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Part of my problem is my sloth like porgress in putting my enigine together, You forget what you have done in the past. So I am finishing putting the bottom half together and am adjusting the backlash on the oil pump drive gear. I am turning the crank when it locks up. I can turn it almost 360...

So I have finally started to put my motor together.:D When I took it apart I was careful to take pictures of everything so I would remember where parts went. As it turned out my hard drive on my computer died. Along with all my pictures. :banghead: :banghead: What I am curious about are the...

Ok so I'm finally putting my engine back together.:D:D and am installing new plain bearings. The Haynes manual says the top of the half shell bearing must be flush with the top of the case. This makes sense and is how it looks in the lower case. The problem is with the upper half of the case...

Ok time to start a build thread here. I have been working on it for about a year and a half now, maybe longer (i don't like to think about how long it has taken). I will give you the condenced version to get you up to date but if you want all the details you can go here...

Well I don't know the etiquette of posting pictures of someone elses' bike but I think this is for the greater good. Ever since I decided to build a cafe racer I have been on the look out for other bikes to get ideas from. Especially XS400's. One of the first ones that caught my eye was this...

When I bought my 81 XS400 SH I knew that the front caliper was starting to seize. When I got around to taking it apart several months back I found that the pads had worn unevenly. There was quite a difference in thickness between the top and bottom of the pads. I was looking on the EBC...