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So I picked up another project bike, it's an XS, but an 1100, not a 400, 1979 XS1100 Special. Completely original, bought from the original owner with 23,000 kilometers on it, that's just over 14,000 miles for those south of the border, and paid $400 for it, so I'm quite happy with my purchase...

Hi all, been away a while, very busy summer and very little progress on the bike, just getting going on the rewire, and ran into an issue with how to wire the field coil of the AC generator. All of the wiring schematics for bikes with the points style ignition with no TCI show the green wire...

Since introducing myself in the Lounge, I've made some progress, and figured I'd start a build thread where it belongs, not in the Lounge so here goes... This is the bike as I got it. Doesn't run, hasn't run in several years, but stored indoors, so it shouldn't be too bad right? PO put a set of...

Hi everyone, I just picked up a 1978 XS400 and it needs a lot of work. The previous owner started to turn it into a cafe racer, cut the rear frame, bought a cafe style seat, and put a set of grips and handlebar end mirrors on it, but then ran out of time and space to do it, so it sat in a...