XS650 - Oil filter upgrades

[Tony oily bike]

For that don't know, the XS650 (which came out around 1968) runs two separate gauze filters - great for catching solid lumps, but that's about it.

Sump strainer - there's good argument to splash-the-cash and fit the aftermarket version from MikesXS / Heiden tuning as the originals are reported to tear the mesh away from part of the plate leaving a nice big hole! (and I think the replacements have a small magnet too)

http://www.xs650.biz/p/28/3512/mo74-cg%7C22=3/%2315-6500-sump-oil-filter-

http://www.mikesxs.net/product/15-6500.html


Screen filter that sits in the RHS casing - MikesXS / Heiden sell a paper filter (Honda motorcycle part) and an adaptor so it'll fit the XS.



http://www.xs650.biz/p/28/2170/mo74-cg%7C22=3/%2315-6504-oil-filter-cooler-kit-heiden-tuning-design

http://www.mikesxs.net/product/15-6504.html

This means that you can now run a 'modern' detergent oil, and it will now actually have somewhere to deposit  the nastiness its collected as opposed to letting it circulate till the next oil change.



http://www.xs650.biz/p/28/1423/home 


Heiden is in Holland (Europe outlet for Mikes XS)

Mikes XS is the in USA

[Tony oily bike]

The Smedspeed website has an interesting article relating to the XS oil filters, and a conversion they offer which allows a modern cartridge filter to be mouted to the sump plate.

http://www.smedspeed.co.uk/sumpfilter.html

[Manky Monkey]

Always useful info for future reference Tony. Thanks.
I like the Smedspeed one, purely for it's purposeful look, but wouldn't have the ground clearance on my own bike for the filter below the engine.