Recent content by gregarious1

My first bike was a '79 XS400 and I had it once up to an indicated 95mph (so probably more like 85-90) and there was not much left in the tank as far as speed but even if there was I couldn't use it because the bike would exhibit a bad wobble when it hit that speed. I did use it to commute from...

Man, do I feel stupid. That was it. Thanks for the help. I think that maybe I have just grown too used to late model bikes where I can just walk up and push a button as opposed to having to "know" your bike to sometimes get it to do what you want. I recall that my original XS400 had...

Greetings all. Recently re-acquired a reasonable facsimile of my first bike - in this case a '77 XS360. There are some excellent posts in these forums - better than other bike forums I have been a part of in the past - but still have not found anyone that has shared my problem....My bike...