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Hello everyone, haven't been here in a while because I haven't really putzed around with my XS400 for a few years. I've got a '78 XS400-2E that I had running exquisitely back in 2016 until I started having electrical issues - basically the original mechanical voltage regulator was fighting me...

Greetings all, I've wired up my '78 with twin lights in the back which serve simultaneously as my tail, turn, and brake lights - the lights are actually trailer lights so they're plenty large WP_20150817_18_09_29_Pro by jvdavidson posted Sep 28, 2016 at 9:45 PM I've hooked them up using a...

Greetings everyone, In the process of turning my '78 XS400-2E into a variation on the cafe racer theme, I've converted it from one tail light + brake light with two independent turn signals (stock obviously), into a bike with two simple trailer lights which serve as turn signals, brake...

Greetings everyone, Having owned my '78 XS400 only since the beginning of September, I've had to do a lot of work on it in order for it to be running like a song as it currently does - this included: replaced clutch, replaced clutch pushrod seal, oil and filter change (obviously), spark plugs...

Have a 78 XS400 and I need to figure out why this thing keeps cutting out and dying on me, usually at idle waiting for traffic lights - at those points, it doesn't seem to be electrical, the idle rpms just intermittently 'blip' and drop, sometimes it recovers, sometimes it dies and when it dies...

Greetings everyone, I have just picked up a 78 XS400-2E which experienced clutch slippage. I took the cover off just recently, cleaned the whole cover as it was thoroughly filthy, and proceeded to disassemble the clutch engagement mechanism to clean it and despite all my attempts at...