Recent content by Lexter

Hi and thanks all for the input so far. The bike won't shift into 5th at all. Shifts into neutral instead of 4th only sometimes especially at high revs but then will get into 4th on second try. Bike has only 5000 original KM's on it. Everything else is working great. Im waiting for the weather...

I've got a 1979 xs400 and i can't shift past 4th gear. Sometimes when I try to shift into 4th it will go into neutral but will shift into 4th after I try again. I'm going to go over the bike with the service manual ASAP but I'm wondering if anyone has had this same issue or can point me in the...

Hi Arfstrom, "seems you have yet too rule out the actual voltage?" Sorry but I'm not sure what you mean by this? I did do the OHM test of the 3 white wires as it was one of the tests in the Haynes manual. The readings for the test were all in spec. I did visually inspect the stator wires and...

Hello, New member here, I just got a 1979 XS400F and love it but (no surprise) the charging system is not working. I have done all the resistance tests according to the Haynes manual and everything passed. The stator does magnetize when I start up the bike. Battery is new and in good...