Recent content by MoonClipper

White smoke is classic sign of oil burning. If your right cylinder is burning oil then it's like work piston rings, it's hard to say what a fix would be without opening the motor and doing a proper inspection. It could also just be really out of spec valves, so give those a check first.

That's a XS400 Maxim, I believe they were only made in 82 or 83 model years, so double check the year. Only the Maxim and Seca has the monoshock rear end, and it's easy to tell which is which. The Seca is more sporty and has a 6 speed transmission, the Maxim has a 5 speed. They're great bikes...

I recently picked up a really cheap 82 xs400 Maxim, but it has pods on it. I would much rather swap it back to the stock airbox and the airbox on my old Maxim gave me thousands of miles of trouble free running and I don't want to go through tuning the carbs for pods. Located in WA state. Any...

Then yea, likely one of the cables. Find out which one it is, may need some lube but likely needs a new cable.

Check your Speedo and tachometer cables, could also be the cluster. It's unclear where the sound is coming from, but that's my guess.

Habit on my part saying lines, plural :P My bike is also a single caliper with a single brake line.

I'd love to see some pics of the lines when you get them in too before you throw them on. If they're quality, I may order some for myself.

So due to something I won't go into here, I need new fork tubes. Does anyone have the diameter of the tubes? Specifically for the 1982 XS400 Maxim. Not sure if the sizes vary by year. My inner tubes are bent, so ideally I could find just some new inner tubes instead of a full set. I'm finding...

Go to harbor freight and get one of their cheap brake bleeders. I've had mine for going on 5 years and it's worked great. Can bleed brakes even on a car solo. Drain the reservoir first, fill with fresh fluid, pull pressure on the bleeder nut with the brake bleeder, crack it open until clear...

That long thing fuse looking thing is indeed a bulb, I can't remember where goes into the cluster off the top of my head though. Luckily the other bulbs are pretty standard, 194 bulbs. Some of the older bikes used bayonets I think. You can buy a pack of 10 LEDs for about $12 off Amazon. I...

One important bit, if your bike still has the trip knob it has a very small Phillips head screw inaide the center of the knob. Mine stripped pulling it off, so I keep my knob in my glovebox and just use it at the gas station when I fill up.

Those are light diffusers of a sort. Look at the white plastic piece where the gauge would normally be. They sit behind the cluster and the light goes inside then. I suspect the may also serve as a heat shield for the cluster, to keep it from melting. They're supposed to be glued in, but 40 year...

No adhesive is used. There's tow yellow 'gaskets' that can create suction though. All that's holding the cluster together at this point is the four screws. I pulled my spare out and pulled it apart real fast to show the stand offs they screw into.

I went ahead and circled them. You then have the two on each gauge next to where the cables go in to pull the gauges themselves out.

I believe you're missing the 4 screws that hold the plastic on. Two in the bottom middle, and one on each side of the corner area. Those four screws hold the plastic together. This is going off memory.