brat project

Hey guys totally new to the group! Can someone help find a seat I can use for my 81’? I bought my bike for only $300, it was a steal!! All I did was put in a new battery, gave it a tuneup and bam a great running xs400 special! problem is my seat. I’m looking for a brat style seat. Can anyone...

So while trying to flush and change my front brake fluid this happened. Do you guys think their is any way I can salvage this/repress the female ends back into the reservoir? I do have one on order from @hina, but I need a second COA

I am attacking this differently than most build threads. We already finished the bike, but just want to give back to the community if we can after learning so much from this forum in the process, from tips and expertise to inspiration. My cousin and I are both 20 and in college, and he texted...

Back end is chopped and ready for some winter work. Any helpful tips on seat mounting? And any tips on minimizing electronics?

So I have just started cutting into the frame to add a loop to try to make a sweet brat seat. I am wondering if anyone has some good tips/ideas about mounting a seat as well as ideas to try to minimize The wires and electronics that I need. The box for my battery that I have that I will weld on...

I have been working on this build for a number of years now (with help from this forum). I figured I should start posting a build log to share and to keep myself progressing. The donor was an '82 XS400 with 26K kms and very few modifications. I stripped the bike down to the frame and have...

Hey all. New member here. Bought a 83 maxim 400 last week and have started into turning it into a brat style bike. I was hoping someone here could help me with suggesting a flat brat style tank to replace the teardrop stock tank. I'm trying to find a tank that will work on it without a complete...

Hey, Started my first build on my first bike about a month ago on my 1980 Yamaha XS400 SII. This is going to be my first bike, project, and my introduction to the world of motorcycling. Looking to make make this into a Bratstyle/Cafe bike. She is going to be running a bare tank, OD green...