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Hello everyone! I'm running into a few snags as I'm attempting to figure out my fueling settings. First off, the bike has pods and straight pipes, so jetting has been changed to 142.5 mains, 45 pilots, and a washer on each needle to raise it. Mixture screws are at about 2 to 1.5 screws out...

Alright, been reading about adjusting the needle to richen up the midrange and am running into a couple questions. To richen, you would add shims on top of the spacer that is already there (my needle is non-adjustable), correct? And can I order this needle from mikesxs and have the luxury of an...

(How's that for a descriptive title?) Alright, I have some questions for you XS masters. Sorry for the wall of text, but any help is appreciated! Also, I don't have my bike at my apartment, or even in the same state as me, so some of these questions I could solve myself but I just don't have...

Hello again everyone! I am almost ready to ride, but I am leaking a bit of oil from the oil pressure sender and was wondering if anyone knew of a sender from another vehicle that would work or if there is some sort of easy fix for it. Thanks! Posted via Mobile

So ever since readjusting the valves and getting everything working again, the right hand side of the top end has had a ticking noise. With a wooden dowel against the exhaust valve area, I can hear the ticking loudest at the upper fins. The bike sounds and runs great as far as I can tell (no...

Hello everyone! I recently adjusted the valves (for the first time) on the XS, which ran great with a little valve noise before the adjustment, and it seems that a couple valves are now staying closed after some investigation. I used .004 for the intake side and .007 for the exhaust and set them...

I'm in need of a 1979 XS400 seat. No major damage would be great. Pic for reference: Thanks!

I'm beginning to round up the last few pieces to my bike and have gotten stuck on what I am going to do for rearsets multiple times through my build. I need a folding peg option since my bike is kick only and I think that the kickstart won't have enough clearance otherwise (please tell me if...

Hello again everyone! I'm going to be heading up to a motorcycle salvage yard in the next few days while I'm up in Washington working on my bike and I'm going on a hunt for an 18" rear wheel for my 82 Heritage Special. As far as I know, the axle size should be 17mm for the rear wheel. Will any...

Anyone know what this seat came off of? I might need to find me one...

Hello everyone! I am on the hunt for an 18" spoked rear wheel, preferably with a drum brake. I would be willing to drive a reasonable distance or possibly pay shipping, depending on the cost. Hoping to find one in the next couple weeks so I can throw it on my cafe project when I'm up in...

Hello everyone and welcome to my build thread! My name is Dan and this is my first motorcycle and project I have ever gotten to do, so I'm really excited to get this thing going and on the road in time for our amazing upcoming PNW summer. The History I began looking for a bike about 2 or so...

Hello everyone! I just started getting to work on my very first XS400 (and motorcycle at that). I'm going to do kick-only and just purchased this battery from BatteriesPlus earlier today: Now for the questions... I've seen people post pictures of them running batteries similar to this with...

Hello everyone! I've just recently become the owner of an '82 XS400SJ (my first motorcycle!) and am not digging the teardrop tank as much as I had hoped for the cafe build I'm envisioning. I'm searching for the square/boxy tank that is found on mid-late 70's XS400s and also found on XS360s...