Recent content by nickg

i dont think so, i have an 81 specialII and mine doesnt look like that.

ifi had the cash i would prob buy it, glws.

done, but remember to vote again too. Remember, you can return up to once a day to vote during the Contest Period (June 24, 2013 through August 24, 2013 at 11:59 pm EDT).

i just started college and am kinda disappointed how simple it is, the pace they are teaching is ridiculous, i could read it faster than they teach it, i think we get through like 2-3 pages in the book in a couple periods, and they dont even cover all the material in it. i thought this was...

got the front fender back on, and installed pod filters. i put a new fuel filter and line on and trying to decide if i want to put my straight bars on or not, i might just wait til i can actually start doing work to it

i have the bars for my 81, mine is a special 2. i think they are the same bars. i can give u a pic tomorrow to see if u wan them.

do u have the hardware for the front fender, i cant seem to find any that fit right.

has anyone used a toggle switch for the electronic start, im trying to clean up the bars and figured id make the start a toggle switch on the side or something. if not im gonna try it when i start my build

so far i traded for the bike, and bought guages, speedo/tach fwd controls-18.99 on the throttle light controls-6.99 front perch-$10.39 levers-$8.99 grips-$11.99 head light-25.00 front sprocket sets-$16.00 rear sprocket-11.00 filter pods-11.70 fuel filter-$9.00 for 2 fuel line-$6.45 and im not...

lol, ya u r quite aways away. u from around pittsburgh, im assuming so.

mine has this problem too, but today i took it out for about an hour ride brought it home and adjusted the idle down, i noticed it was at 2000 rpm when it was hot anyway. got the idle to about 1200 and took it back out for a little and seemed to be fine, the idle didnt spike back up or anything.

i had to do that when i first got mine, the PO decided to disassemble the hole front hub on the bike when he took it off for new shoes and couldnt figure out what position the linkage went.lol but it was an easy fix.

got my 17 tooth front sprocket today and threw it on.

thank you, i knew i saw that before but couldnt find it.

im starting to order parts for my 81 xs400, i stumbled accross this on ebay for a battery delete. http://www.ebay.com/itm/200941341721 i want to run without a battery obviously. im trying to figure out if i can do it with this part, or something similiar. any advice is appreiciated this is...