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Has anyone welded in a new fuel cap into their petrol tank. Im looking at a round screw in style. Can it be done?

has anybody tried to go to a 420 chain? any luck?

All, I just wanted to pass along a recommendation on a set of decent quality and very very affordable luggage that I have used for years on my 81 XS400 Special. For about $50 for a full set of luggage, this was one of the best buys I ever made for my bike. The saddle bags fit very nicely...

So I'm doing a bike for a customer. It's a 1980 XS400 that i will be hard tailing. Fabrication is not the worry as much as this will be my first custom harness on a Yamaha. Before you all start flipping your shit, I have used the search function on you'er site! I didn't find what I needed, so I...

Hi. Just introducing myself at this forum. Bought myself a cheap bike to get from and to work and maybe some weekend crusing. Then I needed to find some info about the bike, googled it and found this forum :) Now I check it everyday and get more and more inspired to make my bike a...

Hi my name is Justin and I recently purchased a mid-eighties xs 400 motor and I got the motor itself, the wiring harness, and the necessary cables for operation. I've always tinkered with old harley davidson motorcycles so the wiring harness on this thing is a giant headache! I'm planning on...

Im gonna have my seat upholstered and I was wondering what my bike would look like If I asked them to shave down the foam so that its the same level from front to back. Same style the honda cb's have. Has anyone done this? If so can you post pictures please. Thanks!!

Hello all, Just want to introduce myself as well as my new project. Picked up a 1976 xs360 over the weekend and I couldn't be happier. A short and sour background. I grew up in a motorcycle household. My father was always working on something new. When I turned 16, he gave me his first bike...

Hi there, this is my half-done xs400, I'm new in bike customizing, want to hear comments and suggestions from experienced people like you are. Thank you.

here is my first bike, a 1979 xs400.i have traded her 2 times and allways end up buying her back.i decided it was time to do her justiceGotta love my high tech spray booth:laugh:

So I have been doing research on the forum, posting here and there but have not had a whole lot to show for it. My 80 xs is my primary form of transport which makes a bit difficult to do any major work on it. I finally bit the bullet and ordered parts and commissioned some work, like a new...

Hey guys, i'll be putting a video of my mac 2-2 exhaust system on tomorrow. It'll be in a link on the garage section of this forum and on my profile. Not sure how good the quality will be as its going to be taking with a rather *cough cough* sub par camera. Anyway check it out tomorrow. SOUNDS...

http://www.pipeburn.com/home/2012/2/21/1976-yamaha-xs360-bombshell-customs.html WOW, all I can say is WOW! To quote the creator "It was like a bobber fucked a cafe racer and gave birth to a boardtracker - or something like that."

Congratulations,Drewpy.saw your bike in the horse today.awesome:thumbsup:

So, I have noticed an increasing frequency of electric motorcycle conversions online, and I must say that I am interested! These guys claim to have built their complete conversions for as little as $1000, and the cost to recharge them roughly correlates to getting 300 to 400 mpg :yikes:. Top...

So, I bought a pair of XS400's for a pretty solid price. Here's the catch - they're in boxes. So I'm going to make a cafe racer, and figure out the other bike later (possibly just part out) The '79 frame is slightly modified. Most tabs were cut off, etc. The guy had planned to make it into...

just remembered a thread in the TCU that a few of you might be interested in. 2 in 1 manifolds for sohc or dohc http://www.thechopperunderground.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37642&st :thumbsup:

This is my 1978 xs 400 in the process of modding into a Cafe/Vintage racer. This is what I have so far until I can scrounge up some money for a new seat, rear sets, and a over bore kit. Got to love the blacked out look.:bike:

Has anyone yet mounted an alien style gas tank on the XS 400? I'm curious how that would fit and look like with the tripple backbone.

I keep looking at EFI the more I look at the carbs, I'm considering learning how to convert bikes to EFI for two reasons: I hate carburetors, and it might make me some good money as I have quite a few friends interested in converting to EFI but not interested in experimenting.