Hey!
I guess it's about time that I introduce myself since a became an xs400 owner yesterday
I read through quite a lot of threads here before buying the bike and you guys sound very helpful and welcoming.
So, I'm from Kiev, Ukraine and the bike I bought appeared to be a 4g5 model which according to the skillzman1's post should've been made in 80-83 (the paperwork states it's a 1988 model which I doubted from the start).
I rode it for 200 miles from the place I bought it to my hometown which was really exciting since it's my first motorcycle, ( had 5 different scooters before). There's was a little getting used to shifting gears at first but I got quite comfortable soon.
My plan is to bob it and make it look something similar to the bike in this video:
http://vimeo.com/39580055
And those are the current pics
The head pipes are not stock and changed their color which I don't like
I'm planing to either wrap or paint them black and change stock mufflers to black shorties.
I will also be getting rid of the speedometer, tachometer (which is not working anyway) and just using one like this
Bike was running fine when I bought it but I have a couple concerns now. There's a rattling sound on 1st and 2nd gears and it seems like the clutch is disengaging and engaging again constantly. It disappears on higher gears and it runs pretty fine at 30+ mph. The second problem is that is started reving too high while idling after 5-10 minutes of riding which didn't happen when I bought it.
I might have overheated it as I was riding for what later appeared to be 90 miles non-stop at 60 mph (the speedometer, and odometer of course, wasn't working properly showing lower speed and lower mileage).
What would be the first things you'd check?
Is there any specific manual for this model? Didn't find the right one in manuals forum.
The guy who sold me this bike said that the oil led should be on if oil pressure is alright, but every scooter I had had it on only when I was running low on oil (however they all were 2 stroke).
I'll be posting pics and updates as soon as I get something done which, I hope, will happen soon.
I guess it's about time that I introduce myself since a became an xs400 owner yesterday

I read through quite a lot of threads here before buying the bike and you guys sound very helpful and welcoming.
So, I'm from Kiev, Ukraine and the bike I bought appeared to be a 4g5 model which according to the skillzman1's post should've been made in 80-83 (the paperwork states it's a 1988 model which I doubted from the start).
I rode it for 200 miles from the place I bought it to my hometown which was really exciting since it's my first motorcycle, ( had 5 different scooters before). There's was a little getting used to shifting gears at first but I got quite comfortable soon.
My plan is to bob it and make it look something similar to the bike in this video:
http://vimeo.com/39580055
And those are the current pics

The head pipes are not stock and changed their color which I don't like

I'm planing to either wrap or paint them black and change stock mufflers to black shorties.
I will also be getting rid of the speedometer, tachometer (which is not working anyway) and just using one like this
Bike was running fine when I bought it but I have a couple concerns now. There's a rattling sound on 1st and 2nd gears and it seems like the clutch is disengaging and engaging again constantly. It disappears on higher gears and it runs pretty fine at 30+ mph. The second problem is that is started reving too high while idling after 5-10 minutes of riding which didn't happen when I bought it.
I might have overheated it as I was riding for what later appeared to be 90 miles non-stop at 60 mph (the speedometer, and odometer of course, wasn't working properly showing lower speed and lower mileage).
What would be the first things you'd check?
Is there any specific manual for this model? Didn't find the right one in manuals forum.
The guy who sold me this bike said that the oil led should be on if oil pressure is alright, but every scooter I had had it on only when I was running low on oil (however they all were 2 stroke).
I'll be posting pics and updates as soon as I get something done which, I hope, will happen soon.
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