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UPDATE: I ended up cancelling drinks with a friend because this was bothering me for over a week now. I took the carbs off, and established that the diaphragm didn't sit nicely in it's groove and wasn't sealed properly. I had a bit of trouble but after a few attempts, I felt that resistance...

A little update. I ended up a little too busy this weekend to take the carbs out, but I just took off the air boxes, and looked inside the pipes at the slides. Using a screwdriver I lifted the left slide up, feeling slight resistance, and when I let it go, it smoothly lowers itself. The right...

Hi everyone. I am working on my girlfriends '79 XS400. She bought it about a month back. I rode it home for her as she didn't have her licence. The bike died on me at a red light after about 3 minutes of riding (but not during the 5 minute test ride... haha). After a few attempts I got it...

Thanks. For now I just want to get it running well, and safe for her to learn on. I fixed the headlight that didn't work, and front turn signals. I will try to adjust the chain this weekend, but I have a feeling it may need to be replaced, it's quite loose. It doesn't look bad, and the...

Hi everyone. My girlfriend bought herself a '79 XS400 about a week ago, so I've been doing a lot of reading on here and tweaking in the garage. The poor old girl is in pretty bad shape thanks to the two previous owners. From small maintenance items to a awful matte black paint job, and sketchy...