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Again, I’m brand new to motorcycles. I’m finally at the place where I want to start the bike but I’m not able to. I have spark, decent compression and I’m feeding fuel directly through the fuel inlet on the left carb. As I pour fuel into a container that has a hose with the other end connected...

So I got a non running 78 xs400 2e about 6 months ago and been slowly working and learning about it. Got carbs rebuilt, new clutch lever cable, plugs, charged battery, new oil amd filter, cleaned tank amd put fresh gas. The battery needs replaced. It won't charge fully. But, trying to...

I know the xs500 is a bit of a downer in the XS line but I cant find a forum for them, so I hope youll accept me. I am working on a 76 XS500 cafe. I picked up the bike up for $100. After a lot of work I tested to see if it would run and I got it running enough to give me the confidence to keep...

Hi all, yesterday i tried to ride my "new bike" (i bought it this year) YAMAHA XS 400 SE 1982, when the engine was cold there was no problem to start the motorbike and ride on it, but when i stopped at the lights the engine stopped working and it was not possible to start the motorbike again, i...

The bike was running just fine about 2 months ago. It would almost always start with little to no trouble and would run fine for the most part. After a series of projects that I've been working on I put everything back together and now I can't get ANYTHING. I'm getting absolutely nothing from...

Hi guys, new member here, first bike I've ever owned. Bought this bike for $400 off craigslist about a month ago. It was running on one carb, so I took them out and gave them a thorough cleaning while replacing the float valves and needles. Put the carbs back in last week, fed them some gas...

Hello again! I have a 78 400E which is being a handful to say the least. Right now, the bike refuses to start with the choke on at all (or the enricher, whatever you want to call it) and requires a good amount of kicking and swearing before it fires up. Once started, if I attempt to put the...

First post! Been using this forum for a couple months while restoring my FIRST bike - 1981 xs400 HE. She's teasing me guys. Cold start is great but after short test drives, getting up to speed and downshifting, dies EVERY time and will not start electronically or by kick. Floods, drains...

Thanks to all who helped me on my previous thread! (Reassembling the engine - check it out here http://www.xs400.com/threads/kick-start-locked-up.16804/). Now that I've got the new crankshaft and rods in and the whole engine reassembled I'm trying to breathe life back into my 1980 XS400...

Hey everybody, I am using small 3Ah battery on my XS400, which is completely OK when the bike is warm, or during summer weather. But i have issues to start the bike in colder weathers, or after longer stay. So i used to hook up external car battery with aligator clamps to start, disconnect and...

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has had any issue with hard starting after letting the bike sit for 30 min after a ride? Seems like if I take it and run into a shop or something and try starting it within a half hour it fires right up, now let it sit for 30-45 min if will crank and crank...

Hello again, I'll start by saying thanks everyone for helping me so far the advice here is sooo helpful. Now the problem is. My bike won't start. I have checked spark. (Plugs are old spark looks good though) I have just rebuilt the carbs. (New gaskets,New jets air screwed out 1 1/4 turn...

I picked up my first bike a month or two back, it's an 77 xs360 and due to the time it took to get my license and what not I wasn't able to start riding until recently. I would go into my garage and start her up just to keep her running well. Everything was fine, I changed the oil and recently...

Hey guys, i'm new to this site, and just wanted some opinions on how to proceed on the 1982 xs-400 i bought cheap, (and in cheap condition) from a friend. I'm only 17, and i know little to nothing about motorcycles, but bear with me. the first issue i was faced with was that when the petcock was...

Greetings all. Recently re-acquired a reasonable facsimile of my first bike - in this case a '77 XS360. There are some excellent posts in these forums - better than other bike forums I have been a part of in the past - but still have not found anyone that has shared my problem....My bike...