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Hey Dudes, Was just wandering if anyone on here has ever made/bought a set of sweeper style exhaust pipes for their XS400. Was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Cheers People! B-)

I'm in southern British Columbia. If I was to get one of Travis's hard tail kits does anyone know of some one in B.C., Alberta or Washington state that could weld it up for me? seniorbobber

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

I'm just about to the point where I'm going to need to weld some stuff. I can't weld, yet. Wondering if any of you live near Roch, MN and would give a helping hand. Pizza and homebrew beer guaranteed. :thumbsup:

I am looking for someone to help me machine a few parts on a lathe. I will be able to send either hand drawn and dimensioned plans or I could possibly get someone to do cad drawing as well. Any Takers? Logan

Well by the pics here you will see that I obviously been on these forums a ton. So Helpful I cant even tell you. had this bike for about two years now and fell in love with the bare bones bike and also the guy that did his variation. Nothing new on it just another version of the style I...

I'm beginning to round up the last few pieces to my bike and have gotten stuck on what I am going to do for rearsets multiple times through my build. I need a folding peg option since my bike is kick only and I think that the kickstart won't have enough clearance otherwise (please tell me if...

Hey! I guess it's about time that I introduce myself since a became an xs400 owner yesterday :bike: I read through quite a lot of threads here before buying the bike and you guys sound very helpful and welcoming. So, I'm from Kiev, Ukraine and the bike I bought appeared to be a 4g5 model which...

I recently got a '72 Yamaha LS2 from a guy a bit north. I was looking for an XS, but he had this bike and gave it to me for free. It was his grandpa's, and it was given to him. He didn't have the time or motivation to do anything with it, so he gave it to me, on the condition that he get to see...

I just knocked out flanges for 10 XS400 single carb intake manifolds. Material is ordered to finish the manifolds next week... TIG time!!! All 6061 T6 aluminum, CNC flanges, TIG welded, with optional vacuum tap and either straight back or out the side carb location. Manifolds will be...

Hey Guys, I've been looking around online for good DIY lift plans, since a decent quality lift starts around $500 locally. This is the best model I've found so far, so I figured I'd share the info if anyone else was looking to build a lift. Normally I'm the kind of guy to just look at pictures...

So, I'm rebuilding my little tracker for the second time after getting hit for the second time! Idiot drivers, :banghead: I'm taking it from a pretty basic cleaned up street tracker look to a little bit more of a dirt tracker/dirt bike/trials bike/bratty look if that makes sense at all...hahaha...

Hey guys let see if we can work together and come up with a good design for a bicycle rack for an XS400. i have a maxim so it is a bit different the the sohc bikes but i'm sure you guys have some great ideas. I'm going to draw up some ideas and post em some time today. (by hand, I haven;t used...

So, I got my hardtail kit from Trav about a month ago, here she is. Handmade back bone, 9" stretch, handmade gussets. Next gonna cut out the mid control/swingarm mount area and replace with tubing and put in cross braces. Took pictures the whole way along and will be starting a build thread...

Here is my first project, I'm feeling lazy so I'm just copying and pasting from another forum post. Not reallt sure you can consider a bike a bobber if your fabricating over half of the frame, So I guess this one would be considered a chopper. As she sat as of 3:30 today...

Hey everyone, I just bought me a 82 XS400 a couple of weeks ago. No title, no front wheel, no handlebars, no controls, no seat, no fenders, no front brakes. . . Perfect for a flat track race bike. Been pulling off relays, flashers, kickstand kill switches, and other fluff. I have spark...

I thought I'd show you guys what I've been up to over the weekend (and a couple of nights last week). Last spring I got some heavy steel plates off of Craigslist to use as a top for a smallish welding/fixture table. Here's a picture of them on the temporary stand I made when I first got...

i started flattracking in 1968. thru the years i have built countless xs650, tt-sr500, yz, you name it, bikes for the dirt oval. i have hooked up with some guys that allow over 50 yr old riders to ride whatever they want. i have bikes, but thought as a whim, i would build my first ever xs400...

My buddy has a Miller plasma cutter & inverter welder which I use for most fab shit, but I'm looking at getting O/A bottles for heating/bending & real small welding & thick cutting. Last night I stumbled onto this contraption. I been researching it on the ol' webnet for a good part of today . ...

Starting my winter project, a cafe build: Project Buffet Racer. Hope to have it done for the spring. Base bike is a 1980 XS400 Special II. Saw a how-to on Youtube showing how to build a cafe seat and cowl from steel rod, thought I would give it a try: First things first, chop rear rails...