cafe

Until today I hadn't even heard of this bike. Now I own one and holy hell...:yikes: I love this thing. Its a 78 already cafe'd out and i plan for more mods and tweaks. I'd love some ideas and pics of custom mods out there. Take a look. I do plan on removing the emblems and...

Hey guys (second thread of the day, I know). I've just completed fabricating a seat out of Fiberglass and am in the process of sanding it down right now. I'm going to paint it pretty soon. What would you do and how would you do it? Here's the things I'm gonna need painted. -2 Side covers...

Hi guys, Im new on the forum and wanted to say hi to you all. some very cool bikes on here. :) Here's my xs 400 cafe project. At the moment modifications include nitroheads style seat, headlight brackets, pod filters and LED indicators. Future mods include clip ons and black wheels. :)

Im a little new to the cafe racer scene. I have a 81' xs 400 special in pretty good shape all original so I dont want to change it too much. But does anyone know if the is cafe style seat that wouldn't take any modifactions to the frame, just removing other parts.

Hi. I am brand new to the site so please forgive me for sounding so newbie. I just picked up a 1981 xs400sh. Completely stock. I am completely obsessed with it especially after seeing all of the cool things you guys have done with yours on here. I finally just got it running and that is going...

Hey guys, (just posted this on yamaha club too) Just picked up a cool xs400h. Bought it not running but got it to run this weekend. Ive got a few issues with it. At first it would not idle but gradually came down to a steady smooth idle at about 1200rpm. I took it for a quick ride and It has...

Update on tires... I went for a ride down to Bondi the other evening and on the way home the bike felt a bit sloppy. I thought I might have eaten too much for dinner but the next day I discovered that the front tyre had a screw sticking out of it and had gone completely flat... Seemed like...

Hello XS400 Forum :thumbsup: Hi all just picked up a new project bike to be a Cafe Racer, just picked up a XS400, its currently in bits but got it for next to nothing. I'm confused about what year the engine and frame are, the engine starts with 2A2 and the frame starts with 2L0, can anyone...

hey I have an xs650 and I'm also working on a friends xs400... heres a few pix of the tail section I did for his bike