New xs400 owner here, my first bike! I'm a bit of a hobbyist mechanic but I've always wanted an old Yamaha, I just love older Japanese bikes. Anyways, the owner was a super nice guy who let go of this bike for $300 and a chicken sandwich (I got the guy fries too for giving me such a killer deal)
Anyways, I'll likely be posting here quite a bit in the coming month as I try and get this bike running! It's pretty complete as far as I can tell, but again I'm not a bike guy! I dropped my 74 280z project for this thing!! No keys though, but I can work with that, I found the key code on the back of the... fork plate? Whatever.
So one of the biggest issues I've had so far, is that I'm not entirely sure... what carb setup is on this thing! It's obviously a Mikuni, but every video or image I've seen of these bikes seems to have a totally different carburetor! (What even is a carburetor, I'm 23!) Ha. Jokes aside, I'll attach images, If anyone knows of where to look to get me sorted, that would be great! Petcock seems to work, though without the carb model (and without any dang knowledge about bikes) I have no idea what I'm doing as far as routing fuel lines etc. What do I need?
Other than that, the thing is coming along swimmingly! I've been able to do damn near everything with the toolset that came with the thing, which is pretty fun!
Thanks for having me, folks!
Anyways, I'll likely be posting here quite a bit in the coming month as I try and get this bike running! It's pretty complete as far as I can tell, but again I'm not a bike guy! I dropped my 74 280z project for this thing!! No keys though, but I can work with that, I found the key code on the back of the... fork plate? Whatever.
So one of the biggest issues I've had so far, is that I'm not entirely sure... what carb setup is on this thing! It's obviously a Mikuni, but every video or image I've seen of these bikes seems to have a totally different carburetor! (What even is a carburetor, I'm 23!) Ha. Jokes aside, I'll attach images, If anyone knows of where to look to get me sorted, that would be great! Petcock seems to work, though without the carb model (and without any dang knowledge about bikes) I have no idea what I'm doing as far as routing fuel lines etc. What do I need?
Other than that, the thing is coming along swimmingly! I've been able to do damn near everything with the toolset that came with the thing, which is pretty fun!
Thanks for having me, folks!