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Hi all!! I have a new tire being delivered (late!) on Monday but need to get somewhere over the weekend. I have dry rot setting into my front tire. How risky would it be to do a 100 mile round trip on it?? Many thanks!!

Hi Guys, I'm looking for a replacement tire for my front Dunlop K81. Its a 3.60, 18incher. Does anyone out there know the metric convertion for this slag? I've been looking at conversion charts online and It doesn't mention 3.60, just 3.5-4.0 Am I safe to go with the 3.50 or will I be...

Hi All, I'm after a front brake cable asap and struggling to find one! Anyone have any leads as to where I could grab one online? Many thanks!

Here's a question... A 'friend' who claimed he was a dab hand with motorcycles was 'doing me a great favor' with tapping out a float pivot pin that had mushroomed out at one end. The bastard wasn't going anywhere. My genius idea was to file the end down so it could easily slip through but...

Hi, I have a 1980 xs400G special. In need for a carb body. The tower that holds the float on my old one has just cracked!!:yikes: Thanks in advance

Hi guys, Sorry, but, this is another repetative rookie question! I am currently taking the carbs apart and the screws are so ridiculously tight, I am just stripping the heads off the majority of them. I have tried soaking them in WD-40, the old 'use the hammer to loosen them up' trick and...

Hey all, I've been trying to get my XS400G to run smoothly for a few days now, went to go and clean the air filters (one looked like new and the other like below) and noticed that one of the air filter tubes was damper than the other. Would this explain the damage to the filter? Also, I...

Hi guys, Quick question....is it possible to use a 12n7-4a battery instead of the advised 12n12-4a battery for a 1980xs? Thanks in advance!

Hi All! I am very much a first timer to the motorcycle resoration scene, but really wanted the project over the winter months! I have just bought a 1980 XS400. Its got around 11,000 miles on it with, what I believe, minimal work to make it road worthy! Battery was dead so I have had a...