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Yes sir.

XSChris illustrates why measuring like you're measuring is more realiable. When you measure the actual float height, bowl off, carb upside down, depending on your model, the numbers can be different and confusing. No matter what the carb, if you measure the fuel level with the carb installed...

Harbor Freight will often have their midline multimeter on sale for ~$15. Had mine for a few years...still works fine.

Find a local metal supply place and buy mild steel tubing. A 6' section should cost you no more than $20.

Yeah, if you're experiencing problems like that, your plugs will not look "fine".

Have you looked into moto/dirt bike fork tubes?

FYI, CBR929RR triples will accept those tubes and are the right size for the neck tube of the XS400 frame. I have a set but haven't mocked them up, so I can't verify 100% on that, but they do use the same bearings.

Why don't you buy a stock 18" rear disc mag and use the stock rear disc parts??? But yeah, if you have access to a machine shop that could make you a 4 hole (drive sprocket has 4 holes) to 6 hole spacer, sure.

Yeah..how do you propose fitting a drive sprocket to it? Drum brake is def different too. If you have a disc brake, I doubt it lines up with the rear caliper.

Goin out on a limb here, but probably a place that sells lawn and garden supplies. ;) Do you Canucks have Home Depot or Lowes?

It reminds be back in the late 90s when I had a Passat turbo. Everyone was freaking out cause the manual recommended 95 octane and no one could find it and was asking if they needed to add octane booster. They finally realized that the octane rec was RON and the 91 octane here in the states...

Here ya go. http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MI Desmond Marine.

Not 100% on those Seca wheels, but I do know the 18" disc mags from the 77/78 XS400 will fit. But you'll have to do a drum to disc conversion.

Not on the newer emission controlled bikes. I want to say starting in 1980, the carbs had those plugs. You can remove them, however.

Some of those tips can be used for other types of builds as well. It annoys the crap outta me when someone's sissy bar isn't the same angle as the forks.

Ah, Ok, I think I understand (or perhaps not). ;) Given that the "signal" to fire the coil is the point grounding, when you attach the leads from both cylinders, one will always have power to it and will never fire??

Why would that matter. The coil fires when the ignition signals it to. If he hooks both wires from the old coils, to the posts on the new coil, it should receive the signal to fire every time it's needed, yes?

Looks like an early 70's Casal 197 https://www.google.com/search?q=casal+k197&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=SCL&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=me78UoDoCMLz0gHw9oCABQ&ved=0CCwQsAQ&biw=1235&bih=485 Here's some info if you can read Espanol. :)...

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What pullies/sprockets are you gonna use? That's where the $$ will be unless you can repurpose pullies from another bike. Also, have you actually checked the prices on the belt you're gonna need? Last time I bought a belt for my Sportster, the cheapest I could find was $100. I'm thinking...