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    For Sale - 1980 XS400 G for sale

    I have a 1980 XS400 G to sell. Its all there and has a clean NY title. It runs but needs some fine tuning in the carb dept. Trans,brakes and charging system all good. To many projects in front of me and its gottsta go. $450.00 . Warrensburg NY E-mail me at rphub@localnet.com ( no tire kickers )
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    Points vs elect conversion.

    Back in the late 70s HD converted to elect ign. 1979 i believe. At that time all the old school die hards were cenverting them back to points ign using the argument that if it died on the road you could easly get er going. All they did was change the elect assenbly with a breaker plate unit and...
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    Slow to return to idle

    After letting off the gas , it takes as long as 20 seconds to settle down. I have had these carbs off and cleaned throughly many times and replaced the pilot jets and diaphrams and also made sure the slides are nice and clean and close freely when on the bench. I am starting to think there is...
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    trouble bleeding

    If you are like me, every once and a while you run into a problem that defies conventional methods. If you have ever had a set of front or rear brakes you just couldn't get the air out of then try this. IT WORKS. Assuming you dont have a vacuum bleeder kit then just get the trusty old shop vac...
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    Positive ID

    OK lads [I] am the newest of the newbes here and I have a couple of questions. I cant find the model#s on the barbs on my 80 XS400 .I know they should be BS34 and cant find a very descriptive pic anywhere. Secondly There is mentioned that some manuals are wrong on the float settings . Mine were...
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