This one is easy. Is your kickstand down when you go into gear?
It's a safety feature.
It's a safety feature.
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Patriot
XS400 Enthusiast
Holly Crap!...I'm so tired of being saved by the government!!!!...please let me die happy!!!
Patriot
XS400 Enthusiast
oh.. by the way the switch was removed!..so I am going to cross the wires the same as I did with the clutch lever!!
Patriot
XS400 Enthusiast
And around the block it did GO!!!... clutch slippin like snot on a door knob!!!... well more work to do ... BUT I RODE IT!!!..
Thanks Bentwrench!... you made my weekend!
Thanks Bentwrench!... you made my weekend!
Nice! Glad to help.
Patriot
XS400 Enthusiast
What I like about your bike is just how gently modified it looks. Can't remember if you've posted shots without the saddle bags (which, by the way, look HUGE! Does it still look okay with something smaller on there, or do you need to transport like, children in them?)
Edit - found them with the black tank. Looks great, man.
Patriot
XS400 Enthusiast
Well... A few things about the Frankenstien... Got to ride it in the rain this morning!.. glad I installed the wind screen yesterday!... gone are the saddlebags..amazing what HOT pipes can do! It is so much fun. I forgot how much fun small cc motors are. Still has a little hesitation off the line cold... but I can live with it. Here are pics of the windscreen... Ooooo and a link to the seconds before she.. my daughter, laid it down and broke her hand! Her cast reads" IT WAS WORTH IT!"
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Very nice!
Patriot
XS400 Enthusiast
So I was poking around the local bike wreckers today.. looking for a pet-cock..(found one).. and stumbled onto a monoshock.. much beefier than my stock one but had the words "de carbon system" on it.. so I bought it.. and it fits and its 50% stiffer and raised my ass 3 inches!.. now if I could just find some nice big forks this thing could evolve into a real nice dual sport!
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I think its off an XT, good fid
aidanxs
XS400 New Member
Just wondering what tank you ended up using?
I want to cafe my maxim, any suggestions? I want a real flat leather seat look, tank higher than seat of course.
Standard 250 maxim at the moment.
I want to cafe my maxim, any suggestions? I want a real flat leather seat look, tank higher than seat of course.
Standard 250 maxim at the moment.
Patriot
XS400 Enthusiast
The tank is a 78 Kawasaki 250... heavy modifications!!! I had to make my own mounts for it.. It wasn't real easy to do...but if you can weld, its possible. Since the last photo was taken I have redone the seat in a brat style... really regret it... It seems I'm always wanting to slip off the end of the bike... or so it feels anyhow. I plan to redo it again, only this time I will add a fiberglass rear housing. Hope this stuff helps... and good luck with the project!
Hey patriot great job on your bike,I like the way it sounds.Im curious about the monoshock how does it feel when your riding?
I'm curious about the shock as well. I'm slowly building my Maxim into an adventure touring bike.
Maxim-umm
XS400 Addict
I'll join the "curious about the shock" club as well.
If you look up "de carbon yamaha shock" on the googles, you will find that it's kind of like calling the engine DOHC. Just some made up copyrighted technology around the shocks. I've seen this reference on shocks for Viragos, XTs, and the larger Maxims. The 38M-00 seems to be a parts number...
HA! Found it on a current Ebay listing. It's from a, 84 XT250F:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1984-Yamaha-XT250F-Rear-Mono-Shock-/270763763661#ht_5350wt_952
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1984-Yamaha-XT250F-Rear-Mono-Shock-/270763763661#ht_5350wt_952
Patriot
XS400 Enthusiast
Sorry for the long delay in responding.
The ride is awesome!... BUT...of course not without a down side!.. the front suspension is not keeping up with the rear... its to soft.
So now I am trying to source another front end that will work with the drum and spoke configuration... I am not sure how it would work with the factory frame configuration however... It might look like a 70's hot rod with the back end up in the air!
The ride is awesome!... BUT...of course not without a down side!.. the front suspension is not keeping up with the rear... its to soft.
So now I am trying to source another front end that will work with the drum and spoke configuration... I am not sure how it would work with the factory frame configuration however... It might look like a 70's hot rod with the back end up in the air!
