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Hey guys got some new Drum shoes for my front wheel on my 81 xs400 special. I wasnt really able to locate any videos specific to the xs400 to watch. So i just wanted to ask if i need to watch out for anything tricky before i dive into it and take front wheel off. If you have a video please send...

Hey guys got a flat 2 weeks ago. tire pretty worn anyway. So time for new tires. No more IRC GS 11 models. Didnt last very long. wore out fast. The back tire is a 4,6 x 16 s60. The front is a 3.00 x 18. So in metric is that a 120/90 on the rear??? And a 90/90 on the...

Hey guys. I went to Bike night at a local hang out. not sure why because i never go to such things, but my neighbor told me about it. Most all the bikes there were harleys, a few gold wings, but definitly nothing like my old xs. a bunch of guys were egging me on to do a burn out. I wasnt going...

Hey guys. I went to Bike night at a local hang out. not sure why because i never go to such things, but my neighbor told me about it. Most all the bikes there were harleys, a few gold wings, but definitly nothing like my old xs. a bunch of guys were egging me on to do a burn out. I wasnt going...

hey S man. does that look like the right slip stream model?? amazon says no. come on guys.. help me out a little

I just seen a post about the slipstream. s-06c i think was the model. does that sound right??

hey guys. need a simple bug deflector/ wind screen. nothing fancy. dont want to look through it. just over the top of it. thanks. Ps. my 1981 special is running strong. I have put 5000 miles on it just messing around riding out on country roads.

hey mike. sounds like we have same bike. mine is light blue. mine was a rare find. It had been stored long time in a garage. It was stored right because the owers gave it to a kid. and he put gas in it and it started. it was pretty mint when i got it. i got a kit for thecarbs but never used it...

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For me. i like having a manual shut off. I like knowing the feul is off when i park it in garage. I am not going to go out the next day and have a wet bike and wet floor because the petcock didnt shut off. So i dont know if my petcock works. As long as my reserve works and i know when i hit...

Hey guys. today was hot in the 90s when i took off for a trip. I think i was fighting a head wind, so bike was working hard..when i got about half way to my destination i noticed the bike seemed to be louder in the top end. like a loud clicking noise. I think it was coming from top of the...

Drove my 81 special to a new town about 45 minutes away. wanted to check out a fishing shop that fixes poles. not sure they will be able to fix mine. Bike did great. bought a new pole for taking on the bike.

Hey J yea i always get my model mixed up.. its a 81 . spoke wheels. drum brakes. says special- II on the side covers. also had sway back bars on it until i bent them out. So does that make it a heritage ?? anyway thanks for the brake model number. everything seems to be free on the...

Hey guys. cleaned up back drum pads, roughed them up a little. and cleaned up the inner drum. and wow i still really have no back break. if i put everything i got into it. it will lock up at low speed. new pads?? if so what should i get and where. thanks

clean carbs ,new air filters, bike runs great!! took long trip today. love my xs400

if i drive it normal and down shift like i always it comes back to idle like it should and stays there,... if i pull the clutch going down the road at 60 mph it will sit at about 3000 rpm and stay there until i throw it back in gear but i dont notice it if i slow it down with...

ok. yea , insulation. took a long ride in hot weather today. bike is running good. pulled plugs, right side is a little lean. gonna go out half turn on the mixture screw on rt side.

thanks guys. somebody told me they were mikuni 34 mark 3 carbs or something like that, but anyway yea . the plugs are actually looking darker now after i did the air filters. less air coming in. The only issue i had putting the carbs back together was i had trouble getting one of diaghrams to...

Since the exhaust is straight flow. [ no baffles in those little mikes xs pipes] . I think i created a suction situation with the rebuilt air filters air is restricted on the back side and free flow on the pipes side. so thats why i can manually bring the idle down...

Hey guys. this is a bit tricky.. So i cleaned my carbs. everything went well on that. original jets back in. but i found out i basically had no foam filter on the screens of air filter boxes. So i rebuilt the filters. went good. look great with the green uni filter stuff. So.... I got...