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    XS rebuild back on track..maybe!

    It's been quite a while since my attention was drawn away from rebuilding my XS400, it might even be a year or three I'm embarrassed to say. Anyway, a visitor to my garage spotted the XS and after a brief chat asked if it was for sale. I was a bit surprised because who in their right mind would...
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    How do I check if the engine will turn over?

    It's an XS400 SOHC 1980. A US import. It ran, although not well, before I took it apart, which I put down to carb and/or electrical issues. The loom (harness) was a total disaster. Anyway, it's starting to come back together and the engine's in the frame but I want to check that the engine will...
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    TCI (CDI?)/Ignitor unit query

    My bike is an XS400SE 1980. A couple of years (ok four) I started to it rebuilt into a street tracker-style machine and was quite enthusiastic. I decided to simplify the wiring, especially as the harness (or loom to us in the UK) had been butchered, burned and melted in places. I was surprised...
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    Free - XS400SE 1980 parts

    If anyone in the UK needs parts for the 400SE I've a pile of bits that are cluttering up my garage and need to go soon or they're heading for the recycling centre (ie. scrapped!). Parts include: Complete exhaust (very good condition). Front & rear guards (fenders) with associated rubber bits...
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    Fork leg bushes mystery..bushes? What bushes?

    Recently stripped the forks on my XS400Special for a refurb. Followed the Haynes manual carefully, bagged and labelled all the bits. Sent the badly pitted stanchions for a rechrome and the fork lowers to be powder coated. So far so good. Once the parts were back I attempted to rebuild them. Oil...
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    Torque settings

    My Haynes manual has been loaned (and not yet returned) so can someone let me know the torque setting for the swing arm pivot bolt on the XS400SE? I've looked around the forum and googled it but there seems to be some disagreement. While we're on the subject, what are the settings for the front...
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    Swing arm bushes.

    The swing arm outer bushes on my XS400S are bound to disintegrate when I attempt to dislodge the jammed inner bush. Who's bright idea was it to make them from plastic? I'd like to replace them with bronze but they don't seem to be available in the UK. I could buy them in the States for around...
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    Steering head stem

    Been stripping the steering head to check, and if necessary replace, the upper and lower bearings. Everything came apart fairly easily except the lower yoke (triple tree). It's off the frame but I can't see how to separate it from the stem. I want to paint it so ideally it needs to come apart...
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    Engine numbers...again!

    Sorry to bring up the subject of engine numbers again. I know it's been covered elsewhere and I've read the threads but can't find an answer to my question, which is this... My frame number is 4R5-017939, which translates into an XS400 Special 2. However the engine no. is 2V6-000573. Obviously...
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    Well engineered bolt-on parts from Germany

    No idea whether this guy is known to you XS400 owners. His name is Leon and his business is called Two Hands Motorcycles in Germany (google it). He makes a variety of extremely well built parts, mainly from aluminium. I've had: relocation brackets for headlight, ignition, horn, indicators (turn...
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    How do I get the exhaust off?

    The exhaust system is unbolted from the bike and sitting beneath it, trapped by the mainstand, which is down and supporting the bike. How do I free it? It's all in one piece (obviously) and I don't want to cut it, which I read somewhere was a possible solution. I've tried separating the link...
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    Motad 2-1 exhaust for UK owners..maybe.

    I've been swopping emails with the people at Motad (in the UK), concerning the possibility of re-introducing their currently discontinued 2-1 system for the XS400. Their answer was simple - if enough people are interested, we'll do it. I haven't yet discovered how many is 'enough' or what the...
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