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    82 xs400 need help

    OK so I got the wire fixed and what I'm doing is using a piece of wire instead of that fuse so what I'm at right now is when I put the wire line the tag light and the brake light will work but if I take the wire out and put the fuse back in it won't do nothing
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    82 xs400 need help

    I found out there's a wire that comes out of the alternator and it was completely broken touching the inside where the sprocket is. Does anyone know the precise order of the wires that goes to the fuse panel the wiring diagrams aren't helping me
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    82 xs400 need help

    Well the smoke was coming from the bottom of the engine and that's the only wires I know of
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    82 xs400 need help

    Well earlier I tried another fuse and it started smoking down at my generated cover on the motor does that mean there's a short or a bad ground sorry I suck at doing wiring
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    82 xs400 need help

    Hi all I know there's threads bout this but I thought I'd start my own well here goes I have a 82 xs400 special and I bought the bike bout 2 years ago rode a couple days not far cause it had problems but it did wanna crank back then so I started painting it in the mean time I changed the...
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    transforming into a bobber

    Good idea
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    transforming into a bobber

    Well ya see I think that will be the simplest besides moving my wires and taillight
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    transforming into a bobber

    See fubar I was thinking bout cutting it right after the shock bolt so ill still have the swing arm
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    transforming into a bobber

    Well I know that I am a welder just wasn't sure what the jig did
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    transforming into a bobber

    Well that's the problem I don't know what I'm doing this will be my first custom bobber
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    transforming into a bobber

    What's that for
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    transforming into a bobber

    Well thanks and yes my 400 looked like it was buried when I got her so painted her florescent green so she's the green machine
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    transforming into a bobber

    Ok so here's what I got I've had a 1981 xs400 special for about a year now I've done painted it but now I think I wanna go crazy and make it a bobber. well my buddy has a sportster peanut tank I'm gonna put on it and some longer forks but I'm not sure where to start doing this. I'm a pretty...
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    not so new build restor job

    Oh OK well sorry I couldn't help
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    not so new build restor job

    My fuses used to blow all the time and realized it was my main fuse(20amp) in the sleeve back by the tail light might be your prob
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This is the finished product left side

    IMG 20111218 171732 This is the finished product left side

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    my 400 build

    So Ive finished painting the bike ands unlike any Yamaha I've seen but it looks awesome to me ill post some pics once I figure out how
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    Mikuni BS34 air intake jets/passages

    Thanks hough I think I got the idle right now ya see I would set the idle screw then turn the throttle cable boy was I wrong but this is my first bike so I'm learning
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