Every now and then I run a 'fluteless' tap down the holes, just to cold form any distortion back into the correct order. This also strengthens the thread in the head. http://www.1st-product.com/uploads/16/6401/fluteless-taps-for-non-ferrous-alloy-370.jpg That's a bit big for the cam caps isn't it. ...

thats the ticket mate, is there a picture of the fin before the repair, cant see any join, nice job. mackerel, best fish in the sea, used to by 6 for a £1 off the boats here 20 years ago, blumin delicacy here now :x Yes exhaust deffo one pin out. Mick, mackerel is actually the best fish on my plate.

Guyz, This issue of total shite fuel keeps coming up. WHY are the fuel companies allowed to make this shite? In the olden days (OK the 70's and 80's) petrol (if sealed) NEVER went off. I've heard of carbs being completely junked after this shite goes off in them. It's a green issue or so they say, ...

Seen about 5pm passing Alderholt mill near Fordingbridge any one on here, I was in the car and lost sight of it.

Nice bike kev is that a delkevic exhaust ? just bought one of there 4 into 1s for my ltd 1000 great pipe clears all drain plugs and oil filter housing Hi Mikey, it's a Delkevic and at £250. a good price, you can either run it open or two stages of baffling, I have all the baffles in and it's still...

My willy is throbbing and is leaking pre cum now!! :oops: I just luv 'em XS650's. What I find with them Mick, They are pretty highly geared in standard trim. They like throbbing along with low revs and early gear changes. The motor sounds good driven like that. The riding position likes it too. I j...

They are quite nippy Mick and you can open them up a long way between gear changes, but I may either put a larger front or smaller back sprocket on in the winter, but saying that it's not the type of bike to ride all day, puts a nice grin on my face just like the old thou, who knows I may invest in ...

Took the old xs out for a 65 mile spin yesterday, new stainless exhaust, a bit less noise pipes are going to brown up nice, also done a plug chop and it's running great, will strip and give it a little love over winter. http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt125/kedwards666/WP_20150712_002_zpsrl8jbvon...

That's looking real good Steve, I do like the way you take your time with your bikes, where as I just want to get the job done and ride the things.

Pigford wrote:Looks real schweet Best of all worlds - these were the best looking "Sports" bikes H**** ever produced IMHO.

I second that piggy.

What's the correct tool for the job?. I work in engineering. Have access to presses lathes etc but still can't get a clean purchase on the bearing to drift or press it out. Am gonna try the rawbolt method when I can get my hands on one the correct size Must be civil engineering :wink: , Hinkley's g...

Same design the world over, it's just that most of us are too tight to buy the correct tools for the job, so we therefore improvise and moan about the poor design.

If they have previously gone to 8mm, the two bolt holes in each cap that had dowels in originally I would make a shouldered insert with the dowel incorporated the bottom end being 10mm with a 6mm thread down through it, a few years ago I made a couple for MR PUFFIN on here and his bike is still goin...

It's a yes on that one, set head up on the bench with no valves in it, if cams turn freely with very little resistance you will be ok, if they bind swap a cap over you will get there.

I'd have bowled along on the XS had I known was not doing much Sunday.