bornIIloose
XS400 Member
Hey everyone,
New to the forum and motorcycles in general. Picked up an '81 XS400 Special on Craigslist for $800 this weekend. Everything seems in decent enough shape, the chrome looks good, new tires, paint recently done by a pro, recovered seat, etc. 23K miles, only really noticeable issue is a busted tach (not super worried about that) and something is leaking a bit on the engine.
So my question is, I've got all winter, so are there common issues I should try and adjust while I've got time to tinker? It seems to start, run, and shift ok. Need to run it with the choke out for 1-2 miles until it really warms up, but the lady who owned it kicked the baffles out of the stock exhaust, could that have something to do with it?
Anyways, I've got a limited budget but I want to be sure this thing will be running for a long time! Like most people I've got grand ideas for body work and cosmetic things like that, but I want to get it up to snuff first.
I attached a sightly fuzzy photo (sorry),any suggestions or other threads to look at would be appreciated!
Thanks,
-Matt
New to the forum and motorcycles in general. Picked up an '81 XS400 Special on Craigslist for $800 this weekend. Everything seems in decent enough shape, the chrome looks good, new tires, paint recently done by a pro, recovered seat, etc. 23K miles, only really noticeable issue is a busted tach (not super worried about that) and something is leaking a bit on the engine.
So my question is, I've got all winter, so are there common issues I should try and adjust while I've got time to tinker? It seems to start, run, and shift ok. Need to run it with the choke out for 1-2 miles until it really warms up, but the lady who owned it kicked the baffles out of the stock exhaust, could that have something to do with it?
Anyways, I've got a limited budget but I want to be sure this thing will be running for a long time! Like most people I've got grand ideas for body work and cosmetic things like that, but I want to get it up to snuff first.
I attached a sightly fuzzy photo (sorry),any suggestions or other threads to look at would be appreciated!
Thanks,
-Matt