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Wow i can't believe its been a year since i first posted this. I resolved/post-poned my carb issues by scavaging from another carb set, but now have another issue and need to know the exact year (ignition system - only firing on one side. Swapped coils, wires, plugs and same thing so was...

".....In '80, the ignitions went electronic, the floats were plastic and the idle mixture screws were a different design and under a plug." I thought I'd posted a reply to this, but I have electronic ignition and plastic floats.

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is there somewhere on my bike where I can definitively determine the year and model? I bought the bike five years ago. My registration says it's a 1980 XS400S, and i believe everything on the bike is original stock. When i ordered carb kits based on the year of the bike, the parts didn't fit...