tonupNW
xs newbie
Well I picked up picked up a 1980 xs400 special the other day for 60 bucks, couldnt pass it up. Gonna do it up cafe style with modern touches here and there. Im sure I'' be turning to quite a few of you for help along the way as this is my first yamaha. The bike is rough as its been sitting outside in the NW, not much rust, mostly just moss and full of leaves pine, needles and what not. I tore into it today, got it down to a roller and tore into the motor. Motor is gonna need some work, looks like someone was in there at one time and didnt know really what they were doing. So its gonna get cleaned up, full reseal, Fix the shift shaft (missing e-clip letting the shaft move in and off the shift forks) and mabye some magic on the head while im in there. Here are some pics of when I picked it up and when I tore into it today. Also those are not the bars im gonna run, that is just a piece of pipe to move it around. I couldnt stand looking at those beach combers that were on there