Recent content by misternovice

The side-cover on the right side of my 1984 xs400 has had the grommet holding the batter cover on disintegrate. I've looked around unsuccessfully to find a replacement. I'm hoping someone here has run into the same problem and has a source.

Jerry can - definitely something I'm going to be doing on the longer rides, just out of principle. I've run out of gas a few times within he city, and it's a real mother fucker pushing this beast a few km to the nearest station. I can't imagine a fuck up like that where I'm actually stranded...

I have a 1984 xs400, and I've been having zero luck in finding a new gas tank for it. The old one is a bit small (3.5Gal total I believe?) and I'm hoping that there is a bigger one. As it is, I get maybe 150km tops out of 1 tank, and that's pretty much to empty. I average about 14km/L, and...

I haven't checked out the battery yet, but It's something I'll do tonight. Luckily, the bike started last night (first try ofc), and I put about 40km in test rides. With this new exhaust, it feels like an entirely new bike. Sounds like a beauty. I had no idea what the old pipes were doing...

Hello all, I'm back. After my last problem popped up in mid December, I took my bike into my mechanics for its overall checkup, and he got everything running again. Started consistently (occasionally had to push start it even then), and didn't have running problems. One hing he did point...

I fixed the connection to my ignition module, so the damn thing would actually start (still only starts 1/3 of the time...). Turns out one of the pins had a fair bit of corrosion on it, and I think that was a some of the problem. Had a friend help me truck it to my mechanic, as I don't have...

Too cold today, couldn't get it to start (common when it's below 0 :/). Will try tomorrow when warmer. Will check he exhaust.

Fuel seems like the likely culprit. The inline fuel filter looks a bit... less filled? than I remember it being before It sat for two weeks while I fixed the electrical issues. Battery - as far as I can tell, yes. The tender is charging it, and when I have it running it seems to charge its self...

Riding yesterday and after about 2 hours on the bike, (low intensity, for a road test), I started getting sputtering and jumping at about 5-6k rpm, in any gear. After a few times of this, the bike would die, and then I would have to push start it. This happened a few times, and then it...

Update - theory confirmed. Brake lights work perfectly when yelow and brown wires connected directly. Switch removed, but it doesn't look like something that can be taken apart and repaired. Luckily my repair guy has one in stock. Unfortunately, he closes at 4 today and only reopens on...

Yup, the front brake triggers the light perfectly fine when pressed. It's only when the rear brake is activated that things go wrong. Two things I'm going to check when I get home from work tonight 1. wire together the yellow and brown going to the brake switch, to see if those cause...

Overall it's been pretty solid. I'm going to remove the part tonight when I get home from work, and see about taking it apart. I haven't been able to get it out thus far though, and I haven't found any videoguides to help. May take a bit of force...

The switch only sparks when activated. I'm wondering if there is a worn out component in the switch that is causing the spring arm to be conducting power away?

I went over the wiring again today, and before I tried another spark plug fucking with it, I definitely saw smoke coming from the rear brake switch. Disconnected it for the temp, and everything else runs fine( aside from the right blinkers not blinking unless revving to 2krpm, but that's an...

Tuesday - riding home. Everything working fine, then stopped for a few minutes. Turned the bike back on, and only the main headlight + rear lights worked. No signals, or brightening of the rear light when lights turned on. Got home, checked, and a wire cluster in the head lamp had come apart...