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    For Sale - 1980 XS400sg in Dubuque, IA

    Complete bike and some parts for sale. Currently located in Dubuque, IA. I've returned to being a full time student and need the money but also don't have the time to care for the bike now. It's in good shape and I rode it often before going to seminary 2 yrs ago. It's been stored but not...
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    For Sale - DOHC Carbs

    DOHC Carbs- sold Carbs I picked up from EBay when I first got my motorcycle, before I found this forum or knew the difference between the DOHC and SOHC models. I've only barely taken them apart and haven't run them as they dont fit my ride. The diaphrams and springs are...
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    New Paint!

    Just showing off! The before pics are in my album.
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    need guage dampers

    bikebandit has them for $22 or something ridiculous. any other sources or suggestions? I'd like to keep the stock guages for now but without the dampers they will buzz or rattle or something for sure. The bike is a couple weeks from being ready to ride again b/c I have all these little things...
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    Oops, how do I fix my carb?

    I was leaking fuel from the intake on my carb so I took the carbs off to try and tighten things up and the damn thing sheared off! I'll try to attach a pic we'll see how this goes. Anyway, that little thing the fuel line attaches to was wiggling and leaking so I tried to turn the 12mm nut that...
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    Carb confusion...

    I have a 1980 sg and I'm having a hulluva time getting it started. When I bought it the guy had it running and I even took it for a spin. With the bike came an extra set of carbs with a broken post, but good for spares(except they are a different model?) When I got it home I took the carbs...
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    Stator removal

    So it sounds like the puller is a bad idea and I struck out on finding an m16- 1.5 bolt locally (. Nothing on ebay but I found a five pack on amazon for $15:( anyone have other ideas? Would an auto reapair shop be likely to have one of these bolts around?
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    what did I do to my throttle?!?!

    I pulled the carbs this afternoon to install the new boots I'd received. No problems there, easy to do. I got it all put back together with pod filters, gave it a couple kicks and it started right up. I let it idle for a little bit then reached for the throttle to no response! It didn't...
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    Intro and new bike (and questions!)

    Hello all. I've been lurking here for a couple months mostly just stalking the classifieds and reading as much as I can (kind of) understand. I figured that now that I've got some pictures I'll do a proper introduction. I bought my bike in December for $700 after some saving and a lot of...
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    electric start spins and spins and spins...

    I just bought an 80 xs400special that is a bit rough. It runs, but it is def cold blooded. anyway, I got a fresh battery charged it overnight, hooked it up and pressed the start button...nope. You could hear it catch some of the time and you could hear it just spinning some of the time. I...
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