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    For Sale - 78 2e for sale seized engine lots of extras $500 STL

    I am selling my 78 http://www.xs400.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9991 The engine locked up last night. It was not knocking and was running well. I don't know what the problem is. I have the bike as it sits along with most of an 81 minus the frame. I am told that the 81 engine was run out of...
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    Tach screw fix question

    Is there any way to replace that little Philips head screw on the Tach face? I have 3 tachs and all of them have one screw that fell out and is rolling around under the glass. It appears to me as if that metal bezel has the edges rolled over the body. Is there a non destructive way to remove...
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    Just ran my '78 down the 1/4 mile

    I just got back from the "midnight madness" event here in St.Louis. My little xs400 was the smallest bike there by far. It was 1/3 the size of most of the bikes ('busas and zx14) I did a few passes with the fastest being a 16.43 @75.00. I felt like the little bike was not pulling hard...
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    My '78 2e Build

    After a long wait I am finally putting my XS back together. I have added a rear loop to the frame and built a tray to go under the seat for my battery and electronics. My kids demanded that if I modify the little XS it needed to still be 2 up. With that in mind I built a "brat style" seat...
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    Hello, new here. 79 xs400 won't run

    Hello, My name is Jeremy. I live near St.Louis mo. In a small town in IL. I am the service manager in a bicycle shop. I recently picked up a "barn find" '78 XS400. It is pretty rough. The chrome parts are pretty much shot and the tires are weather checked pretty bad. After alot of...
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