adjustment

Hi, need some advice for getting my bike running right. It’s an xs400se The main issue right now is the rev hang it has on idle. And occasionally won’t idle will just stall, or when idling and going to throttle it cuts out. On warmer days it will idle but have rev hang. Guessing it’s running...

Tore my carbs apart and cleaned them thoroughly with carb cleaner. Set the timing to be fairly accurate and point gap is perfect. Valve clearances all within spec on the tighter side (quite quiet now, might have read my old posts on the valve train noise, has all but gone away now with valves in...

Hey, Changed my oil and adjusted valve clearances yesterday, now valves all within spec. Took a video before right cylinder intake valve was set properly. Didnt like the sound so went back over and checked all clearances. I just did a poor job on one of them (was .003 out! on an intake valve...

I got a new clutch cable last year, and having ridden a fair amount so far this year I've noticed the friction zone being at the very end of the levers throw (furtherest distance from the hand grip). I am going to adjust the clutch this weekend like I have in the past, but just wanted to see...

So I've got a stock 1981 XS400, stock carbs (running cylinder air filters). My bike idles well once its warmed up, but it behaves very strangely sometimes. Once idling well, if I give it gas, the idle jumps up to about 3-4000RPM and stays there, and eventually returns after a few seconds. I...

So I just got my bike up and running after giving the carbs a nice clean. However, there is obviously some adjustments that need to be made. Whenever I hit the gas the revs drop a little then go way up and stay up for a while. The throttle is EXTREMELY laggy (in other words). What's the deal...