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My XS is so messed up that I am about ready to give up on it and give it away. I am looking for any advice that I can get. I got the bike about a year and a half ago and I have been working on it ever since. I have been through the engine 3 times, rebored it, replaced the pistons, rings...

I have my engine torn apart now, and now I am waiting for a rebore to occur. While the engine is apart, I would like to assess some issues that I have been having that I am not sure are normal. 1. I can move the rods connected to the piston a little bit (parallel to the crankshaft), is this...

So this is the deal. I bought an old XS400 for 250 bucks. The bike was not running. I tore the carbs apart and rebuilt them. The bike started fine, but it was leaking and burning oil out of one of the exhaust pipes. I went through a 1/4 quart of oil in just about 10 miles, and the bike would...

First of all, Hello everybody, My name is Jamin Smitchger, and I like to tinker with old broken down pieces of machinery. I recently got an old 1981 xs400 motorcycle which had been sitting out a year in the weather and wasn't running. I tore the carbs apart and cleaned them, tried this...