Recent content by mdrotts

Selling my 1977 Yamaha XS 400. It is in decent shape, it is dirty, and the seat is torn. The bike runs and drives well. Both brakes have been gone through, cleaned, and work great. Turn signals, lights, speedo, and tach all work. Bike shifts very nicely. I originally had plans to completely...

Thanks for the reply Arfstrom, I did find the problem. It was the clutch. The Black plug on the left side of the bike, I had to take that off loosen the screw and tighten that stuff up a bit. Clutch cable isn't great now, but I can still shift.

Hey Guys, New to this site. It is great so far. Tons of useful info. To start out I picked up a 77' XS 400 for 170.00$. This is my first motorcycle. (My thing are snowmobiles) The bike hadn't run for a couple years, and hadn't been licensed for 25 years. I got it going fairly easily...