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    Help a confused guy out with a SOHC camshaft install

    So I am rebuilding the engine and I am at the point where I need to install the camshaft. I have read every thread, topic, and manual entry on how to do this and I am still confused as to what/where the "pip" is on the camshaft in the following sentence: Insert camshaft so that the bolt-hole...
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    How To Lower the front of a 1980 xs400 and then modify the side stand...?

    Part 1: So during the rebuild of the xs400, I have a great opportunity to lower the forks as the engine is removed. I read in some other posts, you just unclamp the fork tubes and slide the triple tree down. I attempted this yesterday and much to my dismay, the top of the fork tube where the...
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    So I screwed up this morning and as a result, I am shifting to a single carb xs400

    First off, hello all. I recently bought an 80 xs400 for my g/f as a learner bike. The machine was not running and was knocked over a week prior when parked on the street. Earlier this weekend I took out the carbs to clean them up and see if I could find why the bike would not start(the engine...
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