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Hey guys, I am looking to trade my spoke wheels for the solid "mag" wheels I guess they are called. My bike is a 1980 XS400 Special II with drum brakes front/rear. The spokes could use a cleaning but they dont look too bad. Im mainly looking for the straight style mag wheels like the 79s had...

Hey guys, I just got done putting steel wool in my straight pipes to muffle them quite a bit and it worked awesome! But now I noticed after I rode it a little bit when I shut it done I heard a kind of "hissing" sound. I looked and saw what looked to be "steam" coming out of the air inlet side of...

Hey guys, when I got my bike the PO didnt have any air filters on it nor did he have any of the stock setup he tore off the bike. So now Im trying to look at pics of your guys different bikes to see what would work on mine. While searching I found 2 different looking boots. I noticed the only...

Hey guys, Ive been trying to search around and have been having terrible luck. Im really not familiar with older bike installations and am wondering if there is a source where I can see exactly how to install bar end mirrors on my clubman bars so that way I know what kind of connectors the...

Hey guys, you may have seen that I have already been posting around the forum, I tend to do that getting too excited about riding and projects that I forget to introduce myself. My name is Michael and I live in Reinholds, PA. I just bought my 1980 XS400 Special II a little over a week ago for...

Hey guys, I had just bought my xs400 and it came with straight pipes that are extremely LOUD and embarassing. Ive been getting alot of flak from people saying my bike sounds like an airplane or lawn mower. I hate even starting it to warm it up, on full choke you need to be 40 feet away from it...

Hey guys, I got to ride my.bike into work tonight and found a high idle issue. This is the first highway run for me. After I got off the highway and slowing down if I am coming to a stop and push the clutch in at any rpm higher than idle it will maintain that as idle or slowly increase even when...

Hey guys, Im new to the site and owning an XS400 but I do know my way around bikes a little bit. Anyways I just bought my 1980 XS400 Special II and it came with some issues, most of which I fixed except the tail light. When I got it the tail light only lit up as brakes were applied. So I looked...