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it’s been a long time coming but here it is…. a techTip! once, i was a man who thought he knew some sh*t. i was a man who knew who to trust, who to fight for, who to believe, who ...
Read More »techTips | re-phasing your yamaha xs650 by hugh owings
hugh’s handbuilt, re-phased xs650 cranks and a don wood bedroll
visiting hugh owings in really f***ing charming asheville, north carolina yesterday. he talks a bit about the basic dynamics and mechanics of yamaha xs650 re-phased cranks in the 2.5 minute-long video below. we bulls***ted about bikes and he showed us ...
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Found it while looking for cool stuff yesterday. It’s being built by a guy nicknamed xlch. He had one re-phased motor he put in front and an early kickstart-only motor for the rear, a set of cases from someplace he ...
Read More »re-phasing your xs650 motor opinions
What is rephasing? It’s changing the timing on the piston strokes. One piston is mid-stroke when the other is at the end of its stroke in a re-phased inline two. Another way to describe this technique is to change the ...
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