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    New tail light has too few wires for the stock coupler.

    Greetings all! Let me first say thank you for all of your help in the past. I recently purchased a medium cat eye taillight. It contains 3 wires-red, black, and yellow. The issue I've run into is the coupler that connected to the stock tail light has waaaaay too many wires. 3 blue, 3 yellow...
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    Carbs synced. Next day, bike won't idle.

    Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. I have an 81 XS400 and I've run into an issue. Yesterday I had my carbs synced and the bike was running beautifully. Today I go out to turn her on and she starts right up but no matter how I use the choke, it will no longer idle. I even took it...
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    Leaking after re-jet

    I did a re-jet on my carbs because the slip-on mufflers I installed have almost no baffling. I took the pilot jet up to 45 and the main jet up to 140. I also got some basic pod filters on the h-pipes. Upon re-installation I set the petcock to prime for a min as I read to do. This must have been...
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    PLEASE HELP-Major issues after installing new parts.

    Hello good people of the XS400 world! Where do I even begin? Well...I got a few new parts for my bike (I have an 81 XS400 H). First thing was the new turn signals. They're small and cheap (pics below) They have one green and one orange wire. Initially I installed the rear ones and at first they...
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    Turn signals-one side works,one doesn't

    1981 Yamaha XS400. My right turn signal works most of the time but my left one barely works. Sometimes neither does. This problem just came out of nowhere. Any thoughts or advice on why and how to fix it? Thanks!
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    1981 XS400 aftermarket muffler issues

    I recently purchased a 1981 XS400 and was unfortunate to have the stock muffler crack and eventually separate completely at the rear weld connecting the mufflers. I purchased VooDoo 19 inch turnout slip-on mufflers. I hacksawed the stock exhaust where it was welded to the muffler up front. The...
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