bmiracle

recently I replaced the instrument cluster on the bike and everything work out great. Then about a week later I turned the ignition on and nothing happened. turned it on and off a few times and then finally got power (to the neutral indicator and instrument cluster). Them on the next outing tried it again same thing, no power to the instrument cluster. wiggled the wires in the headlight and suddenly got it to work, but now wiggling the wires does work. any suggestions as to what to check. I recently replace the ignition switch and the battery. thanks Brian

I have a 81' xs 400 and when I let off the throttle at high speeds it tends to let out a single and very loud backfire. This is the only time it really backfires. Is this normal or is there anything that I can do to stop this? Also another question to all those that own similar bikes, this is about gas millage. I get about about 100 miles out of the main tank (not including the reserve), does this seem like what the norm should be for this bike? I seems low for a motorcycle but this is my first motorcycle, so it could just be me being naive about motorcycles. thanks