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So I am getting ready to finish up this past winters project, turning my xj400 into a cafe i've run into a wiring hiccup. i have a LED rear tail light/blinker set up that i just wired up and it worked first try ( flashers blink fast tho) but its something. i did not increase resistance or...

Hey guys its been a while since i've posted anything on here. This past year i have been so busy i didn't get to everything i wanted to. Fortunately now ill have a bunch of time on my hands so i might as well continue the addiction of working on my bike haha. Got myself a welder and a torpedo...

So i am rejetting my carbs now after installing pods. stock mains were 117.5 and 125. from what i read on here and from others i should be looking for +2. Im assuming that is for both to keep it symmetrical. now i went to my local yamaha dealership n asked for jets around 119.5 and 127 and they...

So i bought this 1982 xs400 last year pretty low milage, about 5k, not bad shape except for the tank. (i have another thread on that). So far on the bike i re did the tank and painted it, did single air pods (Emgo's.... not the best but i made it work) fabed a new battery box and welded on the...

i have a 1982 xs400 and today i took the carbs off and measured to hopefully install single pods on it and get rid of that bulky air filter box. i disconnected everything from the box and i have it moving freely in place but i can not just simply slip the box out. im thinkin i might have to take...

Hey all i have a pretty scruwed up tank that had a ton of pin holes all over it. instead of buyin a new one last year i had to actually cut it open and get all the shotty cream coat out then weld it back up to get a different pro coat in it then bondo shape and paint. now i am actually re doing...

Hey guys my names alex "fest" and i got my first bike, an xs400, over the past summer. I bought it for pretty cheep but with some tank and now carb problems. The tank had champagne holes all around and under the tank as well as a shotty cream coat job in the tank itself. i had to cut open the...