Not yer mama's XS..... FINISHED!!
.....more like yer little sister's!!! Well I startin to see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I thought Id thow up some pics of what I do when Im not choppin!! This bike is an '80 XS400 Special II, it belongs to a friend of mine (she's also my tattoo artist, I love trading labor!!). She got the bike on trade for a ribcage piece on a friend of her's. Its a low-buck build, basically she wanted a paint job and a once-over on the mechanicals, but I get a little carried away....
Was a non-runner when I got it to the garage, left side exhaust valve was bent and allowing no compression. Replaced both valves left side and cleaned up the bs34s and she sings once again! Parts, btw, are near impossible to find for these things, lots of time wasted on ebay but it was about my only resource besides what I could adapt from Mikes.
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.....more like yer little sister's!!! Well I startin to see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I thought Id thow up some pics of what I do when Im not choppin!! This bike is an '80 XS400 Special II, it belongs to a friend of mine (she's also my tattoo artist, I love trading labor!!). She got the bike on trade for a ribcage piece on a friend of her's. Its a low-buck build, basically she wanted a paint job and a once-over on the mechanicals, but I get a little carried away....
Was a non-runner when I got it to the garage, left side exhaust valve was bent and allowing no compression. Replaced both valves left side and cleaned up the bs34s and she sings once again! Parts, btw, are near impossible to find for these things, lots of time wasted on ebay but it was about my only resource besides what I could adapt from Mikes.
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