Hardk0re
XS400 Member
I was hunting for a project for a while, stumbled on two mistreated XS400's. The black one is being picked on right now and i'll use the red one for parts.
So far I got her running, plans to hard tail it just bridging the shock with a ridgid beam, and a spring seat. Every bolt/screw on this bike that was a regular service item seems to be rounded so far its been allot of screw out and bolt out tools required to get things appart.
All was going well until i realized why it was parked (at least this one), seems they attempted carb service and the pilot jet was rounded off in one of the carbs. Thankfully I have two bikes and the other had dirty but unmolested carbs. I need to find some small fine removal tool for such things but it looks pretty hopeless on that carb right now.
Here are my new babies:
So far I got her running, plans to hard tail it just bridging the shock with a ridgid beam, and a spring seat. Every bolt/screw on this bike that was a regular service item seems to be rounded so far its been allot of screw out and bolt out tools required to get things appart.
All was going well until i realized why it was parked (at least this one), seems they attempted carb service and the pilot jet was rounded off in one of the carbs. Thankfully I have two bikes and the other had dirty but unmolested carbs. I need to find some small fine removal tool for such things but it looks pretty hopeless on that carb right now.
Here are my new babies: