Hey everybody,
Picked up a 81' XS400 a few weeks ago from my dad's friend (for the best price, free). It had been sitting awhile, but, it only has 9000 miles on the odometer. Started tearing into it right as I got it home before I took any pictures, haha.
I have been using this forum a lot for information, been very helpful (like the free manuals you can download in the sticky )
As I said, I'm new to bikes, but I have been wrenching on cars for quite some time. I'm a younger guy, still in school for Engineering.
Thankfully, my dad had wrenched on quite a few bikes in his time, so he a bit of knowledge as well.
Hope to get it running soon, so far, I've replaced all the main wear items and maintenance including rebuilding the carbs (never done that before! used to fuel injection hehe)... still waiting on some o-rings I need to finish that up. But, it's been fun so far, always looking forward to getting home and wrenching on it.
Look forward to riding it, as I have never rode a motorcycle before!
Picked up a 81' XS400 a few weeks ago from my dad's friend (for the best price, free). It had been sitting awhile, but, it only has 9000 miles on the odometer. Started tearing into it right as I got it home before I took any pictures, haha.
I have been using this forum a lot for information, been very helpful (like the free manuals you can download in the sticky )
As I said, I'm new to bikes, but I have been wrenching on cars for quite some time. I'm a younger guy, still in school for Engineering.
Thankfully, my dad had wrenched on quite a few bikes in his time, so he a bit of knowledge as well.
Hope to get it running soon, so far, I've replaced all the main wear items and maintenance including rebuilding the carbs (never done that before! used to fuel injection hehe)... still waiting on some o-rings I need to finish that up. But, it's been fun so far, always looking forward to getting home and wrenching on it.
Look forward to riding it, as I have never rode a motorcycle before!