Recent content by Suncoast400

Okay, I kind of figured some mounta may be different to accomadate part changes and whatnot. I want to use my motor because I know its pristine, so as long as that fits then I am satisfied. My wrecked '78 is essentially a cafe/brat stle with the abdomen gutted, and I am using very few OEM...

Thanks. I had a feeling they were the same or at least close enough to be interchangeable. I am going to look at this 81, it may be just the donor I need.

A careless 300 year old man totaled my beloved 1978 SOHC XS400. I found a good rolling chassis on craigslist but its a 1981. Will a 1978 motor mount in that frame easily,?

Precisely, which is why I haven't altered the frame yet. Many a beer have been consumed staring and plotting haha :) I was looking at the seat a few minutes ago. Easy enough to remove that hump and put in a flat piece of pan in its place.

I thought about trying to slim this seat down further but in the back there is only an inch of foam between the vinyl and the pan, it has a raised hump underneath to accompdate the rear fender and toolkit making going lower profile in rear impossible without grinding off the crossmemeber where...

Oops, my phone wouldn' t upload multiple photos. :banghead:

Here are a couple of pictures showing the new battery location, solenoid and some do-dad parts and wires that had to move. I can clean it up better someday but I am a fly by the seat of my pants guy :) I'd rather be on the road. Maybe this stuff will give some ideas. I didn't spend a lot of...

Hey xs400.com, first off I need to say thank you to this community for the invaluable stock of information shared on this site. This is my first post, but I have referenced this site countless times (even bookmarked you on my homescreen) since first getting my 1978 xs400 just over a year ago. I...