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Well, understandable! Keep me posted on the result of the coil change

Did you find the issue? I still haven't. I might try replacing one of the coils and the leads.

I don't think he did, but it wouldn't explain a loss of power after a significant amount of time I think

That's what I thought too, but the weird thing is that the problem uccures during absolute stable cruise. I will try to look into it tho. Cheers Walter

Dear gentlemen, My XS400 has developed a serieus problem that has me completely at a loss. Driving 60mph my '84 Maxim would occasionally skip a few beats and continuing like nothing ever happend. The problem would only arise after doing a few miles at highish rpm. Sometimes it would lose a lot...

Little update I guess you're right about it being something with the fuel system. I had a look at the carbs last week and they seem fine. However, I turned the fuel petcock to "PRI" rather than "On" and the problem seems to have gone away. It seems to be a vacuum related problem. Guess I will...

Hello chaps, I have a bit of weird issue with my '84 Maxim. At highway speed (60-70mph) it will occasionally stutter. It is not a consistent fault as some days it runs fine, and some days it has this random stutter. Also, at low rpm driving around town it occasionally seems hesitant to...

Hello folks! I am preparing my '84 XS400 Maxim for a 1500 mile trip through Europe this summer. As I am now slowly packing I was wondering if anyone takes spare parts and/or tools with them, and if, which ones? I found the XS to be a capable and reliable daily driver, having carried me over 6000...