Manky's XS650 Yamaha

[flc]

Manky's XS650 Yamaha

It's all steps in the right direction mate

[stinkey]

The hospital wouldn't let me home till I'd walked up some steps (14) first..

[Manky Monkey]

  New "Belleville" locking washer arrived in the Post this morning, so I'm ready to have another crack at it, but relying on BayChimp for enthusiasm at the moment!

[flc]

But imagine when it's working correctly, it'll be right good

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah. Eventually it'll run out of problems. I just have to outlast them, that's all 

[Stix]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/753718781386134/

Scroll down a few posts and there is an almost motor for £75.00

Spares??

[Manky Monkey]

Looks like a closed membership group mate.

[spanners]

Looks like a closed membership group mate.

it is a closed group  but a mate of mine is a member so i,v requested to join   

[Stix]

https://www.facebook.com/dave.bikes.1?lst=1108749117%3A100013454584516%3A1485719217

This is his face book page maybe contact direct. The motor post doesn't show up so you might need to message him.

Stix
Bugger looks like collection only from Northern Ireland.

[Manky Monkey]

  Just as well I don't really need a spare then!

[Stix]

Yup but thought the clutch and associated parts might be useful and them sell off the rest of it.

Stix

[Manky Monkey]

True.

[Manky Monkey]

Perforated stainless tube for the exhaust baffles finally arrived today -the 2nd lot after the 1st apparently went astray in the Post -bloody Posties 
This was the smallest diameter I could find on Ebay & is 32mm ish. The pipes are 41mm ish, so there won't be much room for wadding, but I'm hoping I can get one wrap around it, (need to buy the wadding now). I don't want to choke the engine by reducing the diameter too much, so will see how this works out. I bought 4 lengths so could extend them by another 100mm or so to completely fill the exhaust & might try that first, so I can shorten them to suit if needed.
I'd previously bought some stainless stepped pipe reducers to use as collars at each end. The large end's actually exactly the same O/D as the pipes though, so they'll need slitting & pinching in a little until they slide inside. They'll be held with a 6mm captive nut welded into the back end.
At the moment I've got 300mm long conical perforated tube baffles, so whether these 500mm long straight ones with some light wadding will be any better I've no idea. We'll find out.

[Manky Monkey]

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[Manky Monkey]

Back to the bike again today, with my trusty sidekick, BayChimp, for added enthusiasm.  
I was tinkering with the exhaust baffles when he arrived at the garage, so I left him to remove the engine casing & fit the replacement clutch centre, (from an early model XS). As we had 2 sets of clutch plates, we decided to go with the older option of 7 friction & 6 steel, so used the newer ones, plus one of each taken from the Ebay clutch & put into the middle of the pack. We backed off the adjusting screw on the pushrod & slackened the cable, then re-set it all.
Result- we appear to have a working clutch, though we're being cautious about celebrating until the engine's running again & we can properly check it. Think it still needs some cable adjustment, but with the back wheel off the ground & in 3rd gear, the wheel spins with the clutch in & turns the engine over with the clutch out -so seems to be doing what it should. Hurrah -maybe.
The lever still feels a little stiff, but it's a long time since I've ridden an XS & I can't remember how they felt. It may ease off with some use or adjustment. Absolutely no reason why the other clutch didn't work, but it just didn't.