OneThirtyEight
XS400 Member
I found a good deal on a 1979 xs400 that is in otherwise good shape but it has no spark and the battery is old. Are the ignition systems on these bikes very complicated? I have a lot of experience with old cars with a points, coil, distributor type ignition systems. Is the ignition going to be all analogue like that with parts I can fix or am a potentially looking at some spendy digital stuff?
Where I'm coming from on this is I want to buy low now, fix it over the winter, ride it in the spring and sell it come summer. So I don't really want a money pit.
With that I know what to look for mechanically, I'm just a little lost on the ignition end of things.
Where I'm coming from on this is I want to buy low now, fix it over the winter, ride it in the spring and sell it come summer. So I don't really want a money pit.
With that I know what to look for mechanically, I'm just a little lost on the ignition end of things.