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Oh sorry... Yeah I mean I may be able to I have 2 now on that I redid and one I am gonna do for my wife she wants to learn to ride. Just looking for another one thanks for the thoughts though I appreciate it. Oh yeah he lowered the buy it now to 650 yesterday..

Yeah if you take the cover off just kinda let it hang there you will see the gear or sprocket that the chain goes around that gear or sprocket is on a shaft that has like 4 teeth that line up with the grooves in the gears so that they mesh or synn together if that gear is not pushed all the way against the back of the shaft it will kick all day long but not start. I hope this helps and fixes your problem it was so simple when I figured it out. after you put the cover back on though you should pull the clutch a few times so that is working right.

You said not working??? It says in the auction it runs and he has driven it.. So what about that is not working??? I dunno I was gonna buy it well make an offer on it seems like you all are against it... Like I said I paid 500.00 for mine and it was a barn bike as well mine had sat for years but maybe you think I paid to much for mine. Anyway just curious to what people were thinking of it. Iguess I wont bid on it..

Why do you say not even worth that? I paid 500.00 for mine when I bought it and it didnt run at all!! I have seen these bike go for 600 or so not running? I mean we all know they have potential. I did talk to the guy he said he would accept 450.00 doesnt sound bad to me. I dunno

What you can do is take the cover off the side where the cabe goes in. You will see the chain going around the gear that is on the shaft. That gear may have moved over just a little which wont allow the bike to kick. Well it will kick but not start. I had this happen to mine and it took me forever to find out what was wrong. Until I took the 6 allen bolts out and pulled the cover off The chain was on the gear but it had moved over just about an half an inch not allowing it to turn the bike over. Very easy take maybe 10 min. You will have to take the shifter off though in order to pull the cover off. That gear has slots that sync it on the shaft. I hope you understand this and it help fixed my problem.

Hey guys there is a bike on ebay item #120272015077 just wanted to know your thoughts on it.

I got it worked out and can I say WOW what a surprise this little thing has a lot more pep than my other 400. What I did was fired it up and on the left side the cylinder that wasnt running I took a rag and put my hand tightly over that carb and reved it to about 3k and i guess it sucked any remaining crud out of the carb and it putter and popped and smoked and then it worked out and man am I so very surprised and happy. I hit 80 mph in a heart beat. I think I may need to go over my other 400 and check things out it runs fine but doesnt have the zip that this one does.

No it's a xs400 special 5o is the max I can get out of it!

Hey guys I finally have most of my bike done other than the seat and a few other cosmetics. Anyway took it out today for what i was hoping to be a nice drive... I could only go 50mph max it's not the carbs Im almost certain because i had them apart twice and they are clean. I'm running on one cylinder cause I pulled the left plug wire while bike was running and it did what it should cut the bike off. Put that plug wire back on started bike then pulled left side and bike stayed running!!! Thought it would maybe be no spark pulled the plug started bike I had spark and am getting gas.....So what does this mean my valve is stuck on this side or what????? What can I do to fix this I know you all are gonna say do a compression test dont have a tester at the moment. But when I get one later today or tomorrow compression should be what about 145 or so??? Anyhelp youguys can give me I would appreciate it thanks all.

So does that mean that I wont need the old wiring?? If that is the case what about the coils,starter assy so on and so forth.

These are the wires coming from what i assume is the stator As you can see the harness coming out on the right hand side has 4 white wires and the one on the left has 1black 1green 1blue and 1 yellow so which of these do I use????

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There are five wires coming from the rect 3 white 1 red 1 black. I just took the complete wiring harness off the bike there is so many freakin connections surely I dont need all this? What are the two connections coming from the back of the engine. If I knew how to put pics on I would.

Damage to what??!! It has never been hooked up and the bike has always run fine. Neither is the other thing connceted to the battery box that look like a relay not hooked up if they are so important than why has the bike been running fine without them??

Hey guys another question. I want to do away with most of my wiring. All I am gonna have is a headlight and tailight. I wanted to find out what I can here first before I go cutting things off or anything like that. I was wondering about the RECTIFIER ASS'Y i think that's it under the battery has fins.. Anyway Can i get rid of it i unhooked it and it doesnt seem to make a difference in the running of the bike?