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    *shout out* Travelling thru Estern Europe on a Yamaha xs400F 1979

    haha, that is mildly put, but yea. But who knowes, might just last the trip home on one cylinder... ha. But Czech isnt that much of a detoure, lets see if i manage to fix it some how. If not, please people, just start bidding in what you need of spare parts ( damn that is gonna hurt), but...
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    *shout out* Travelling thru Estern Europe on a Yamaha xs400F 1979

    Thanks man. It has been a fantastic experince, sleeping in tent all over Europe n' meeting the most strange and friendly people. I'm on my way home, just catching croatia on the way. It's maybe around 2,5k km back home, so even if there should be a more "creative" solution, it would be much...
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    *shout out* Travelling thru Estern Europe on a Yamaha xs400F 1979

    Eastern Europe Emergancy (EEE?) Hello guys! I have been planning a trip to eastern Europe the last one and a'half year. This year in may i took off from Denmark; first stop, Poland. I went to all the bigger city's with a personal interest in polish cultur, from there to the High Tatra...
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    I'll try the mixture screws but Yep manometer have been on and synced.
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    Yep, and the plugs are the same. But tomorrow i'll try and put a new pair in. One of the types that's mentioned in the Hayns, BP7ES I believe.
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    so... my headache is the plug that still seems to get a too rich mixture, but how, I cant say?
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    Okay, long time no see! But much of that time, have been invested in the bike and let me just give an update; Willem: As i earlier said, my first try on fixing the "black start plug" prob. was to adjust the float hight, this only let to a starvation when reaching around 80 km/h, also my...
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  12. Yamaha XS 400D

    Yamaha XS 400D

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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    Ill try both filter and plugs and see if it helps. thanks for now!
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    but it does grip, no doubt about that! i can see on my description that it would sound like its not propperly gripping the aksel, but i doubt thats the problem, becaus its responds and at some point it goes away Again... but yea.. it sure sounds like it.
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    Well how can I els describe it: Its not the clutch that bothers me, but the pull of the motor afterwards? its as if the motor just cant get a propper grip at times? I might just be the fact that this old lady has gone 72000 km?
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    As for now, you are my MC demigod. I im just a stupid pessant prying to the gods (xs400.com = olympys) haha, but one day i will be HERCULES!... or not but your replys have been a great help and i thank you for that. I had it out for a run yesterday, there is still som strange actions on the...
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    link fixed! I went ahead and adjusted the float level on the left karburator. The result was positiv and ill take a ride tomorrow and see if the spark plug stays clean. Goodnigt! :)
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    petcock fixed, just a loose spring, pply hvae to replace it at some point.
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    So..... and yea, those lines must wait a bit, they are handy if the gastank should be needed beside the mc - and all of a sudden the petcock decided to run, even on ON, so.. :/
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    Troubleshooting of first ride gone wrong.

    Thanks for the feed back, i'll report back in a few, this time with the machine both off AND on ;)
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