Recent content by Stabler

Went down from my #140 main jets and struck gold at #133. Thanks guys.

Thanks guys. I'm running open pipes and pods. Just changed from some cheapo chinese pods to Emgos. I think my new pods may restrict air flow some more than my previous pods, hence the rich and poor running. I'll get some more and smaller main jets and go from there. Thanks again guys.

I just got the XS400 vacuum synced and strobe timed. New oil and new plugs about 35 miles ago. The problem is it wont pull well at WOT. At low and mid range it runs as it should. At WOT it coughs and looses power. If I let back on the throttle to about mid range, it picks right up and pulls...

Haha.. Good eye Chris. The glue on one of them up during this winter and the new ones haven't arrived yet.

Just got some fresh paint on this sucker.

Got this figured. I think. Had the frekkin cam sleeve on 180 degrees wrong. Again. One would think one would learn.. It runs better than last year, but I think I need to strobe shoot it to get it 100% as well as a proper synch instead of the bench synch. Anyone knows how to strobe synch these...

Alright. I'll try that. Thanks for now man. Mucho appreciated.

Thanks Chris, Yes, valves set to specs as is points. Carbs only bench synched but plugs show the same color (although a bit rich on both.) What should I look for when backing it up a bit? Ain't got no strobe.. Got a compression tester though. Thanks again.

No one with any input? Or ideas?

I need some good advice and input on this one. I changed out the head gasket since the old one started leaking on cyl 2. After putting everything back together I had to advance the points plate by an additional 10-11 mm than recommended by the shop manual, to get it to start. It starts and...

Hi Neptun. Thanks for the kind words. Regarding building your first scoot; get a Clymer or Haynes manual and let it take time. When I started my CB750 build I had never welded or built a whole bike from scratch either. This XS400 I did while waiting for parts to my CB750. The search...

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Ha. Insane. I did what you said and it started right up. Thanks drew!

I will. Thanks for your input man.

Oh - crap. That would be so typical me. By points cam you mean that little "sleeve" that goes on the end of the cam shaft, the one that opens the points yes? The one that goes on before the points plate goes on? Today I got a set of new points and set them correctly according to the shop...