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Drewpy, which 550 did you get your donor forks from? I've been trying to figure out how to do a twin disc conversion. Thanks

Just looked at your diagram link. You should be able to get that part from your local autoparts store no problem, I'd say under $20. That's the bulb that I was talking about replacing just a bit ago. Good luck let me know if you have trouble finding it.

Christoph21, I have a complete headlight assembly from an '83 xs400 maxim that i just pulled off three days ago. I'm going for a smaller fixture but other than the plastic housing looking a bit faded, the old one works great. I just replaced the bulb 9 months ago. I'll let it go cheep if it works for you. Lots of other '83 parts also if you need anything else. I'm down to bare frame in the midst of a major overhaul.

Thanks dtmf. Thats rad!!!

Hey Tom, just fyi the factory tank is about 4 gal. and for me with the twin cam engine, that's good for around 200 miles including the reserve tank. So the deconstruction is finally complete. I have begun the next step of cleaning the mass quantities of dirty greasy filth from all of the nooks and crannies that I didn't know were there. This could take a while. Does anyone know how I can get pics into my posts? More importantly, I now have the engine out and onto my work bench. I'm having an impossible time finding piston kits, cams, or anything else really to hop up this engine. Does anyone have any suggestions? Here's to progress, at whatever pace it comes.

I think I saw a stock tank on ebay this afternoon. As for the bars and controls, yeah, you can just slap on another set and plug everything in. All the wiring is pretty straight foreword. So even if controls come off of something different, honda, etc, as long as the donor bike is around the same age you shouldn't have any trouble patching thing together. Make sure that the brake set up from the donor bike is designed for a single caliper, not dual. that's probably the only thing to watvh out for.

Evening gentlemen. First post and I'm quite excited I found this thread. I've been riding an '83 xs400 maxim (DOHC) for the last year or so and I've finally gotten tired of looking at all the rust and dirty grease. So a week or so ago I bent up a new set of drag bars. Huge improvement. Last night I began the tear down. Removed the seat, tank, rear shock, air box, battery, etc. I already have a new headlight, signal lights. new front forks on the way. So tomorrow I'm pulling the engine and I would very much like to open it up and hop it up a bit. I'm thinking increase boar, new pistons, higher compression, new cams. Problem is I can't find any performance parts designed for this bike. Anyone have any suggestions? Surely someone has dialed one of these engines up a few notches. Tom, if I can help you find anything let me know. E-bay has a wealth of used parts for cheap and with a bit of enginuity you can make all kinds of parts, like headlights from a Harley, fit just fine. Good luck with your project. I'll get some pics up as soon as I figure out where to put them. Bonesboards