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I'm about to do rebuild my top end, new rings and gasket because I noticed I'm burning oil and leaking a bit of oil at the head gasket. Now I haven't had issues with it, but I thought I might change the cam chain while I'm in there as preventative maintenance but I'm having a hard time finding a...

Hey all, I did a basic inspection of the bike a while ago and noticed there's not a lot of meat left on the upper motor mount bushings to the point where the engine is slanted to the right looking head on. I've look around and cant find much on them, maybe I'm using the wrong keywords? I'm not...

Hey all, It's been a while since I've posted anything on the forums and I come with a question. The situation; I picked up my bike used Nov of last year, and the previous owner didn't at all take care of the bike, failing to do basic maintenance. As such the carbs needed cleaning or a rebuild...

Hello all, I'm back with another question. As it is now spring, I've been out working on my bike. Doing wiring, cleaning it up, the works of restoring an old bike. I noticed my clutch wouldn't disengage, I don't recall it doing that when I changed the oil then let it sit for the winter, So it's...

Back with another question for my XS400g cafe racer, I would like to remake my instrument cluster to be slimmer with an Arduino. My question is, whats the ratio for the cables going to the mechanical Tach and Speedo?

I got a new (I'll be it cheap) headlight for my xs400 and I'm pretty sure, not positive, but pretty sure I got the wiring correct and when I turn the key the tail light comes on and works but the head light doesn't. is the XS400G Special 2 the kind of bike that waits for the engine to reach a...

Hi all, Just bought a used xs400. not sure what year or model, the reg papers just say 1980 xs400 but I'm not so sure... It's got wire wheels and drum brakes with an electric starter. haven't read up on that combo much but I'm guessing its an XS400H based on wiring diagrams. I'll upload pics...