Well it’s sold! Made a few bucks on it, covered the parts I put into it and moving on. Based on my experience finding XS parts, and the build quality in general I think I’ll stick with Honda’s in the future. That said, the next owner is happy with the […]
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After getting the prettied up tank onto the XS400 we found a fuel leak. At first the theory was a leak up around the mount point of the petcock, but further investigation found that it was a passage way on the diaphragm assembly that was causing the problem. It’s difficult […]
Read MoreFinally got the CX500 side covers painted, I’m really excited as this is the last major bit of the puzzle on this bike We also managed to get the XS400 tank, starter cover, and side covers painted. They’re a really neat burnt copper finish and should look great on this […]
Read MoreToday after work I put a spare fuel bottle on the bikes and filled the carbs for the first time since they were rebuilt. Plugged it all back in and fired it up. After a quick vacuum balance with my DIY manometer the thing was running pretty good. I still […]
Read MoreWell I managed to get the XS400 and CB900 tanks stripped down. On the XS400 tank there is a bit more work to remove some of the more stubborn paint around the lip but that shouldn’t be too bad. This weekend I’m hoping the new charger arrives so I can […]
Read MoreToday I finished reassembling the BS34 carburetor pack for the XS400 project, it came out pretty well. Upon disassemble I noticed that the right side carburetor main jet was completely turned out and sitting loose in the threads at the bottom of the bowl. On the left side the float […]
Read MoreHi Folks, Well I had a bit more time over the weekend to complete the fork seal job. I cleaned and polished all the critical bits, inspected the springs and pilot holes. the bits that needed it went into the ultrasonic cleaner and everything was well dried before any further […]
Read MoreThis weekend I decided since it was shitty and snowy out side it would be the perfect weekend to do the fork seals, the ones on the bike now are clearly shot with very little oil in them and zero rebound control (which makes for a dangerous ride). I started […]
Read MoreSo late yesterday after work I managed to make a bit of progress on the XS400. I managed to pull the primary cover off, the primary gear, and degrease the engine pretty good (Sorry for the shaky picture) Pretty shiny huh =) As you can see below the gear is […]
Read MoreWell We’ve got a new bike in the garage to work on. In this case it’s a butt ugly Yamaha XS400. I picked this one up pretty cheap. The tank has a few spots of rust on the inside and needs some engine work, however it runs well and should […]
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