one for the guru's....final drive chapter....

[ross]

hey there kids, found a diamond in the rough (i think) with a 78? (mfg date was 12/77).... xs 750 special....vin started 1J7.....bike is in very rough shape, but i see some treasure in this p.o.s.!....want to check and see if i'm looking at the "magical and elusive" final drive unit that you guys switch to?.....what will the switch do for me?........i think i can get it for a steal, but as always money is tight and SWMBO holds the purse strings and i just might have to start on that d*mn "honey do" list she has!.....i hate that list, but i'll suck it up if its worth it.....thanx in advance for any and all advice!....ride hard, ride safe....ross

[cywelchjr]

I don't know of much off a 750 that you can use other than maybe the brake calipers and the FD, so unless you can get it for a low enough price that you can strip off those few parts you might be able to use for less than you can get them elsewhere it may not be worth it, you can get 750 or 850 FD's for $30 or less in good shape, so for the FD it's not worth much more than that, and once you pull the FD it's not good for more than selling for parts.

[fredintoon]

hey there kids, found a diamond in the rough (i think) with a 78? (mfg date was 12/77).... xs 750 special....vin started 1J7.....bike is in very rough shape, but i see some treasure in this p.o.s.!....want to check and see if i'm looking at the "magical and elusive" final drive unit that you guys switch to?.....what will the switch do for me?........i think i can get it for a steal, but as always money is tight and SWMBO holds the purse strings and i just might have to start on that d*mn "honey do" list she has!.....i hate that list, but i'll suck it up if its worth it.....thanx in advance for any and all advice!....ride hard, ride safe....ross

Hi Ross,
the XS750 f/d will let you run less rpm at any speed, lotsa XS11 operators claim that's a good thing. The f/d swap is well documented on this list and seems reasonably easy to do.
But WTF to do with an XS750 with no f/d in it except to part it out?
Well you now have a spare XS11 f/d just laying there, right?
Graft it into the XS750 and hang a sidecar on the bike.

[James England]

The valve shims are the same on the XS750..... 29mm. You'd have six of them for possible use in the future, or swapping here... I have 24 of them which I've accumulated for when I do my valve clearances and will swap any spares

PS read the recent threads re FD swap. It's all in there. The results of the poll say a lot. I've swapped and would never swap back. It's dead easy to do, as well.