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Hi all, Recently while riding my my turn signals died out of the blue. I went home and found that the problem actually included the horn and the tail, indicator, and turn signal lights. I blew the fuse on that circuit. When I replaced the fuse I found that the problem occurs when the front or...

I started my bike for the first time in quite a while, and the bike is very loud. The sound coming from the engine sounds like a loud clunking, not too different from the ticks the engine usually makes but quite loud. I did read that these bikes are loud when the valves are adjusted on the loose...

My bike had been misfiring and generally riding quite rough, so I decided to try to dial in the ignition timing. After setting my ignition timing statically, which in my specific situation led to concerns about having slightly bent a valve from sticking stuff down the spark plug hole, I tried...

I was trying to set my timing today. I don't have the stock flywheel on, so I was trying to find top dead center and measure the timing using a degree wheel. I went about doing this by making a stopper that screws in to the spark plug hole out of a plug and some hardware. Then I opened the...

So I took my XS on a first attempted road trip earlier this week, and I now have a couple concerns with the bikes ability to handle touring. Before I left I had the bike in what I judged to be top condition. Started first kick when I judged the temp right, idled steadily, pulled evenly, sparks...

I just finished upgrading my bike to a pma charging system, and since it went so well I figured I'd write up a guide for it to give back a little to the community. The fragmentary information from the thread we have on this forum isn't really of much help. This isn't a difficult project, but it...

I've got the fork stanchion with the innards for a smaller xs, I think the 250 and 360. I've also got the left lower fork leg for and xs400, one without the caliper mounts

I've upgraded my charging system, so if you need any of the parts related, including flywheel, starter clutch, starter motor, stator coils, regulator, rectifier etc.... contact me and I'll hook you up with pics

So I am in the process of updating my bike to a pma charging system, and when removing the stator from the crankshaft I noticed that it is much heavier than the flywheel I plan to put on. My memory thinks it must have been at least twice as heavy. Does anybody have any experience or guesses on...

I'm in the process of trying to upgrade the charging system on my xs400, and am trying to figure out how to mount the stator to the engine case. I saw in the thread on this forum about a member who did it who just slapped a metal plate between the casing and outer shell and sealed the gaps with...

HI all, I got my bike running about a month ago and I got the carbs synced up and the idle dialed in. If I remember correctly I'm 2 7/8 out on the left idle mix screw and 3 1/4 on the right. Before I even started it for the firsts time, I went up one size in jets to 142.5 and raised the needle...

So I had the wheels off my bike I while ago, doing tires and bearings and whatnot, and after putting them back on, I noticed the rear wheel wasn't centered. I was noticeably closer to the drive side. I figured it was the chain tensioners not inline, but it wasn't, and everything checked out. I...

Hey guys, I screwed school and tried to get my bike running today, but I ran into a couple problems. First, I spent three (3) hours trying to get my brake lines filled, and the front brake line still wont fill :banghead:. I bled the master cylinder, which was bought new, and that worked...

I've seen that the dual brake set-up seems to be something that some of the gurus on this thread favor, but after general reading online, I've got the impression that they may not be necessarily beneficial. First, how are the stock brakes? Can you lock up the wheel? Is fading a serious problem...

Looking for one of the early 360 and 250 disk model left fork legs so that I can run dual disks on my new xs.

Hi all, I'm new to the forums, and the world of bikes in general, and I figured I'd just introduce myself. I did already post one thread listing almost of the bolts on the xs400 in stainless, which I hope will be useful to some. It can be found...

First off, hi. This is my first post on the forums. I'm a kid living in Pittsburgh, and I just got my XS400 about a month ago. I'll post a proper introduction some time in the near future. Anyway, I've spent the last couple days pulling off and measuring every nut and bolt I could get my hands...