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Argh, that sucks. Good luck with repairs this winter; hopefully they won't be too major. :(

Welcome, Kryst! Great looking bike, and cool drawing.

Hi Gunny! Welcome to the group & riding a motorcycle. You've got a great-looking bike, especially for $400. I'm a newbie myself - just started riding this summer. My Ruby was a present to myself for turning 42. Everyone here has been really friendly & helpful, so you're in the right spot as a...

Telling on myself again, and probably not for the last time... Yesterday I was stopped at a red light, in first gear, when a friend pulled up next to me. I waved at her... with my left hand... and of course that stalled my bike. Fortunately I had plenty of time to restart before the light...

That's a great idea!

Yikes! Glad you & the bike made it home alright and that you've got a spare.

Hahaha! Well done, sir. :D

That's what went through my mind as I was reading... yeah, I was glad the bike problem got diagnosed, but what about the love connection? ;)

Nope, you're definitely not alone in that. :)

Ha! I'll see what I come up with & report back. :)

This sounds like a method I can do - it'd be easy to keep a little notebook & pen in an inner pocket of my riding jacket, and the three columns of data would do the trick. Might eventually put the info into a spreadsheet & track that way, since I'm a database nerd for my day job. Great...

Thanks, Bull85 & DarkMidknightWarrior! :)

I've got one from this morning. Went to start up my bike & couldn't get anything. I checked the ignition, kill switch, had the clutch in, everything... no luck. Eventually it occurred to me that because I parked it in 1st gear (at the recommendation of the MSF coaches) & the sidestand was down...

Hahaha! I'll take all the help I can get. :D Thanks for that. I need to update my pic to have my full gear on - call me a scaredy cat old lady, but I've made it 42 years without any serious injuries... I'd like to keep it that way, so I've got a full helmet, armored jacket, full gloves...

Welcome, Bart.

Thanks, xschris - it was love at first sight. :)

My 1982 XS400 Seca... I named her Ruby.

Hey all, I'm new to this forum, new to street riding, and new to owning an XS400. I'm really happy to have stumbled across the site - there's a lot of great info here. Thanks for making it easy for newbies like me to jump in, find what we need, and participate. Seems like a great community...