Recent content by Gotanubike

I noticed after driving the bike, that the oil can take up to half an hour to settle back to the oil level window. Sometimes it will settle to only half full and other times to the top marker. Also, I took the valve cover off and there is oil pooling in the top of the engine. Is this normal? I...

Nevermind actually. A half hour with a propane torch and some vice grips I was able to get it back in.

So today I finally got my carb pilots tuned so I could get the bike to go over 6000rpm. The consequence is I blew my baffle out and destroyed it lol. If anyone knows where I can buy a new baffle or if someone has an exhaust they can sell me, let me know

If anyone knows where I can purchase a pre fabricated cover for an 82 please let me know. I currently have mine patched up with hockey tape

Nice! just bought one. The only ones I could find on ebay were like $30+ shipping. This looks great thanks

If anyone has a spare gas tank emblem for the right side of the tank on an 82 I'm in need of one..

Everything inside; bowls, jets, floats, valves are spotless. The only thing is I have no idea what half the bits and parts of a carb actually contribute to, so I just figure loosening stuff will get me some more fuel to get over 6000rpm. The two main problems for my bike so far have been...

So basically I went messing with stuff when I took my carbs off and now the motorcycle runs rich and my plugs are black. The ones you can adjust from the top after the throttle plates. I read in the manual afterwords they are adjusted with specialized equipement so I hope I didn't screw myself...

I was gonna say put the kickstand up:laugh::laugh:. The bike will shut off if it's put in gear while the kicksatnd is up.

The bike broke down down this evening while just coming back into town...I looked at the trip odometer and just rolls over to 2112..freaky! Turned out it was just out of gas. I just pulled over and flipped the reserve on until I got home. Still freaked me out.

Nice e28! Here's my e30:wink2:

Hmmm..looks like I will have to order one? They are 30 bucks yikes. I tried making an air filter today by cutting one out of an old fram air filter from my car(replaced it with a k&n). The resistance of air flow is noticable now with slight loss of power and still misses at wot. It also...

Hey all, new to the forum. I Just picked up an 82' xs400...It is the one with the mono shock. The bike is awesome and runs good, but around 6-7k rpms or any time at wide open throttle, the engine will cut out and sputter. I checked the spark plugs and they look pretty good. Maybe the carbs? Also...