dannyTheBoat
XS400 Enthusiast
Hey all,
I have a '82 xs400 that has been mine for about 4 months now. I am a new rider and new to wrenching and I have found a lot of good info on this forum. My bike is below. As you can see, it is a bit chopped up, but the PO did a good job with it and it runs very strong. Lately it has been dying at idle which I am pretty sure is just a dirty pilot jet given that it still runs just as strong as ever in every other condition. It's time for a carb clean I figure, and while they're off, why not do a little project.
My question starts here: I have read a lot about how the stock air box and the H-pipe are better for performance on these bikes for a number of reasons. While I'm not really willing to install an air box, I am interested in doing a custom H-pipe like the one suggested by 16VGTIDave here. The bike has the oval type pod filters and the carbs have been re-jetted and tuned to suit them. Again, the bike runs pretty damn strong already but I think a project to improve performance would be fun and rewarding.
My main question is this: will adding an H-pipe require me to re-balance and tune the carbs? I am trying to research what to expect so that I am prepared and don't cause problems.
If any of you have other recommendations that are in within the same scope I'm all ears. I'm eager to hear what all you XS experts have to add. The info on this site has already helped me a lot!
I have a '82 xs400 that has been mine for about 4 months now. I am a new rider and new to wrenching and I have found a lot of good info on this forum. My bike is below. As you can see, it is a bit chopped up, but the PO did a good job with it and it runs very strong. Lately it has been dying at idle which I am pretty sure is just a dirty pilot jet given that it still runs just as strong as ever in every other condition. It's time for a carb clean I figure, and while they're off, why not do a little project.
My question starts here: I have read a lot about how the stock air box and the H-pipe are better for performance on these bikes for a number of reasons. While I'm not really willing to install an air box, I am interested in doing a custom H-pipe like the one suggested by 16VGTIDave here. The bike has the oval type pod filters and the carbs have been re-jetted and tuned to suit them. Again, the bike runs pretty damn strong already but I think a project to improve performance would be fun and rewarding.
My main question is this: will adding an H-pipe require me to re-balance and tune the carbs? I am trying to research what to expect so that I am prepared and don't cause problems.
If any of you have other recommendations that are in within the same scope I'm all ears. I'm eager to hear what all you XS experts have to add. The info on this site has already helped me a lot!