Recent content by jvdavidson

That's what I assumed...so I left my rectifier attached...

Well my compression gauge is at my parent's home so I won't be down to grab that until the following weekend...but my leg says it has all the compression it had before I paused the project back in 2016/2017. Back then, it ran phenomenally well - just didn't charge the battery at idle because I...

Hey Drewpy, I installed a solid state reg in my '78 XS400-2E - any idea if this negates both the regulator and rectifier? I still have the rectifier connected - if I had no issues with the bike, I'd pay no mind to it, however, I'm having a nightmare with performance at the moment and trying to...

Hello everyone, haven't been here in a while because I haven't really putzed around with my XS400 for a few years. I've got a '78 XS400-2E that I had running exquisitely back in 2016 until I started having electrical issues - basically the original mechanical voltage regulator was fighting me...

Greetings all, I've wired up my '78 with twin lights in the back which serve simultaneously as my tail, turn, and brake lights - the lights are actually trailer lights so they're plenty large WP_20150817_18_09_29_Pro by jvdavidson posted Sep 28, 2016 at 9:45 PM I've hooked them up using a...

Man it's been a while since I was last here... well to sum up what I did with my 78XS400 since I last posted...I finally got it to run equally well or better than the Hamilton Swiss Watch on my wrist... seriously folks... it's gorgeous. From dead cold I can start it in just a couple kicks. To do...

I don't believe I explained my Harley and Honda effectively. When I stand off of the bike and just push down on the handlebars to compress the forks, they rebound all the way to where they sit normally (static sag if you will). I was incorrect to say they top out - they're not far from top out...

Thanks for your feedback - I do know what spring bind is and I can confidently say the springs have sufficient travel to accept 2" pre load without binding. I also know how much of a mess a blown seal would make so I chose to experiment first with PVC. As far as lowering my bike and how...

So I gotta reopen this thread - if anyone sees this and could comment on how wise or foolish this sounds, it would be much appreciated. My '78 XS400 forks were butter soft and since lowering them a couple inches with my clip-on handlebars mounted above the upper triple tree, I was bottoming out...

Yeah so I saw the pics, originally I thought by rewiring it you meant that you stripped out the entire copper wire winding on the thing, and wound the whole deal...looks like you just replaced the leads coming from the gen - soooo much simpler. I've been in that neighborhood on this machine but...

The Yam essentially looks the same except that the handlebars are now legit clip-ons.

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Crap...sounds like a lot of work. Re-wiring armature??? Got pics of that operation?