Intro and looking for some pointers

scanvenger

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I'm in Laporte IN hoping to get some riding in before the winter but I don't see that happening. I picked up what I am told are 1979 and 1981 xs400's. I'm wondering how to I.D. the two. one has been stripped and powder coated and about 1/2-3/4 reassembled and one is complete but needs restored but for $150 for both of them I'm not complaining. I've been looking around on here and seen some issues with the kick starters? What do I need to look for? I plan on keeping one of them. The one I want to keep has rear drum and front disc and the other has disc brakes front and rear, can these be simply swapped? Before I ask anything else I need to know how to tell the years apart. These are some quick pictures I took as soon as I got them wrestled out of my truck.
 

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