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I skip sealers and definitely skip any gas with any amount of ethanol! No E10 for anything other than our vehicles that we use regularly.

not sure in Canada, but in the UK you can get cables made to order https://www.carrotcycles.co.uk/index.php?

sealers only fail because the tanks were not prepped properly. I have two bikes with sealant in and no issues. That ethanol attracts...

Thanks capt I will keep that in mind moving forward. Been kind of all over the place sourcing quality parts

Yup. They sell only OEM Yamaha parts - same as the dealers. I have used them all of the time after price shopping and never had a bad...

Yeah that looks like the one I've got. Unfortunately I went through a local yamaha dealer and paid through the nose for two of them...

Near as I can tell, the yamaha part number is 2a2-14923-00 and partzilla claims to have 2 in stock...

After much digging I think I have found some extended throttle/clutch cables I hope. I’ve found a local bike shop that can do up the...

I thought that was your write up tstidham. Here's the one I got off a seller on ebay. Claims it worked when taken off the bike but we...

If we are talking a drum brake Special model, the front brake cable will be a problem. The one people sell on eBay tends to not fit...

Welcome. You might get Yamaha cables to work from a different style of bike. I originally had buckhorn bars on my '81 XS400H Special...

Looping back on this. I bought an XS400 wheel and test fitted it to my 1976 XT500. It mostly fits. I will need to trim a few...

Hello everyone! I recently bought a 400 that a guy had started turning into a bobber and got so far as throwing everything into a box...

You know, I forgot to mention one thing. People have had some luck opening up the TCI, cleaning them and repairing the solder joints...

Good move. The only way I know of to test what is up at this point is to swap in a known good TCI. If you know of other DOHC XS400...

Yes we have a brand new battery on the bike.