sorry should have made it more clear, who rebuilt your wheels as at the moment I have just stock wheels which look 23 years old so was thinking of going for gold rims and black hub but not sure whether to go for excel rims or have them sent away to spin-wheels.co.uk and have them refurbished in gold ...

Hi
Where did you get your wheels from as they are exactly what I want for my 1994 XT600E.

By the way what a fantastic rebuild you are doing

Hi I'm looking for Left and Right side Air Scoops in Black for a 1997 XT600E with decals or without.

Sent to UK essential.

Many Thanks

Hi
I had problems starting my XT on the weekend after it not being used for 3 months after the engine had had a total rebuild. Put a new spark plug and some new fuel and it has been running like a dream for the last 3 days until last night on the way back from work it just cut out.

Tried kicking it ...

Update on my problem.
New Fuel and new Spark Plug and first kick it was going like a dream for the whole of 3 days, now I have another problem. Opening a new topic.

Thanks for all your help

Thanks for the replies.

Eric - I believe a new Decompression cable was fitted during the rebuild, could it be possible that the cable is too tight, and if so is it easy to adjust.

Steve - my xt hasn't got a decompression lever and when I do kick it I do not hear any click but I will drain the carb ...

Hi to all
My XT engine has recently been rebuilt after a good 6 months trying to source different things for it. A week after it was finished I managed to get a slipped disc in my neck so the bike has not been used for the last 3 months.

The problem I have now is that I can't start the bast**d ...

Greetings XT Guru's
I'm after an Alternator casing for my 1986 XT 43F as mine seems to be warped and is leaking oil. My engine has just been totally rebuilt and there is a small seepage coming from it.
I have seen one for sale on evil bay in Germany but it is for a XT 2KF / 2NF (1987-1989).
I am ...

Thanks for getting back to me.

It does have the correct spark plug and I assume the carb has not been touched.

This weekend I am taking it to a mates who knows a bit about bikes. We are going to check the fuel filter, check the gap on the spark plug and also the charge in the battery as it may be ...

Few weeks ago my the ignition coils on my stator burned out, eventually managed to source a good condition one from the dreaded ebay.
Last night went to pick up my bike from my local mechanics and it took a good 20 kicks to get it started, I put this down to it being a very cold day and it had been ...