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my '80 actually has drum brakes all around, if im not mistaken, the '80s with wire wheels had drum brakes and those with mag wheels had disk brakes, or at least that was the trend I've noticed when researching and looking at other '80s over the past year.

I decided i wanted to go with some shorty brake levers on my 80 and forgot to check if they were compatible with my stock front brake switch before ordering. A few months back, after tons of googleing, i found a site that sold the exact brake levers i have had for a while, but the perch had a...

a friend of mine made his tail/seat pan out of an old dirt bike gas tank. he cut it in half hot dog style haha, and discarded the fat end of the tank and used the narrow end of the tank for his tail. he then cut the bottom of the tank off. welded a cut to shape piece of sheet metal onto the gap...

I actually still have my stock one but it seems much more bulky than the aftermarket one above. Where did you get that mirror hole plug? I have bar end mirrors so I definitely want to cap that hole

1greghouse, the difference is that the one piece is the one in the picture, and it is all one solid piece and the part that attaches to the handlebar is round and slides on, whereas the 2 piece, if you scroll up a little on the page you'll see a different item that says 2piece perch that you...

drewpy, thats funny that you mention that because i actually sent an email to a company that sells those last night and asked if they have had any experience with applying it to the front brake. still waiting for a reply. but ya in California you need both and i've had shit luck lately with...

ok got that one up, no lets try to repost my bike:

shit. i can't figure out how to attach an image in these posts. i go to "insert image" then i past in the url from the page i found it on, since there doesn't seem to be a way to upload a saved picture from your hard drive. i'll try again:

hey nbriles2000, i found this website that has an option that just might work. instead of drilling a hole in my perch, i might just order this new one that looks exactly like my aftermarket one just that it looks like it has a brake switch slot, and a 10mm threaded mirror mount hole, which i...

Ya its weird that theres no common relatively simple solution. over the next week or so Im going to try and see if i can drill a slot into the lever clamp and try and emulate the way it mounts in the stock lever. If im successful i'll let you know exactly how i did it. If you happen to figure...

will that work with drum brakes? as im researching, it seems to be specific for disc but i may be wrong. if not, any other suggestions?

awesome, thanks drewpy this should help a ton!

hello new friends! I have been a member for a little while now and have posted once or twice in the past but have yet to introduce myself/my bike. I bought my first bike ('80 xs400g special ll) for 200 bucks from a salvage yard. it was a steal for sure as it only has 6k miles and hadn't ran for...

Thanks bcware, this helps a lot. I did some google'ing and it seems that the stock cast rear wheels are 18" and the stock wire rears are 16". Same goes for the xs650. If I were to switch to an 18" rear wire wheel, do you know what else i would need to do to the rear to make that jump? would i...

I recently bought a 1980 xs400 special ll and it has a 16" spoke rear wheel and 18" spoke front wheel. The original tires are shot on them and i am looking into getting a white wall rear and a black wall front. I am on a budget so i found a Shinko 130/90/16 white wall rear for around $80, but...