Recent content by JacobT

I’m not much of a welder but I did my rear hoop. Not perfect but she’s strong and works. I decided to spray her in a metallic bronze paint. I really liked the look. It some clubman bars a Mac 2-1 exhaust mikes XS air pods. And an eBay special seat. I’m sure I’m missing a bunch but she’s been...

Hello all. I picked up a 1980 xs400 special w a clean title for $180 almost 3 months ago. Well let’s say I’ve had some not so happy days in my life lately so this build really put a smile back on the face. When I first bought her she had not spark. I decided to just pull her apart before I...

That was the first place I checked but these guys are two different lengths and have I think a 2 or 2.5mm Allen head. Not a scratch on them. All threads are clean. I have no clue. I know it’s been sitting for over 10 years. Who knows maybe one of the previous owners had something open and their...

I’m cleaning up my motor with all new gaskets and seals. I feel like the P.O. had no clue what he was doing. I pulled the oil pan? Where there’s a screen on the bottom of the motor. Found two small set screws. Two different lengths. Anyone have an idea if they actually go somewhere to the motor?

I’m not too worried I’ve found some nice cylinders with pistons for fairly cheap. $2500. That’s funny. I’m making the wiring harness myself. Did that w my kz650. Going to get a pamco ignition. I figure new tires and everything else I need I’ll keep it under $700. I work at a powersports...

Cleaning up the motor. Guess I need a cylinder. It’s weird how these two pin holes are pretty much in lign with them selves. Wonder if it was a casting flaw or something. Or detonation.

Well I checked out the pulse/pickup coils. I’m getting about 1.7 mega ohm. I guess that’s how you say it. So I’m thinking it needs a new one. I think I’m just going to source an older ignition advancer and get a pamco electronic ignition. This way I’m not hunting down these gremlins and...

Thank you. I will be doing this tomorrow! At least all and all With buying the bike, new float bowl gaskets and coils I’m at roughly $220. Not too shabby. I’ve done the coil mod on my kz650 so yeah I’ll do it on this too for piece of mind.

So I just put a new set of coils on the bike. Same issue. One spark only on the left side only. I realized if I toggle the kill switch on and off the left one will spark each time I turn it on. Anyone have any ideas as to the culprit. My next guess would be the tci but I don’t want to keep...

In the meantime I went through the carbs which really weren’t as bad as I thought. I cleaned the living crap out of them though. Even used some bar keepers friend to polish up the floats.

Yeah I was thinking that’s what that was. P/o had no idea what he was doing I think. No If im right these have a separate regulator and rectifier or no? I had a reg/rectifier that plugged right in to the harness. 3 white wires a red and a black. And if not is the small unit bolted to the...

Hello everyone. Just picked up a 1980 xs400 special with just over 10k miles on her with a clean title for the sweet price of $180. Got it home and they had the wire from the starter solenoid that goes to the battery connected to ground. I'm thinking well I can hook it up right, throw some...