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I thought I could take her home by January or February, but now she is in my garage. A XS 400 (2A2) from `79. I thought I could bring her on the road quickly but I found this: [/url][/IMG] Valves clearance is different for every valve, seems like four different clocks are ticking Front...

The battery and the "+"Cable will not catch fire because the connection is dirty or a Little loose. There must have been a short from the cable to the Frame or to the "-"cable maybe. Or the rubber piece that covers the "+" and the cable on the battery is missing and some metal Piece made a short...

Hi Stephen, could it be the sprocket are worn out? or the bike was sitting for a longer time and the chain is partly corroded? If you would take the chain off, there would be parts that can be easily moved, and part that can hardly be moved. Maybe intensive cleaning and "cooking" the chain...

My friend Marcel´s first trial to customize a Honda CX500. Aluminium milled bracket for a mechanical speedo

Beautiful bike, RESPECT! Viele Grüße aus Wuppertal, Uli

Guess you may have trouble with these gauges, they don´t work with motorcycles with an analog setup, as the seller writes. This means you will have to have some kind of pickup at your ignition for the revs, some kind of magnets in the fastenings srews of your brake disc for the speedo. I would...

I use this one, works great. You cannot release the pliers before thr crimp is done. The is about € 150,00. As far as I know Würth has dependances world wide. Viele Grüße aus Wuppertal, Uli...

Hello, don't throw the Bike into the Lake, simply leave it in Front of my Garage ;) Seems you still habe a carb Problem. Your carbs are supposed to Stop the fuel from pouring into the Motor. Check float valve and the petcock, These are the Problem. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland, Uli

If you want tire performace try Bridgestone BT 45, they don´t look too bad and they are great to ride. In Europe they´re said to be best tires for bikes from the 70s to the 90s. I use them on my RD 250, my friend Marcel uses them on a TX 750, my nephew Leo uses then on a Kawasaki ER-5 Twister...

Hello there, swapping to LEDs might not really help. If you want to run LEDs with your old flasher relay you will have use an additional resitance for each flasher. This resistance will turn the electric energy into heat, so you will save no energy in the end. I would use LEDs only for the...

Good Morning, I guess you to have two problems to cope with: First you will have to make sure the fuel comes to your carbs: does the engine run with tank cap open? If yes there the ventilation hole in the tank cap maybe stuck with dirt. Is the fuel petcock free? It maybe stuck with dirt or...

Good morning everyone, My name is Ulrich, I´m from Wuppertal, Germany, and I´m new in forum. I know my English is subject to improvement, please excuse if the words I use seem funny to you! I have just finished my first project, a Yamaha RD 250, from 1975, which was left under a carpet...