Recent content by willem

my advice is to get another parts bike, if you're buying parts separately you will spend all your cash and it's never going to be worth it.. rear brake is a drum on almost all the xs400 models, only a few seca's (dohc bike, you have a sohc) were fitted with a disc at the rear. Not to worry...

those look like balloons

havent been on the forum for about a year, but I used to have a DOHC bike. :) Mine had about 95k km on it, and when I changed the fork oil I think it might have been still in there from the factory. There was too little in them, and it vaguely resembled something that used to be oil. Fresh 10W...

the crankcase breather tube should be connected. It puts any fumes from the crankcase into the air intake, which is good for the environment (no dirty oily fumes into the atmosphere) and good for the bike; it's basically free fuel and it also keeps everything inside the carbs lubed up a little...

this may be useful

awesome project. What are your plans with the sidecar? Was it ruined in the fire?

Welcome Gunny! since you're new to wrenching, maybe you'll find this one useful. Bit of a long read, but it's a good starting point for these bikes

congrats!!

Welcome! nice drawing :)

welcome nigel! post some pics of the new xs!

Yes it's possible for the battery to crank the engine, but not produce a good spark. Check the voltage on the battery when full, should be about 12.6 - 12.8 volts. While cranking it shouldn't drop below 12. If you get it running you should have a little higher voltage, in the 13.5- 14.5 V range...

be careful with that, if you're running pods and open pipes without changing the jetting, you're definitely running lean. Surprised it even goes to 60 at this point, but you could seriously damage the engine if you keep running it like that. Overheating is no joke ;) Get some bigger jets, do a...

Have to agree with levdir (although my market is far away) You may want to take the fairing off, it's not a stock feature and many people (including myself) don't think it fits well. also, has it been sitting in a garage for 20 years doing nothing, or did someone recently clean it and tuned...

coming from a previous seca owner with similar problems: clean those carbs! and +1 on the filter

the DOHC owner's manual will work for you. The bike in the picture (seca) doesn't look like it, but it is mechanically about 95% the same as your maxim. congrats on the nice new bike :)