Recent content by TurboLagging

This is probably a dumb question, but will a Seca engine fit? Seeing as the service manuals are the same...any other engines? It would be much easier to find a good condition engine if that were the case.

Well, shoot...I mean I tried everything I could think of to crank it. It didn't start in the beginning, and it didn't start at the end. I know now that the engine is kaput, haha. Not much different I could have tried. It was fun trying to drop it, I'll say that...and I know it'll be fun to ride...

Howdy all! Thank you for replying! I am totally stumped here. I tried a couple different things: 1) changed oil. Was 10w40, is now 20w50. The oil called for in the manual is 20w40, but no place around here seems to carry it, and all the motorcycle shops are closed for labor day weekend. I'm...

Here's the skinny: I bought a 1982 XS400 from a guy who had it seize up (supposedly) during a road trip, and he needed the money to get back home. Some kind of hippy. I have no idea what was going on there. He described it as a "J Maxim R," which I find odd for several reasons. First, the...