XpetithS
XS400 New Member
Figured id start with a first post to say hi and show what ive been up to. Honestly don't know much about bikes but i knew i wanted one for a long time and with a good friend of mine building some kick ass bikes i dove right in.
About June last year i picked up this 82 XS400 for $600. Hope that was a good deal. It was pretty clean and yes ran and drove haha.
I quickly decided the seat and bars needed to go which was probably dumb but i'm inpatient and couldn't wait til winter. So i cut off the back, welded on a hoop and mounted some lights and threw on tracker bars.
Money and time got tight and i never got around to finishing it so it sat. Then i decided i didnt like how the hoop was so i picked up and upswept one and redid it. Made a pan and the seat and mounted new turns and the same tail.
Had a body of mine paint the tank and covers and i painted the frame quick and this is how it currently sits.
XS400 by JoshuaPetith, on FlickrI still need to do a few things. She fires up again after i figured out the switch needed to be grounded with the painted bars. I gotta figure out my mirror (don't like that one) and a few other new pieces at some point like shocks and gauges.
At a stand still though with the turns and brake light. I cant get them to work. It does seem like im getting power to any of them and i hadn't changes any thing besides their style. Ant recommendations? I wanna reg it tomorrow and hopefully finally luckily ride soon
although I have to say it was in great condition when you got it as well and it does always hurt to see such a nice original get cut up.
