start. Never more than two kicks to fire it up. Requires a pretty healthy jump!
The rear loop is uncut and is up under the tail. I could have dropped the seat another 3/4" or so, but the way the tank mounted it lined up better this way. CB500T tank uses stock Honda front mounts on relocated frame studs. Rear mount has a stock 650 tank mount welded to the stock Honda mount with some reinforcing.
Seat is hard as a rock-my only complaint with anything from Omar's. May have to deal with that.....
Weather turned poopy this weekend. So no riding for me. (NE Ohio)
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do this here, but I have Wiseco 707 cc kits avalable comp 9.2:1, 750 kits available comp 9.6:1, very early 750 kits too, 80 and 81 mm comp 10:1. Kits have the oversized head gasket and base gasket included.
Thanks everyone for the help and insight for this project! Regards, Jim
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orangeguzzi Full Member
Joined: Jan 25, 2006 Posts: 30
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Posted: April 12, 2008, 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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nice work.
if your battery is to small, it will begin to brake down from over charging. you will notice the bike starts stalling at lower rpm's. will seem like carb problem, but actually the battery is dying, from over charging. this is from experience i speak. also if the airfilters are the cheap emgo brand, they have a flange inside the rubber boot that will block off the air inlet for the cv diaphram and the idle jet circuit. you can trim the flange for clearance, but i recommend using k & n or uni filters.
i will post some pic's of my bike later today.
come to the yamaha xs650 ralley in may. go time for all.
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Jimio Full Member
Joined: Jul 02, 2007 Posts: 19 Location: Painesville, Ohio
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Posted: April 14, 2008, 9:32 am Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Battery is about 1/2 the physical size of the original battery. I'll keep an eye on it-Thanks. Yes, the filters are the cheapie Emgo type. I already 'sculpted' the air inlet areas. Bike is jetted just slightly rich, and I'm replacing these filters with oval K&Ns anyway, so maybe that will correct the jetting as well! Here's the left plug with about 35 miles on it, after about a tenth of a mile just off idle going up my driveway:
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5twins Full Member
Joined: Aug 05, 2006 Posts: 1616
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Posted: April 14, 2008, 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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The best place I've found for the K&Ns so far is here .....
www.ajusa.com/details/.../0/0/0/0/1
For your BS38s, you want the RU1822 (set of 2).
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dpmphoto Full Member
Joined: Apr 18, 2007 Posts: 485 Location: syracuse NY
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Posted: May 15, 2008, 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Very nice bike, A job well done, another xs saved from the bob/chopper heads who just cant seem to get their angles right.
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dpmphoto Full Member
Joined: Apr 18, 2007 Posts: 485 Location: syracuse NY
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Posted: May 15, 2008, 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: Finished! Finally |
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Oh forgot to tell you about the seat. High quality (green) carpet padding works great to replace the omar pad, very comfortable but still firm enough
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