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so couple of points the bike was not running when I bought it, and already partially disassembled (upper half) without pistons (so I need to get pistons anyways) Jugs/bore themselves have some surface corrosion, assumedly from sitting, which at minimum needs to be removed Also based on my...

Initial Teardown of my 1980 XS400G Special ii is showing that the jugs will need an oversize bore on them ( I have measurements at points of 69.05mm which to my understanding is over the .02 mm limit listed in the factory manuals). With that in mind I have 2 initial questions: 1. Where is the...

Thanks All for the welcom! Assuming that the Jugs and Head are okay etc. are there any "while you are in there" modifications or upgrades that I should be looking to do? Is there maybe a thread of these common upgrades or even reliability mods that I can look at?

Hello! I am new but figured I should join the forum considering my most recent purchase. 1980 XS400 special ii for (if you read the title) $100! At that price it's what you can expect doesn't run and is in fact missing pistons, but other than that appears that most of the major parts are...