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Its alive ! few loose ends to tie up but here is the almost finished product:

Hey guys been paging through the pdf manuals and found resistance values but no real good description on how to test the coil for primary and secondary resistance. Please advice what terminals i need to hook up my ohmeter too. Seems like a dumb question but i am not getting any values from...

Hey guys, Got my intake installed and tried to fire the bike up. It will not start. Have spark on right cylinder and weak spark on the left cylinder (already replaced coils) and they check out fine on ohm test. If i shoot some starting fluid in the "single carb" it will back fire out the...

Should my head light turn on when the key is in the on positon on a 81 xs400 or does the engine need to be running ?

Is anyone running velocity stacks on there xs400? I am looking for a place to buy and would like to know what inside diameter you went with? If you would care to share your jetting setup too that would be awesome. Thanks,

How many of you are running a 2 into 1 intake with a single carb? I am going to run a stock single carb on my 81 XS and if anyone else is out there with a similar setup I would love to hear what you are running for jetting / tuning.

Hey guys I have a Benjies fiberglass tank that came with new petcocks but these new petcocks do not have a port for the vacuum hose that attaches to the carbs like the stock tank / petcock had. Is this goinig to be a problem with my stock XS400 carbs? Does it need this vacuum line to draw fuel...

Hey guys any info on where to purchase and what part to order for a shorter clutch cable for my 1981 Yamaha XS 400 Special II ? The clutch cable is way to long for my cafe build.

Hey guys I have a 1981 XS400 Special II I had the wiring harness off and now I am confused on the Ignition coil connectors. On the harness side one has a grey wire and one with a red/white wire and the other connector has an orange wire and one with a red/white one. My coils both have Orange...

Hey Guys, I am new to the XS400 forum and thought i would share my xs400 special II cafe build. Check out my do the ton link for all the details to date. Installing a Benjies Cafe Dolphin tank / seat combo, ordered it for an xs650 so we will see how much frame modification will be needed for it...