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Man these tires barely fit, infact they didnt clear the chain but it was really the look i was going for so i made them work. I decided to go to 520 pitch chain which is about 3/32" thinner or so sprocket, I used 2 with the inside one cut down just to use for spacer. Ya yikes i know. But damn love that rubber!
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Got some TCBros forward controls, but must not have been for my bike ('80 XS400/G) as I had to make some mount frame ears and weld them to the engine mounts, i have no idea why a XS/Special would be different or have different mounts with ears that come out for the TCBros forward controls to bolt to. Anyway cut my own, hope they hold 
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Pan for electrical! Not sure would do the same next time, for a start i should of rewired completely new and really liked Drewpy's how-to on that, because of no blinkers, etc... i could have cut down on how much wire is stuffed around. Had electrical issues initially, i thought it was the CDI box and after soldering on some new transistors, buy a 3rd CDI box I figured out it was a simple miss-wiring
But i tell you what i know the electrical like the back of my hand, cost me a shit load of frustration though.
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I hear ya on the controls, i had to move/swing the clip-ons back some to get some relief, one the things i wont do again. I modified the harness some and buried under the tank, again next time i will for sure rewire from scratch to have better fitting and more efficient wiring.
lopez286
XS400 Member
good job on the bike, im looking to turn mines in to a cafe as well
Campbell45
Penny Pincher
Have you ran it yet? whats your jetting?
Ya seems like that is where a lot of work occurrs, working out the bugs when the rubber meets the streets. Runs great, very fast, those Mikuni racing carbs really suck in some gas. Fires up on first spark and runs great, I will look up the jets and get back to you as its been a while since i have, ended having to replace the jet needles as i bent one when working on them. The forward controls are actually pretty dang comfortable, it worked out perfecty for length with my butt pushed against the back of seat rise.
