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Finally had a chance to get a battery to get the bike running and attempt to get it back to my house for the teardown. I put the battery in and sprayed in a little starter fluid and the bike roared to life...but then stalled out. I got it to start three or four times but it won't stay running...

Had a chance to get her running today and I found that I had to start the bike with the choke all the way off (with some starter fluid) and then as the bike warmed up I had to have the choke all the way on or the idle would hang high. I think i have read about this problem elsewhere on the...

Sounds amazing to me. Just the right level of throaty-ness and a nice rumble at idle. Great job on a solid looking build. Props for the google doc on your build too. Trying to source the parts for a Maxim build now and that was a big help, at least for ideas. I don't know if its the echo...

Fantastic looking bike! How about a picture of you on it? I'm kind of having a hard time visualizing the position of your legs with the exhaust exit. I like the set-up and would consider something similar, as long as I know I wasn't BBQing my leg.

Not 100% sure. I thought I read that Maxim Tanks had slightly different mounting. Dime City Cycles is where I have been looking for alternate tanks. It lists all the tunnel dimensions for their custom tanks and they all seem to be significantly different. Their Wassel-Style P-Nut Tank has...

Thanks for the help on the valve clearance! I definitely would have been "doing it live", which might not have been the best methodology.

Right now with the bike having been stored in the elements for over a year, a full tear down is in order just to get everything back to working order, then upgrades. Looking forward to getting to know the bike and then making it into a lean, mean, fighting machine. Thanks for the tip on...

About 14,500. I guess my other question to the forum would be how different Maxim parts are to the older XS models. I see a ton of parts sites with XS400 parts and everything stops at 1982 usually. Any issues that people know to watch out for?

I recently got an opportunity to buy an 83 XS400K Maxim from a friend of mine, moving to Ohio. For the right price of only $400 I am not the proud owner of a bike that looks like is might have had a bit of a tough life. I have been combing the threads here to see what options I have for...