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After my experience with installing a voltage gauge, and Drewpy showing us his oil pressure gauge, I decided to try an OP gauge myself. I had an old one laying around that read up to 80psi an it had the right fittings so I tried it. Contrary to what I thought (that these engine are a low...

My choke rod has not been holding lately. The detent has not been holding. I thought I'd share what I did to repair it. There is a springloaded BB that sits in a detent in the choke rod. See attached pic for the location of the part. Mine had the spring and BB in only one side, and...

In my search for a 21" spoked drum brake wheel for the front of my XS400, I am finding a lot have a very small axle shaft, most of which came out of a smaller enduro or dirt bike. I am trying to do this without spending a fortune or without massive mods. Will these small axles be strong...

You've seen it here first fellow XS400 owners. Drewpy's Clutch window.... :bike:

Rather than bringin' back an old thread I will update with a new thread. So here is a pic of the bike as it stands. I got a seat from a friend, a leaky shitty ass sporty tank that I will not be using, but confirmed my tank choice! Also a sporty rear wheel on to guage tire size, 130 instead of...

Hey Folks, Started wrenching on this bike on the weekend..... stuck with finding a fuel tank for it. The stocker is not gonna cut it.

Its a skatebord wheel, but I think it looks cool

Hello all, I know its been awhile since I've posted but being busy with work and about 3 hours away from my bike, I don't get much time to wrench. I did however get back this weekend and like always, had a couple of cold ones with the old man, talking bikes. Turns out he did some work to...

What do you think about a spin on type oil filter to replace the cartridge style main filter? I am thinking if I can find a filter that is the same diameter as the base of the cover and machine a threaded tube to replace the bolt so the oil filter can spin on and tighten down, it should work...

I plan to polish the side covers, rocker cover, valve adjustment caps (already finished), the "Yamaha" cover (already finished), the points cover (already finished), and whatever else I can get my fingers to...lol I would love to polish the cylinders and block too, but I have no idea how I would...

My Friend and Co-Worker (Beso) posted some progress of his xs wich is coming along very nice. So I decided I should post some pics up. Here are his bike and My bike as we got them. And here is some of my progress...

saw this on the xs650 big brother forum. had to share it http://www.ninja250forum.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=3395.0 Edit: fixed the link (bump)

Well i got bored waiting for the battery to charge so i took the rear fender off and made a new mount for the license plate. What do you guys think

Like a lot of people I'm going kick only and have removed the starter motor. What are you using to blank off the hole left by the starter motor? If enough members are needing a blanking plate maybe we could get a batch fabricated? Also, if you remove the starter motor how do you fasten the...

im planning on hardtailing my 400 and since its got that double backbone, i cant use a normal universal kit, and PSW is expensive. so who has pictures and explanations of ways to do it? whether it be a plate or going right to the to tubes where the swing arm mounts, im open to anything and even...

hey I have an xs650 and I'm also working on a friends xs400... heres a few pix of the tail section I did for his bike