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Hello! It's probably not the best thing to do, but I love the look of knobbies on street bikes. Such as this one: Do you guys know what they are or similar style tires that fit our bikes?

Thanks everyone for all the awesome ideas, the JB Weld (similar brand) did not work, it just came off, what I ended up doing was to grind the plastic around the screw head off with a Dremel and crack the cover in the corner, it doesn't look pretty now, but I went to buy 4 new screws and I will...

Which one did you get and from where?

I could do that if the screw extractor was not blocking the way, like I said it feels hard as a diamond

I can't drill any more, because the screw removal tool got chipped (twice) and jammed itself in the drilled hole, since the screw removal tool is so freaking solid, I can't drill past it, but I will try the JB weld trick.

I don't have a welder, but that would just melt the plastic reservoir wouldn't it? I like your idea with JB Weld, I will give that a shot tomorrow. But basically I would just us it as glue and attach a bolt to the whole mess and wait for it to harden and then use a wrench and give it a go?

Dear fellow enthusiast, I'm no mechanic but I thought it would be easy to change my brake fluid on my '82 XS400. • So I got the the brake fluid. • I hooked up the clear plastic tube to the drain plug and put the other end in a container with the end submerged in new fluid. • I opened the...

Hello! My bike is super low, since I have an almost no existant seat and in corners if I am not careful the stand and frame hits the ground. Now, I measured my rear shocks and I believe they are 315mm long, and I would like to get some longer ones, preferably black ones like these...

I always notice a small amount of oil under my bike when it's been sitting for a while, so I decided to measure how much it's actually leaking and my question to you is how much is normal? I snapped a picture of the amount of oil collected after a week and it's not much. Do I need to worry?

The idle screw is now set so the engine idles in a comfortable level when warm. Should I still adjust it to something else? I will have to research what the whole Vacuum leak means:-)

Hey! I have a question about throttle response. When I snap the throttle to give a quick gas it takes literally seconds for the engine to go back to idling even though the throttle itself rolls back immediately. But I am used to more modern bikes, so I don't know what to expect. Or what can be...

I went with the 9mm which was a perfect fit, not super bright but readable In the manual it says there are 3 lamps behind the speedo but I only found one... This is the one I used http://www.kjell.com/sortiment/el/biltillbehor/belysning/led-lampa-ba9s-p63295#ProductDetailedInformation

I used this one on my -82 and it works well, not super bright but it's readable when it's pitch-dark. http://www.kjell.com/sortiment/el/biltillbehor/belysning/led-lampa-ba9s-p63295#ProductDetailedInformation

Are these for the backlight of the speedometer. Is the same fit as this the stock one?

Where? Do you know what they are called so I can try to do a search online? I'm trying to do this in Sweden :-)

Mine look like this and it says Stanley 12V3,4W and I have no idea where to get another one as mine is broken. Can it be replaced with something else?

Hello! I only went on two rides with my XS400 before winter struck here in Sweden, and to my knowledge it ran well. Now, my previous bike was a modern bike - 08 Suzuki SV650 which of course is a totally different machine. I guess my question is, how do you know how it is suppose to run and feel...

You were absolutely right, silly of me, thanks for the input.

Ah that sucks but thanks for the heads up, then my next question doesn't anyone know what the L.E.Ds are called that I am looking for?

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