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I see its been a few years since anyone has posted but what about the front brake caliper? I just broke mine today and need a new one that will make my bike roadworthy. zip is 98944 and id be willing to pay for a flat rate box if I can get a price quote

Mudd would that caliper fit on my 82 xs400j?

I located a screw that appeared to at one time be copper colored but sat too long in the field and is discolored. It sits behind the throttle lever and cable just a bit but does nothing to the engine when I adjust it. I'll upload a picture later this morning when I go out and work on it.

Ya we broke down the carbs to the Jets and sprayed carb cleaner into each of the Jets to check for blockages and found one carb had something jammed in there but we got it freed up and spraying like it should. Still idling too low to stay alive so I think today I'm gonna check the idle screw and...

Ya we broke down the carbs to the Jets and sprayed carb cleaner into each of the Jets to check for blockages and found one carb had something jammed in there but we got it freed up and spraying like it should. Still idling too low to stay alive so I think today I'm gonna check the idle screw and...

This is the carb before the cleaning

Thanks for the encouragement I took my carb out this afternoon and took it to the high school where my family and friend of family work and cleaned the bottoms out real good in the auto shop. One of the Jets was blocked and we got it to spray really nicely but bike still dies without the choke...

This is the bike I have

As far as I can tell everything on this bike is stock. I bought it off an older gentleman that had it sitting in his field and hasn’t been licensed since ‘08 so I’m assuming its been sitting since then. I have done a fresh oil change as well as putting a new air filter on and a gas flush because...

So this is my first bike and typically I am a carpenter not a mechanic by any means so I am learning. I have a newly acquired 1982 xs400 maxim and the issue I am running into is the bike will start and stay alive with the choke on but as soon as I let off the choke the bike will die. I am...