Ramonski2
XS400 Member
Hi guys.
I just bought my first bike and it's a 1980 xs400. The guy who sold it to me said it was having so idle problems when he had it running. Said it would stall out at stops. The gas in the tank had sat for a year with no lock to keep the cap shut. So I figuered it not starting was due to bad gas and a dead battery.
Here is where I am having trouble. Got the old gas out and put some new gas in with some stabilizer. Tapped the cap down to keep it shut for now. Spent the better half of an hour trying to kick start the bike, didn't go to well. Found a battery i knew was good and connted it with so jummpers just to see what worked. Lights came on but pushed the starter and nothing. So I tried to kick a few more times and then gave up and called it a day after I pulled the old battery out see it was low on acid.
Any ideas on where to go from here would help me out. I also can only get to the bike every few weeks as I'm a student and currently keep it in a friends shed who lives a few towns over so an ordered list of things to do would be best.
Thank guys
I just bought my first bike and it's a 1980 xs400. The guy who sold it to me said it was having so idle problems when he had it running. Said it would stall out at stops. The gas in the tank had sat for a year with no lock to keep the cap shut. So I figuered it not starting was due to bad gas and a dead battery.
Here is where I am having trouble. Got the old gas out and put some new gas in with some stabilizer. Tapped the cap down to keep it shut for now. Spent the better half of an hour trying to kick start the bike, didn't go to well. Found a battery i knew was good and connted it with so jummpers just to see what worked. Lights came on but pushed the starter and nothing. So I tried to kick a few more times and then gave up and called it a day after I pulled the old battery out see it was low on acid.
Any ideas on where to go from here would help me out. I also can only get to the bike every few weeks as I'm a student and currently keep it in a friends shed who lives a few towns over so an ordered list of things to do would be best.
Thank guys