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Here is my first attempt. They look even...

Hey guys! Need help with why my 1980 xs400 is back firing through the carbs. Check out the video and let me know what you think. Thanks!! FYI election ignition. No points. Rebuilt carbs and valves are set. It was doing this before I rebuilt the carbs, that is the reason why I rebuilt them.

I hope this works! Not sure what this may be? I replaced the bearing. Should it do this? Thanks for your help!!

Hey everyone, Need some help on my 1980 XS400. Working on putting my BS34's back together and ran into a wall on which side the spring goes on. Anyone of you carb geniuses remember? Thanks!!

So I was putting in new steering head bearings and tightened the adjustment nut until the lower bearing and seal seated all the way. I then backed it of until it was easy to move back and forth. I was reading posts and websites to find out if I did mess up, but couldn't find anything. So did I...

So, I'm in the process of rebuilding the carbs on my 80 xs400 (BS34) and pretty much have one of them back together, when I noticed that the Pilot Air Jet (#55 on page 67 of the Haynes manual) says that it is a 155, I think (pic. added). And in the book it does not have that same description in...

Would anyone have a line on a pet cock repair kit? Pulled mine apart and it is in need of parts. Found some on ebay, but none of them look right. Thanks!

Hey guys, Is the inside the starter supposed to look like this?:confused:

Went for a ride today and stopped for 45min. Went to kickstart the bike back up and it wouldn't even budge. Put in gear and pushed it a little. The kickstart broke free. Started the bike and road it home. Don't want to start it again as not to hurt anything. Any ideas on what would cause this?

Are there any people near the state of Wyoming that has a lot of experience building Cafe Racers?

Hey guys! Been surfing this website for a couple of months and wanted to introduce my first xs400. I didn't want to get to far into changing it into a Cafe Racer without putting the start of it up first. Hoping to do a lot this winter. Picked up this 1980 XS400 Special a month ago. Everything...