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Thank you. West coast. Vancouver Island ,Canada

@marcv338 ya that would work too. Could have done that . I was trying something new.

@@CenterStandMechanX u also have to make sure where flot needdel going there Is like a filter up in there that. Gets block and it's very small also so u need to take that out also and clean it and honestly from the gas I seen u let out the tank in the video I seen u may have to clean it up agin

And I hope u didn't dump the old parts carburetor parts cuz Some of them are still good u just need to clean them up good cuz honestly I have an 82 virago and I'm still working with the Original carburetor parts from how It was sold in the old days and they work fine just had to clean them up good only thing I changed was the gaskets on the flot Boles but u have a small problem Notting to really worry about just clean up the carburetors agin and make sure u really clean those parts I told u to and make sure u don't have the gas and airemixer Screw open all the way up

@Speedboss1124 yeah I was thinking the same thing. Got to drain everything and go back to cleaning both tanks. The main and the smaller auxiliary tank. Start over again and get the fuel cleaned up first then sort out the carbs. Pretty sure the rust suspended in the fuel is causing it to not shut off properly. Pain in the ass but it's the way she goes

@Speedboss1124 yeah no I never throw any of that stuff out. Never know when you are going need it. Even ripped up gaskets I like to keep just in case I need to trace one out and make my own. I need to order better quality carbs kits for sure tho. I've been burned a lot lately.

@deltabluesdavidraye yeah that's right unfortunately. The head bolts protrude out of the engine case to High for the valve cover and head to clear the frame. Valve cover is fairly thick and there's not enough clearance to remove it while the engine is in the frame. Makes doing any of this type of work a little more involved. Cheers!

@ronberam3686 Awesome! I'm glad I could help. Cheers!

@ronstowell8646 ya mine too. Loved it and owning this one brings back so many memories. I've always thought this particular bike had a very nice fuel tank. Very nice lines and pretty to look at. Cheers!

@jesusacovarrubias1390 your very much welcome and I appreciate the positive feedback. My pleasure and wish you good luck fixing up your scooter. It will feel good having good brakes and everything working properly. Cheers!

@wlingrell Thank you. I really appreciate that. I'm glad to hear you liked it. Cheers!

@maxgood4361 no sorry I didn't. I was just happy to get it in the right way. Scooter doesn't feel under sprung like it rides just right now so don't think they have changed much but would be good to know. Thanks cheers!

Ya there is a lot. All special in there own little way. These scooters are pretty complex when I think about it. So much easier with a motorcycle to get at everything faster.

@@CenterStandMechanX for sure. I own both.

@@CenterStandMechanX except for. Goldwing.

@@rodkramer8879 ya no dout hey. I bet it takes 3 days to get to the carbs or throttle body lol

@@CenterStandMechanX wait until you try to get to the starter.

£1.35 for 30 on UK eBay 🙈

@benspeedschannel888 yeah no dout! I could have bought 100 for 12 dollars but probably never be used in ten lifetimes lol so opted for the higher price per unit. Oh well Bezos can get himself an extra dubble bigmac on me. Guys got to eat and wouldn't want him to go hungry. But yeah probably could find them way cheaper just not my field of expertise. Ya I thought it was a pretty cool way of shutting up that light without fully disabling it. It has other functions too like letting you know when the kickstand is down. Witch is a big one .Don't need that out when you pull away somewhere. Thanks for watching Benspeed! Cheers!!

@Zonginit2 right on! Should be a fun project for you and a fun bike to ride. I plan on posting more videos on the work I'll be doing on it over the next little while. I got a few projects on the go at the moment. Currently riding the Venture royale to work every day now. So far so good . Haven't had any problems yet. Cheers!

@lipsee100 Ya Harleys definitely holds value. I bought this one for 400 bucks off a buddy. I work with that hauls and deals junk on the side. So hes like a go-to guy for all your junk needs, lol. Someone needed it gone because their underground parking was getting renovated. So it was situational, I guess you could say. I've also spent about 300 so far on parts so far getting it up and running for the road. It's definitely a good deal so far, and Im having a blast riding it. There does seem like there are a lot of these types of bikes selling for cheap in my area. In various states of condition and price points. Mostly low in price. I'm currently working on my next video on it, which I am probably going to post later today. Hope you can check it out. Thanks, Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanX $400 is a steal,,,situational is where it at.. I,m British and things are different here,,but a bargain is still a bargain,, I went out with my Mrs ,for a bite,, outside the shop was a 1975 GL1000 totally stock going for £500 (about$750),,I was broke ,,,soo got the Mrs to buy me a birthday present(3 months away) and the bike was mine,,, Iv had it now 10yrs ,,diesel in the tank and oil in the bores and its stood (like a fine wine) just last week I decided to clean it up and get on the road,,,,Honestly this bike is fantastic,everything has cleaned up even the exhaust ...anyway good luck ,,,and I will be watching ...

@kymhaniford lol haa ya I don't know about that. She's a keeper! It does seem like there's lots of these types of older touring bikes out there for sale dirt cheap tho. Not a lot of people want to take a chance on them maybe. I bet you could find one close to the same price. Could be a big project and a money pit . We will see. Cheers

@@CenterStandMechanX Nah I am in Australia mate. Everything in that era of bike is way over priced here now ;) Have fun with her mate .. It is a great bike!!!

@kymhaniford All the way down under eh! Cool I'm in BC Canada eh! That's to bad there expensive there. They must have flooded the market up here. You guys must have a lot of adventure bikes there, I bet though. You must see a lot of African twins and Teneres there

@@CenterStandMechanX Yes we do but being only a small population here makes it still minimal numbers compared to sales in the USA and Canada.

@kymhaniford oh ok didn't know that. We are spoiled up here, lol at least when it comes to motorcycles I guess. Rent is ridiculously high and other cost of living things too. I can't eat my motorcycle but I can ride in style as I starve lol

@benspeedschannel888 ya, it sure did, hey. I've never seen brake fluid foam up like that before. I'm not sure what that's all about. Might have to flush out all of the old fluid with new. Like how is it foaming up. Would it be reacting to some kind of contamination idono. They feel firm now, but for how long is what I'm thinking.

@@CenterStandMechanX I’ve never seen brake fluid foam like that either, very odd indeed. Definitely worth you giving the system a flush out I reckon.

@benspeedschannel888 ya thats a big 10 4

@benspeedschannel888 I know right! Crazy good deal. I have a few things to deal with on it, but I think I've got a pretty good head start. Ya possibly not sold over there . Not sure. I'm not to familiar with these big bikes. I always think of them as Honda goldwings and all looked the same till now lol. Looking forward to posting more videos on this bike as I work through some of the problems with it. Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanX it certainly looks like a goldwing at a glance, lovely bike though and I love that it’s a v4. I’ll look forward to seeing more videos on it 👍

@WILDGEESE399 Thanks man! Ya I'm pretty excited. Didn't expect it to run so well. Now it's time to wax on and wax off and go ride it around and sort out some other issues with it. I'll be posting an update soon. Cheers!

@vadersfather1248 Hi, sorry I didn't get back sooner. Sounds kinda like you're having what's called a lean pop. It's really hard to know, though, without actually seeing the bike, but that's the direction I would start looking. Usually, a lean pop can happen when the engine has an intake leak. Like a vacuum hose is cracked or bad manifold gasket. Look for a vacuum leak around the intake area. Get the bike running and spray brake cleaner around the intake boots and vacuum lines, throttle area too, and if you have a leak, the rpm should change. Most likely, rev up but could stumble too.Your carb could need a clean, too. It's so hard to tell from away. That bike I think has cv carbs to so could be a rip in one of your diaphragms to idono. Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanX really appreciate the advice m8 it’s a 2014 model only done 5 thousand kilometres I will work on that this weekend cheers bud

@@vadersfather1248 How did it work out? You get it sorted

@@CenterStandMechanX I think so ,checked the boots no air leek what I think is happening is sometimes I leave the fuel valve on so when I put the key on the fuel pump engages and maybe puts to much fuel because now I’m diligent in turning the valve off it’s not happening anymore,I did look at the spark plugs nothing wrong there so I’m hopeful it’s just excessive fuel I will keep u informed if it happens again

@vadersfather1248 ok ya so frustrating some times. It's the kind of thing that keeps me up at night thinking about. So many wierd little things it might be. Oh well I hope you can ride trouble free and enjoy some of the good weather this summer. Cheers!

@WILDGEESE399 Thank you. Glad you like that one. I can't take full credit on the idea . I read about it online and thought yup definitely going to try that. Simple but effective. The version I read about was to use a pice of white pvc pipe but I didn't have any on hand so I used some metal pipping I had instead. Both seem like good ideas to me. Cheers!

Oh that's great! I'm glad to here that and happy to answer any questions you might have. I'm not an expert at this particular model of scooter but have owned and worked on smaller ones like this in the past. Cheers!

Thank you! I appreciate the positive feedback. I'll put out a video soon of everything going back together when all the parts arrive. Cheers!

Good question Max . There doesn't appear to be any cotter pin type of mechanisms that would keep the nut from backing off but the nut itself looks to be a self locking type with an extra locking washer built right into it. It's on the outer edge towards the right of the machine if placed correctly. Possibly it is malfunctioning and needs to be replaced. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I think it will need to be replaced. Probably worn out. Cheers!

You welcome Serge! I appreciate the positive feedback. Ya these bikes can be a pain to sort out but once you do it will be so worth it. I'm hoping to do a proper engine rebuild on a different xs650 engine. Most likely this winter I'm thinking. Looking forward to it. I really enjoyed working on this one even though it was a bit problematic. I learned a lot from the first one and should be better next time. Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanX i look forward to your Yam 650 re- build. I will follow your steps. You are doing a good job for the rest of us… thanks. Serge

Yes it definitely went up. I'm getting 145 150psi now on both sides. Really happy with that. Cheers!

Ya that makes sense because the steel plates were very pitted from rust. I was optimistic trying to reuse them but probably should have just scrapped them. Most likely just wore the clutch out faster. It was an experiment that worked for a while but didn't end up lasting very long. It's working much better now. Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanX it was totally worth a try. Youll get that clutch material in the oil on any mc motor that shares oil with the trans. good the new clutch is working well!

Right on! Cheers I appreciate that

Yes I 100% agree and will be doing so. I wasn't prepared to find it like that and would have done it but didn't have a new sump cover gasket for the job. I had problems with it leaking before and RTVed both sides of the gasket last time I took the cover off and will need to order a new gasket and have it on hand when I change the sump filter. I've got the filter just didn't want to risk having it leak again. I plan on changing both filters again very soon. I'm still trying to work out some bugs with the engine. I keep finding the oil quite black after only running it for short time. I suspect it's still running a bit rich and struggling with these old carbs and cheep pod filters that obstruct air flow. I'll get there eventually. Thanks for letting me know. I appreciate all the help I can get. Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanX cheers Kyle thanks for the vids loving the content, I have the 78 xs 650 I absolutely love the motors on them old yammys they are bullet proof and one of the easiest motors to pull down ,keep up the good work ,😎👍

Thanks Wildgeese! I appreciate the positive feedback. Yes this xs is a 78 as well. Super tough bike. This is the first time for me owning one and wish I have bought one sooner. I've always seen them around before and knew of them but never rode one or worked on one before. Once I started working on this one I was hooked! The more time I spent on it the more I liked it. Now I want to do a full proper rebuild on one of these xs650 engines. Split the cases and dig right into it. I have a few more spare engines and will probably plan a rebuild series on my channel with one of them. I really enjoy making these videos and wish I could do it full time but for now I got to work my regular job so that makes getting into the shop a bit of a challenge sometimes. Stay tuned for more videos. Cheers!

Thank you. I appreciate that. It was a fun project and is fun to ride. I have an oem 4 into 4 original exhaust for it that I'm going to put on soon. Should have a video on that coming out in the next little while. Should be a fun job I haven't worked on that bike in a while so be good to spend some time on it. Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanX I've been looking at one myself. Price a bit steep, but is in nice shape.

Right on. Yeah hard to find one complete with all it's stock parts. I bought a few parts bikes and used them to complete one. Some stuff is really hard to find for these bikes. Fuel tanks and exhaust is the most difficult

FYI, I’m 37 y/o, new to your channel here and to owning a motorcycle. After days of researching what sort of bike I think I would enjoy, looking over the online inventories of every local power sports dealer filtering out any condition except used and deciding to aim my efforts more directly towards the person who is trying to trade or sell their bike that I am interested in and in our current era the people have determined FaceBook Marketplace so I spent several days combing through the hundreds of listings that returning in the results when searching for generic ass “motorcycle sport standard”. Then went through the first list to pull out a short list. One bike caught my eye. I don’t know shit about bikes really.. I mean, I’m a man and can do figure out a motorcycle I just haven’t had opportunities or urges to seek them out. I like “vintage” stuff sometimes, especially when someone who’s is green to bikes has a hard enough time trying to pick out the brand new one from the 40 year old one, and that’s what I felt about these Honda’s. Also, that particular Honda looks as if it just rolled out of factory and it has no damage, scratches at all, swirling in the paint, signs of wear in the leather seat, markings on the brand new looking tires, I couldn’t find a spec of dust on top of the bike nor a spec of grease or dirt on the underside anywhere. The paint is immaculate and the decals look new.. It’s a “1981 Honda CB650 - Standard” with 5,000 original miles on the odometer, and it was listed the day before yesterday for $2,500.. So I get in contact with this guy selling it after researching that particular motorcycle and he tells me about it, everything was standard and as I expected it to turn out, then I went out to eat a late lunch/early dinner with my mom. Well, as soon as I got back home I opened the for sale listing for the bike again to gaze at it a bit more and noticed that within the last couple of hours the seller dropped the price by $500 to a now new price for this bike, $2,000. I called the seller back and said I’ll take it, I can come out to pick it up Thursday after you get off.. Seller tells me that is fine but if someone else comes through on Tuesday and buys it, I’m SOL.. Which is to be expected,. However, he offered that I send a $100 deposit (money talks, he knows I’m not bullshitting now) and that he would consider a $100 deposit to mean I’m invested in this transaction, especially since I was asking him to pull it off the open market just by my affirmation to him over the phone that I would be buying it. So, i sent the $100 deposit and will be driving the 2.5 hour trip one way to meet the seller and pay the balance, then load the bike on my truck. Anyways, that whole story to say that I just bought a 1981 Honda CB650 with 5k miles on it and in brand new condition cosmetically for a grand total of $2,000 and a tank of gas to go get it and bring it back home.

Right on congrats man on buying your first bike! The 1980 Honda cb650 was my first bike too. But way back a long time ago. Probably around 1988 or 89 can't remember exactly. I bought mine for 500 bucks back then and it was only 8 or 9 years old at the time. Hard to believe but it true. 500 bucks was more money in those days for sure but I was able to do it as a dishwasher in a local restaurant with not much trouble. Don't remember it being to hard to pay for. Anyway nice bike would live to see some pictures of it. Not sure how to do that tho. I will be doing a video on my cb650 coming up in a month or so. Going on a trip first but when I get back want to do some work to it. Cheers!

Thank you! Yes me too really enjoyed using up parts I had and keeping it low budget. Probably into it for around 400 bucks something like that. I haven't done a cost analysis yet but got to be close to that. Not including time witch wasn't really going to be part of that for me. There are some incidentals that would have to be factored in. The next phase of this build will probably bring in some more costs as I truly Zombify the bike into my vision. This first part was to get it up and running and usable now next will be the customization portion. The really fun part and yes most definitely will be updating the channel with lots more content of the bike. Next video I want to build the front fender so that will be coming out soon. I did some carburetor work last night and think I got it running a whole lot better now so I'll probably talk about that too. Cheers!

Hi ! Yeah that be a great choice for something like this. I definitely would have gone that route too if one was available in the Zombie price range. It's a fun build. I keep thinking of all the different things I could add to it. Keeps my mind occupied in a positive way. Cheers!

Yeah the chain is probably stretched out a bit .I was trying to get this done without buying a whole bunch of new stuff but next time it will be all new stuff. This is a good learning experience for me and glad to have it. I really enjoyed working on this engine and would like to do it again only better

@@CenterStandMechanX it’s one of those things that the more you do it the better at it you’ll get, you’ve definitely got plenty of talent with engines for sure 👍

Thanks Benspeed I appreciate that. You sound like you know your way around this stuff too. Definitely gets faster and better the more times you do it. I was thinking about it the other day if guys raced these bikes or not. I'm not well versed in the history of them. Was wondering if guys didn't like using these because you got to take the engine out to do any real work to them or not. Maybe it's not a big deal just something I was thinking about. Like would they choose to race something different cuse it was easier to work on.

Hi ! No, I don't think so. It was adjusted tight like it should have been before I took it apart. Trust me, I would have loved that to be the issue. Would have been a lot easier than taking the engine back out and apart. It's hard to see it on the video, but when I got it all put back together, it ran a whole lot better

By the way, I have a temporary solution for the timing tooth-out problem. I have put the electrical timing problem aside by grinding a bit on the point main plate to be able to adjust the point right in sync with the piston position. Ignoring the cam valve error at around 10 degrees, still give me an appreciated improvement on motor performance and smoothness. Soon I will be able to deal with the REAL problem, and take the engine out of the frame. The first gear jumping out when on a bumpy dirt road is still a mystery. Any suggestions on this from anybody reading this? Serge. NZ.

Ps: correction …error valve timing error OF around 10 degrees. [ in my case opening / closing a bit too early.] Serge NZ

@serge8400 I tried messing with the points plate too and couldn't get the points to fire correctly even with the few extra degrees. This is where I stopped myself from doing more crazy things and looked into the cam being out. It's was one of those inconvenient truths that I didn't want to have to go there but in the end it made all the difference. Before I retimed the cam properly the engine was backfiring a lot preventing it from revenge up untill it got past a certain rpm then it was more responsive. This might have been from the centrifugal advanced kicking in and alowing it to run better in a way. Skipping one tooth made all the difference. As far as jumping out of first gear. Not sure. Have a look at your drain plug magnet for metal chunks or the remnants of a small cotter pin or pins. You can also take the clutch cover off ,take the plugs out and spin it over with a 1/2 drill and run it through the gears and look for problems while you shift through the gears. Get one of them bore scope cameras and look down it to the transmission and see how everything is shifting. Cheers

Cool ya that be good idea. I've thought about doing that too. Jumbo sized bathroom fan or something in the ceiling might work

Oh k cool! Ya it's beautiful though there. I really like the Cobble Hill area with all the farms a such. I lived up that way briefly when I was a teenager and rode the wheels off my honda 650. Rode my bike all over that area back then.This one time around where that church is, I was going the other way, I got smoked by a guy on a dual sport bike. I'm not sure what kind it was cuse all I could see was the back wheel getting smaller and smaller quickly, lol. It was on that day I had a new found respect for dual sport bikes and sought out to get one. I tried to keep up with the guy but didn't have a chance and was going to end up as road kill if I kept trying. Still would have liked to know what kind of bike it was, tho. My Current Husqvarna fe350 would probably eat it now, so I pretty good about that lol. Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanXthat’s exactly where she’s from, yah there’s a lot of blind corners in that area that people are always flying around, saw a few near misses in the short time I visit there but I’d definitely love to ride a bike there, I don’t think I’d trust my XS400 on some of those roads, can’t really pull far enough off to the side on some of them

The tourqe setting for the front sprocket. Off top of my head I believe it's 83 foot pounds but not sure I would have to look it up again it's been awhile since I was doing this video

Thank you very much , very helpful video, I was able to do it, just a little concern trying not to over tight the nut@@CenterStandMechanX

Ya it's up there pretty high. I found it a bit difficult to keep the rear wheel still while doing it. Not sure if it was in this video or different one I made after when I properly tourqed down the front sprocket. I made a stick to jam the rear brake on and it was just enough to do the job

Cheers! Thanks for the positive feedback. Much appreciated glad you liked it

Lol ya I regret leaving the McCafa in the picture. I was hoping nobody would notice haa actually haven't had one of them in a long time I usually do go for the Tim's but I got lost on the other side of town that day or something lol. Thanks for the positive feedback I wasn't sure if anyone was going to like the long version of taking the handlebar switch apart. I don't think Ive ever seen anyone else do a video on one of those before so I thought why not. Cheers! glad you liked it

Awesome! That's great. We're like apocalypse brothers, lol. Ya that be a great choice to the xs400 for sure. Ya with points . I would have definitely done that if one came up available in the sort of condition for an apocalypse build. The bike needs to have been around the block a few times if ya know what I mean. Welcome to my channel. Hope you enjoy. I'm still currently working on it and putting out more videos about the build. So far, I'm at Part 21, but there will be many more. I try to get at least one video a week out on it. I work full time at my regular job, so I usually only have the weekends or some evenings to work on it. Thanks for watching Cheers!

@@CenterStandMechanXthanks for your reply! It’ll take a while to get caught up but I like the detail you get into, I was forced to go a different way with mine as the frame was chopped so I had to modify a few things like relocate the regulator, fuse block (which I upgraded to spade fuses) and solenoid, also running a dual sport tire on the rear so I can do some light off-roading. Do you have any social media pages to post your bikes? I’m very interested on the direction you go with it

No I only have this channel going for this stuff. I'm kinda new to the you tube thing. I've hear of people using other platforms for post their stuff on. I haven't branched out yet. Probably cuse it probably get to busy managing all that stuff. Idono. If I ever grow the channel big and can do it full time might think about that. I currently am a one man band. Do all my own editing and stuff so it's a lot to learn. One thing I want to get into coming up in the build is making my own 2 into 1 intake manifold and go with a single carb and also want to make up my own exhaust too. Would like to have both pipes wrap around and come down the kick stand side together up high like a scrambler. Think that would be so bad ass. All in due time tho. Cheers

Thank you!

Oh wow cool !👍 right on hope your enjoying it. That's great! It definitely has its ups and downs. Man and Machine duking it out lol on a tight budget of course. I'm in Canada BC welcome to the channel and thank you for the positive feedback. Much appreciated cheers!