davey1207
1981 Yamaha xs400 Special
i just bought a 1981 xs400 special. shes my first bike and i want to learn as much as i can about her. i am enjoying bonding and doing all the work on her myself. i got her to start, she is now also running. she idles beautifully, but as soon as i put her into 1st gear, she stalls out. the guy i bought the bike off of never rode it. he bought it from a friend cheap. he said his friend had adjusted the side stand safety switch in order to ride it. he said that his friend used a gator clamp to ground the wire under the bike (im assuming where the side stand safety switch would be) and thats how it ran. now i have looked this bike up and down and im almost certain there is absolutley no side stand safety switch. a buddy of mine has the same exact bike and hes never heard of it. the only thing i can think of is that there once was such a switch, and the previous owner removed it, and bypassed it so the bike would not stall out automatically. problem now is trying to back track and find where it was bypassed (if this ever happened to begin with). so this is where i am and i would appreciate any information anyone has for me! i am very excited to join the forum. i was refered by my friend who has the same bike as me. thanks for taking the time to read this, ill probably be in my garage!...
-dj
email: djoseph85@gmail.com
-dj
email: djoseph85@gmail.com