Recent content by Blackfingernail

After taking advice on this forum, instead of going through the pain of fabricating a bracket from scratch, I managed to find and buy one, only for DHL to lose it!! After getting over this disappointment, does anyone in the UK have one to fit my XS 850, or a similar looking one that can be...

Thanks for that. The lock is now open, I decided to have a go at picking it myself, it seemed impossible until I tried it clockwise to unlock, it opened very easily, alas, no buried treasure, but there is a yellow sticker covering nearly the whole of the inside of the lid, with lots of...

I've taken a few pics.

Yes, it is a big 'un, I'll get some pics tomorrow.

Thanks Ken. I have seen the bracket from the US, they don't ship to the UK. I have been searching all over, without success, some are attached to grizzly old fairings, but they won't split. Some designs are different, I think XS750, XS1100, and XS850 all get confused, so, I have decided to...

Hi all, Newbie from the English Riviera. I have been a motorcycle mechanic and MOT tester for years, now retired. I own a lovely1980 XS850H, that has been imported from America, I have restored it and have had this bike for a good while and love it, but as I'm getting physically older, (mental...