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would running 50w oil make an xs400 nearly impossible to kickstart when the engine is cold or should i be looking somewhere else for the problem? it's 75 degrees out btw.

My 81 special has been running great till i parked it at a coffee shop the other day, now i get nothing when I turn the key. No lights, no spark. I check all my wiring connections and they are good, the bike is hardwired with just headlight, tail light and key ignition. Where should I start...

so I was riding the other day and i started noticing a weird noise coming from my bike. Its like a high pitched wurrrrrring noise that happens every once in a while at random times and random rpms. I stopped the bike and noticed that the tach cable housing had broken off from the piece that...

hi! I posted a while ago about getting my first bike. Now that i've gotten comfortable riding it i've started changing it around. Here are some before and after pics, I went for a stripped down stock look, inspired by early club bikes. Lower shocks, smaller headlamp and speedo, vintage...

so when I bought my 81 xs400 special a month ago it ran perfect, started on the first kick. The other day i was riding around the neighborhood and it started to bog a little bit when i pulled the throttle. it kept doing this until it eventually died in my yard and wouldn't start. Next time i...

Hi my name is Jamin and i just picked up my first motorcycle, a 1981 xs400 special II. It runs great with only 8,000 miles and i'm psyched on learning how to work on it and maintain it. Glad this site is here, here is a picture from when I took it home.