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Has anyone had any luck replacing the stock rectifier and voltage regulator (two separate components) with one of the combination regulator rectifier units out there? I recently replaced my voltage regulator with a BWD R296 per this thread. It worked fine for about two weeks, then the regulator...

So here's one for you... I'm nearing the end of my '80 XS400G project (original post here) and am having an issue that only rears its head when the bike warms up and has been ridden a mile or two. First symptom is the idle: with the clutch in or while stopped at an intersection, the idle will...

So, I've got a new set of carb boots on my 80 XS400G. I'm ready to mount a set of stock BS34 carbs which are, obviously, bolted together as one "unit." Any advice on how to finagle the carbs into those boots? It's so tight and I can kinda rotate one in, but never the other, and never both at...

Hey all. I picked up a low mileage but long-neglected 1979 XS400 for a song that the PO had started chopping up into a cafe build. The bike had been sitting for a long time and was not running. The cafe style is what I was going for anyway and I'm at the stage where I'd like to get her running...