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hey guys! its been a while since i have posted or even thought of my old '78. i want to get her running again so i can enjoy her when the summer comes so heres a little backstory. A few years back (about 3-4ish years ago) i had bought my first motorcycle...this '78 xs400 for 200bucks i enjoyed...

Alright, so winter is over snow is off the ground and its time to ride, or so I thought. I lost my keys in a house fire a week ago, so I figured I would rig it up with a toggle and finally finish my cafe project. I figured I better get the seat off first and jump it to see if it would start, get...

well guys, i decided to do a cafe style bike.........shes a 78 xs400(of course) got her last year for 250 bucks as a none running bike, previous owner said all it needed was an ignition, she took it out to get a new key made for it or something, she said it had "clean" title (which i found to...

hey guys, ill be picking up a 75 xs500 as a project bike (turning it into a cafe bike) the problem is i cant find a rebuild kit for the front brake caliper for the 75 only the 76-whatever, will that work? or what

so, i got tired of the electrical tape seat i had and decided to redo my seat with a better looking material. Well about 20 buck and 2.5 hours later i ended up with this the seat without the electrical tape here is the seat after ripping off the old fabric and after 2.5 hours or so (like...

i no longer have a headlight and cluster lighting so i guess the question is how do i fix?

Hey how are you guys, as you can see from the title, i am from Minnesota, just bought a 1978 XS400 last night for 250 bucks, was sold to me as a "good running bike" but the ignition was gone, asked a question in another thread and got my answer so i will probably wire up a regular Dorman starter...

okay so i know there are a million questions about how to wire the ignition/changing it etc and this is another one of those questions, i cant seem to find the right answer so here it goes the previous owner of the bike took out the ignition switch to get keys made and lost it, so heres my...

Hey guys, i' am new to motorcycles and this forum, i just picked up an xs400 today for 250 bucks, needs an ignition switch and to be cleaned up a bit but it looks pretty nice, it was sold to me as "a good running bike" the person i bought it from removed the ignition switch to get new keys made...