fuel tank

Hello Hello! This is my first time posting to this wonderfully helpful forum and luckily, today's issue is pretty easy and tame. I am replacing some components of my gas cap and have run into a bit of a snag looking for parts. I ordered a new rubber gasket from Mikes XS (cheap!) which should...

Hello! I recently got an '83 xs400 maxim and am refurbishing it since it has that classic west coast damage of rust and salt stains. I was wondering about the edge of the fuel tank, if the bike originally came with a sort of trim? Where the top and bottom part of the fuel tank is welded...

Hey, new to the site but I have a 1982 xs400 YICS model and need to clean the carburetors and need to remove the fuel tank first. I am VERY new to this so I am learning as I go and wanted to ask those with more experience on the topic. I've looked at videos on how to remove the fuel tank with...

Looking to find a replacement tank for a 1982 XS400 Seca, I know how difficult they are to find, but if anyone has one they'd like to part with, or knows where I can find a replacement, please let me know! Thanks, Parker

Hello greenhornet here from DK I want a new fuel tank on my XS400, bought a DT80 1970 but it didn't fit :s Is there any other models that fit like xs650 or sr500 fuel tanks, it has to be wide enough to go over the ignition. I would like a small fuel tank like a GT80s tank :s Please help kind...

Hi xs400ers, any ideas on compatible petcocks such as 1978 xs360 that will fit my 1978 xs400 fuel tank. Ebay prices for preloved units are a little too much....anyone had any success with substitutions?? thanks BB

I have a 1980 xs400sg special. Are other model years Compatible? :confused:

Hi everyone, can anyone recommend a good method of cleaning a fuel tank out? it still smells strongly of the old petrol but it is blackened up and sludgy inside. Tanks :laugh:

Hello everyone. I am finally reassembling my 1980 xs400 special. Here is a question. On the bottom of the tank there is the tube that connects to the tap. Then there is a tube that goes to the other side of the tank. Is that tube supposed to connect to anything? Or is it just for a vent. The...

Hi, I bought a gas cap (below), but the distance between the tank mounting screw and the tank plug is about 3mm too short, then ignoring that issue the distance between the plug and catch is about 4mm too short. My bike has a unknown past and many minor mods, but for future reference do I...