Recent content by medmunds

thanks man! I tend to agree with you about the seat pad. I am leaning in that direction, I just thought I would send the idea out to the sounding board.

Okay...bike porn time...got the seat mounted (now all i need to do is make an ass-pad). Mounted new carb holders, and it will now idle without choke, but it is rough, erratic, and backfires. When I back out the mix screws, it seems to get better, but not a whole lot. I'm thinking that this...

boooooo! I found that an old inverted trash can and 5 gal bucket worked for me, although I am only using rattlecans.

Hi all, I would love a set of rearsets that would fit an 81 xs400. Linkages would be great as well, although I can make my own if none are to be had. I'm trying to finish up my project and i've spent all my money (haha!), and thought that if any of you all had an extra pair laying around...

thanks guys! It's amazing how much better a new coat of paint makes it look. At first I really wanted to find one of the older boxier tanks, but with new paint, I think that I wanna keep this one.

So this is my first attempt (ever) at masking and painting. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

thanks again for all of the help guys! I cleaned out the idle circuit and bench balanced the carbs, and the idle is much smoother and more uniform. Still can't get it to run without choke, however, so I think that it is the carb holders. Is there anything else that i should look at? Also...

I have read on the site that you can build a manometer from some clear tubing and any viscous liquid that you have laying around. do you just pour some liquid in and attach each end of the tubing to the vacuum line nipples on the carb holders, and adjust the screw until the liquid stays in the...

I have not. In order to do this, do you adjust the screw attached to the rotation springs and butterfly valves that is situated between the two carbs (the one that is kind of above the idle speed screw?).

thanks xsleo. I have cleaned my carbs really well several times, but i guess i will pull them off and give it another go. could the carb holders be causing this problem?

I trimmed the inside of the pods and adjusted the mix screws. Helped A LOT! now it will start right up and idle for a long time (only on full choke, however). The idle is still erratic and eventually (after about 15 min) begins to climb such that i have to kill the engine. I think it is time...

thanks for the advice! that never would have occurred to me. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow and see what happens.

so I got the bike back together (mostly) with new battery, pod air filters, pod crankcase breather filter and UBER cleaned carbs and the mixture needles?(little guys that come out the top on the front side of the carbs?) are set at three full revolutions out from the fully seated position. When...

@Ihaolpa,...I live in TN, and am having trouble getting my local DMV (knoxville) to issue me a title. How do you go about this? I do have a bill of sale, but they want me to go through a lengthy process where I am eventually issued a certificate of ownership, then a title. Your way sounds...

hahahaha! that's awesome! very resourceful. maybe i will try that.... Thanks doc! I am pretty happy with how it came out myself...this is kinda my first attempt at modifying, well,....anything really, so i get pretty excited when things work out in reality the way that I have them planned in...